It was a little surprising that the Chinese Team selected the top ranking player in the women’s division as their third person for the Olympic Games. The Chinese Team denied the invitation of Liu Shiwen from the ITTF to play in the Singles. The young player accepted her fate and at the same time believes that she will still have a chance in the next Olympic Games.
Liu Shiwen is the top ranking female player in the world today but that was not enough for the Chinese Team to put her in the Olympic Singles. She was selected as the third person. Liu Shiwen humbly accepts the decision of the team and hopes that she will be able to fulfil her Olympic dream. She also thanked all her fans for all the support.
The Chinese Team is full of talented players in table tennis so selecting the best players for an important competition like the Olympic Games is definitely a daunting task. According to the head coach of the Chinese Women’s Team, they have done a fair competition for everyone. However, the competition still boiled down on who is the strongest.
Generally, Liu Shiwen has performed well recently explaining her high ranking in the world. That even earned her an invitation from the ITTF to play in the Olympic Singles. However, the Chinese Team didn’t confirm such invitation and placed Liu Shiwen as the Olympic third person. According to Kong Linghui, Liu Shiwen lacked the stability, among other things.
The lineup of the Chinese Team is much clearer now after ITTF announced the finalised playing lineup of the team for the Olympic Games. In the women’s division, Ding Ning was selected to play in the Singles with Li Xiaoxia while Liu Shiwen will just be in the team competition. With regards to this, head coach Kong Linghui revealed their reason.
The Chinese Team always have that happy trouble in selecting players for any big competition. Now, for the Olympic Games, the Chinese Team is yet to finalise the roles of their players, building some anticipation from their fans. Luckily, the ITTF was able to give a clearer picture on the lineup of the strongest team in the world.
The Chinese Team has revealed their cards yesterday and they will be having their best players in the upcoming Olympic Games. Big names like Zhang Jike, Xu Xin, Ding Ning and Liu Shiwen were all included in the lineup for Rio. Even their young players like Fan Zhendong and Zhu Yuling were also in the lineup.
As part of the core group of the Chinese Women’s Team, Liu Shiwen participated in the Asian Olympic Qualifier. She was one of the strongest contenders to win but unfortunately for her, she lost and it disappointed the head coach Kong Linghui. In an interview, the coach said that Liu Shiwen played really bad. This might affect Liu Shiwen’s qualification for the Rio Olympics.
Aside from Ma Long and Li Xiaoxia, there are two more players from the Chinese Team who are identified to be qualified for the Rio Olympic Games. They are Fan Zhendong and Liu Shiwen. This qualification was based from the latest world rankings. However, despite the invitation, the Chinese Team still needs to confirm it.
Liu Shiwen aims to be in the Olympic Games so she needs to always prove her abilities to the coaching staff in every match. Recently, in the Asian Olympic Qualifier, she was eliminated in the first round and that had a huge impact on her. She said that she was though a depressed state after the competition and fortunately for her, she was able to adjust.
The Chinese Women’s Team had another successful competition after they swept the gold medals in the Asian Cup. Liu Shiwen was the winner in the Women’s Singles after defeating Mima Ito and Li Xiaoxia. According to the head coach Kong Linghui, the player was not in a very good condition before the competition but she was able to adjust well and win it.
Liu Shiwen is one of the members of the core group of the Chinese Women’s Team and this makes her one of the strongest contenders to represent the team in the Olympic Games. Liu Shiwen admitted that the Olympics has been her dream ever since and she will not stop fighting for it especially now that she has won the Asian Cup.
Liu Shiwen ended up the winner in last week’s Asian Cup after she defeated the Grand Slam champion Li Xiaoxia in a five-game final match in Dubai. In her interview after the match, she said that she didn’t think too much about winning or losing. She just wanted to play well. With this, she hopes that she can increase her chances for the Olympic Games.
Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen claimed the title at the 2016 Asian Cup. The pendholder was crowned champion after beating Zhang Jike in a close match. Liu Shiwen also emerged successfully over the Olympic champion Li Xiaoxia.
The women's final at the 2016 Asian Cup will be a Chinese duel too. Liu Shiwen and Li Xiaoxia put their names in the final match and will fight for the title. The world runner-up defeated Hong Kong's Tie Yana in semifinals, while Li Xiaoxia stood victorious over Singapore's Feng Tianwei.
The Chinese Team had a powerful start in the Asian Cup in Dubai yesterday. One of the biggest victors was Liu Shiwen who also nailed sweep victories against her opponents in the group stage. Before the competition, Liu Shiwen already revealed that she feels pressure and she hopes to do well in each of her battles. She also said that her goals is not to lose against foreigners.
It is just recently that Liu Shiwen experienced an early exit in a competition and it was a critical match for the Rio Olympics. Unfortunately, she was defeated by Doo Hoi Kem in the Asian Olympic Qualifier. This eventually made her feel depressed. After returning back to Beijing, Liu Shiwen was serious in her summary and in her training.
Liu Shiwen was one of the strongest contenders to win the Asian Olympic Qualifier but in the competition, she became one of the casualties after losing to Doo Hoi Kem. After the victory, the young payer from Hong Kong was humble enough to assess her performance. She also said that she will not dare evaluate her Chinese opponent.
Most of the strongest players in table tennis are in Asia and in the next few days, these players will be gathering for one competition, the Asian Cup. For the head coach of the Chinese Women’s Team, this competition will be a perfect test for them especially that they will be sending Li Xiaoxia and Liu Shiwen, two players who still need to prove their strength for the Rio Olympics.
Surprises can happen anytime and the Chinese Team were surprised during the recently concluded Asian Olympic Qualifier. It was not a very good surprise for them after problems surfaced in the performance of Ding Ning and Liu Shiwen. Fortunately for the Chinese Team, these surprises came with a good timing where they still have time to prepare.
