In less than a week, the first heavyweight event of 2023, the World Championships Asian Qualifiers, will start in Qatar from January 7-13. The biggest feature of the national table tennis this time is-change.

In less than a week, the first heavyweight event of 2023, the World Championships Asian Qualifiers, will start in Qatar from January 7-13. The biggest feature of the national table tennis this time is-change.

First, the coaching staff has changed drastically, Wang Hao Ma Lin will be put to a big test

At the end of last year, the national table tennis coaching staff held a competition for recruitment, and the coaching pattern presented a " In the scene of "The Great Shift", the former coach of the women's team Li Xun was promoted to the head coach, the leader of the women's team Ma Lin became the head coach, Wang Hao, who was not even the team leader, became the coach of the men's team, Wang Manyu the former mentor Xiao Zhan was appointed as the mixed doubles leader. The former men's team coach Qin Zhijian did not sign up for the competition, so he retired after his success.

The 2023 Durban World Championships Asian Qualifiers is the first challenge faced by the new coaching staff. Whether they can get full tickets to Durban depends on Wang Hao and Ma Lin leading their disciples to show their talents.

The second and two major Olympic champions missed out, the world champion Lin Gaoyuan was abandoned in the singles

Which players of the national table tennis team signed up for the world preliminaries?

Men's singles: Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Wang Chuqin, Liang Jingkun, Xiang Peng

Women's singles: Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, Chen Xingtong

In doubles and mixed doubles, the arrangement is like this:

Women's Doubles: Sun Yingsha/Wang Manyu, Chen Meng/Wang Yidi

Men's Doubles: Fan Zhendong/Wang Chuqin, Ma Long/ Yuan Lizen

Mixed Doubles: Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha, Lin Gao Yuan/Wang Manyu

In this list, Olympic champions Liu Shiwen and Xu Xin are no longer on the list, which means that they will bid farewell to the World Series. Liu Shiwen is already a senior official of the ITTF - ITTF Executive Committee and Chairman of the Athletes Committee. Xu Xin is the Vice Chairman of the Asian Table Tennis Federation and a graduate student of the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business. "Xinwen" came to the corner where she turned around magnificently.

Take a closer look, Lin Gao is far away from the singles, and he missed the opportunity again and again. From this world preliminaries on, he may fade out of the main lineup and become a marginal main force. If he cannot play mixed doubles, he will not be able to go to Durban. The

women's team has all the "hardware flowers", and the two young players of the men's team have been promoted.

Among the players who signed up, the women's team has not changed. Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, Chen Xingtong have all the five golden flowers. Younger players, such as Kuaiman, Qian Tianyi, etc. did not get the chance. The men's team has new faces, they are Xiang Peng and Yuan Lizen.

After training again and again, World Youth Championship champion Xiang Peng proved himself, especially in the Table Tennis Super League at the end of last year. The first brother of the club where the incident occurred almost never lost, and Yuan Lizen, under the leadership of Ma Long, helped Shandong Luneng win the deciding set of the final, performing well in singles and doubles. "Opportunities are created, not given away." This is true for both Xiang Peng and Yuan Lizen.

Time has entered a new year. Next, the world table tennis competition will start in full swing. The national table tennis players will attack in an all-round way. In the annual drama World Championships, the national table tennis team will definitely strive for the five crowns.

National table tennis rival Zhang Benzhi and have already spoken harsh words. His goal is to win the World Championship singles championship. Let’s see how head coach Wang Hao guides the men’s team to defend the glory of the national team.