China News Service Client, Beijing, April 22nd ITTF announced the 21st Century Dream Team lineup voted by fans on 21 and 22nd. Among the total of 10 seats for men and women, Guoping has a strong 7% seat. Not only the active players such as Ma Long, Xu Xin, Zhang Jike, and Ding Ning, but also the retired "Big Devil" Zhang Yining should not be allowed to appear in the lineup.
Female ping pong team. Image source: ITTF
Two weeks ago, ITTF recruited the strongest team in the 21st century in the eyes of fans around the world. After thousands of fans voted, the star and men's dream team finally assembled.
Ding Ning is in the game.
The current captain, Ding Ning, is the only active slam winner in Chinese women's table tennis. He holds many championships, including three World Championship women's singles championships, three World Cup championships and the Rio Olympics championship. In the team competition field, Ding Ning's performance was equally impressive, following the Chinese team to win 4 world championship team championships and 6 World Cup team championships.
Liu Shiwen in the game.
Liu Shiwen shines in the international arena of the 2019 season. After a long wait of ten years, she finally won the first prize at the Budapest World Table Tennis Championship, her dream came true, and for the first time she won the Geist Cup, which symbolizes the highest honor of the women's singles. In the second half of the World Cup, Liu Shiwen reached the top for the fifth time, and the first five-time champion in the history of the World Cup was born.
Chen Meng, as a leading figure in the middle generation of Chinese women's table tennis, has high hopes. In the world rankings, she has been sitting on the first throne for 11 consecutive months. At present, she ranks second in the world tour women's singles championship with 15 titles, second only to her sister Zhang Yining. In addition, she is the "Triple Champion" winner of the ITTF World Tour Finals and has won the women's singles championship for three consecutive years.
Retired Zhang Yining won 10 World Table Tennis Championships, 4 Olympic gold medals, and 4 World Cup trophies. It is the only "big devil" in the world table tennis and the first person in the undisputed era. In the seven years from 2003 to 2009, Zhang Yining almost dominated the world's first throne. She also holds 29 Open Championships, a record that is still unbeatable to this day.
As the Dinghaishenzhen of Chinese men's table tennis, Malone has constantly set new records in recent years. He is the first super slam in the international table tennis world, which combines the Olympic Games, World Championships, World Cup, ITTF Finals, Asian Games, Asian Championships, Asian Cup, National Games, and singles championships. With 28 World Tour summits, Malone is also the player with the most championships in the history of the tournament.
Xu Xin, known as the "People's Artist", has 18 World Tour singles titles. During the Tokyo Olympics, Xu Xin has played in singles, doubles and mixed doubles in the international arena many times. He and Liu Shiwen's mixed doubles almost swept the major venues, and has successfully locked the qualifications for the Tokyo Olympics.
Rio "Three Musketeers"
Zhang Jike is the winner of the "fastest grand slam" in history, winning consecutive championships in the World Championships, World Cup and Olympic Games in 445 days. His style of play is soft and firm, his movements seem to be not slow or slow, and the quality of his shot and the level of landing are quite high.
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The selection of "Rio Three Musketeers" has also brought back memories of many fans: "It's a very good three Musketeers, 16 years of Rio is really one of the two most beautiful fireworks in my life." "I saw before With the three of them, I feel relieved, I do n’t know why, I just trust inexplicably. "" This hot search made me trance thought that I was back in 2016. "
At the Rio Olympic Games in 2016, "Three Musketeers" composed of Ma Long, Xu Xin and Zhang Jike won the gold medal in the table tennis men's team finals by defeating Japan 3: 1. The Chinese team achieved three consecutive Olympic men's team championships, which was also the 18th gold medal of the Chinese delegation in Rio at the time. In the minds of many fans, this trio has become the strength of the National Table Tennis Team in recent years. (Finish)