The Paris Olympics is about to kick off in July, and the ITTF has already announced the invitation list for the singles events based on the world rankings on June 18th. It is worth mentioning that the Chinese table tennis team women’s players on the list are Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu, while Chen Meng, who was on the list announced by the FIBT, is not among them, which triggered heated discussions among fans.
However, according to the rules, the final players still need to be confirmed by the associations to count, ITTF’s invitation is only to go through a process only, does not affect Chen Meng ultimately participate in the singles program, Wang Man Yu want to play the project can only wait four years after the next competition.
Chinese table tennis team selection for the Paris Olympics from May last year has kicked off, until the end of May this year, the final Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong, Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng to get the singles qualification, Ma Long, Wang Manyu out of the team competition, Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha will also take care of the mixed doubles.
In the above arrangements, the most controversial is Chen Meng, Wang Man Yu’s women’s singles competition, on the one hand, because Chen Meng in the Paris cycle in the upper limit of the results is not as good as Wang Man Yu, on the other hand, but also because of the women’s singles selection rules have been modified once, and if in accordance with the approach before the modification, then, Wang Man Yu may be on the case, such a situation also let countless fans criticized.
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For ITTF, they can only be responsible for making rules in the general direction, and cannot intervene in the internal affairs of the associations. And according to the rules previously formulated, the associations, if you can get the singles qualification, then the default is the team’s top-ranked players to participate, the reference basis is the world ranking on June 18, so the Chinese table tennis team ranked the first two Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu automatically shortlisted.
As said before, the final list to participate in the Olympic Games or have to be said by the associations, the Chinese table tennis team since it has been clearly announced Chen Meng to participate in the singles, Wang Manyu fell out of the election, then certainly will not be in accordance with the ITTF’s invitation to make changes.
Similar situation with the Chinese table tennis also appeared in other associations, such as our old rivals Japan team has also previously announced the Olympic list, which the women’s singles is Hayata Hina, Hirano Miyu, Zhang Motomoto Miwa to participate in the team competition, but in the world ranking on June 18th Zhang Motomoto Miwa is higher than Hirano Miyu, so she is also the same as Wang Manyu automatically get the ITTF’s invitation.
However, it is obvious that Zhang Ben Meiwa can not escape the fate of Wang Man Yu, will eventually be the Chinese table tennis team vetoed out of the singles qualification, the next two will have to wait another four years, to prepare for the Los Angeles Olympic Games singles competition.
