In more than ten days, the Paris Olympics is about to begin. The national table tennis players went to Beijing to participate in the founding meeting of the Chinese sports delegation at the Paris Olympic Games.
National table tennis player Niu Guankai posted a video on social platforms to record Wang Chuqin’s university graduation.
Wang Chuqin was recommended to the sports training major of Beijing Sport University in March 2020. Exactly four years ago this year, Wang Chuqin graduated.
I saw Wang Chuqin wearing the bachelor's uniform of Beijing Sports University. The tall and big Wang Chuqin looks very handsome and energetic. Wang Chuqin gave two thumbs up, looking very proud.
Niu Guankai also took a group photo with Wang Chuqin. The place where Wang Chuqin took the photo was the gymnasium. Wang Chuqin is going to participate in the Paris Olympics and has been training with the team and has no time to attend graduation activities at school. So the school sent him a bachelor's uniform. He took photos in the arena wearing his academic uniform to commemorate his graduation.
At the Paris Olympics, Wang Chuqin will play three sports, participating in men's singles, men's team and mixed doubles competitions. Sun Yingsha, like Wang Chuqin, also plays three roles. Sun Yingsha participated in women's singles, women's team, and mixed doubles competitions. Both men have the potential to win three gold medals.
However, it is not easy for the two of them to achieve the Three Golden Kings. The gold medal in the team competition is easy to win, but the gold medal in singles is difficult to win, and the gold medal in mixed doubles is also difficult.
There are many high-level players in the men's singles competition. Japanese player Tomokazu Harimoto, Brazilian player Hugo, and French youngster F. Le Brun are all strong competitors. There are also many high-level players from other associations participating. It will be difficult for Wang Chuqin to win the championship. Especially teammate Fan Zhendong also wants to win the men's singles gold medal.
Fan Zhendong is only one Olympic singles gold medal away from achieving a Grand Slam. Fan Zhendong is 27 years old. He once said that the Paris Olympics would be his last dance at the Olympics. The Paris Olympics will most likely be the last Olympics that Fan Zhendong will participate in. He naturally wants to win the men's singles gold medal at the Paris Olympics and achieve a Grand Slam. Fan Zhendong will be Wang Chuqin's main competitor. Of course, according to the world rankings and Olympic grouping rules, they can only meet in the final.
It is not easy to win the mixed doubles championship. Each association only has one pair participating in the mixed doubles competition. Once they perform poorly, they will be eliminated. In the Tokyo Olympics, Xu Xin/Liu Shiwen, known as the golden combination, unexpectedly lost to Mima Ito/Shun Mizutani and missed the mixed doubles gold medal. This is the first time that the national table tennis team has lost a gold medal since the 2004 Athens Olympics. This gave other associations confidence and focused on the mixed doubles project. The Japanese table tennis team Satoshi Harimoto/Hina Hayata are very confident and believe that the mixed doubles will be their breakthrough and have a chance to win the championship.
Sun Yingsha’s situation is similar to Wang Chuqin’s. The women’s team gold medal is easy to win, but the women’s singles gold medal competition is huge. Her biggest competitor is teammate Chen Meng. The mixed doubles competition is also relatively big.
Finally, I hope Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha will achieve good results in the Paris Olympics!
