Wang Chuqin broke the "curse" of the national table tennis team! Wu Jingping publicly congratulated him, Cai Zhenhua and others left regrets

In the Doha World Table Tennis Championship that ended not long ago, Chinese table tennis player Wang Chuqin won two gold medals in mixed doubles (partner Sun Yingsha) and men's singles events, and at the same time broke a "curse" that Cai Zhenhua and others did not break through, becoming the first left-handed men's singles champion of the Chinese table tennis team. Former famous Chinese table tennis coach Wu Jingping and others congratulated him on his achievements, which indeed refreshed the history of the Chinese table tennis team, which is gratifying!

Family friends who are familiar with history know that the men's singles in the World Table Tennis Championships are the first event to win the world championship in the national table tennis team. Before this year, a total of 12 athletes from the Chinese team reached the top in this field 22 times, namely:

Rong Guotuan, Zhuang Zedong (3 times), Xi Enting, Guo Yuehua (2 times), Jiang Jialiang (2 times), Kong Linghui, Liu Guoliang, Wang Liqin (3 times), Wang Hao, Zhang Jike (2 times), Ma Long (3 times), and Fan Zhendong (2 times).

, all of the 12 people above are right-handed athletes without exception.

If we expand the scope of the investigation to the three major competitions in the table tennis world (Olympics, World Table Tennis Championships, and World Cup), we will find that in more than half a century since the founding of the national table tennis team, there has been only one world champion for men's singles, that is Xu Xin, who won the gold medal in the World Cup in 2013.

Many fans are also puzzled about the above situation. Although the number of left-handed athletes is indeed not as large as that of right-handed athletes, the gap in the singles championships of left-handed and right-handed athletes in the men's team over the years has been too big. In contrast, there are many women's teams, including Wang Nan and Ding Ning among the five Grand Slams, Chen Jing, and Guo Yue and others.

It is precisely because the left-hand men's singles world champions of the national table tennis team are so rare that the "curse" is heard. This is also why many professionals such as Wu Jingping and others were also very excited after Wang Chuqin won the championship this time.

Before this, the person closest to breaking the "left-handed curse" of the men's singles in the World Table Tennis Championships was Cai Zhenhua, the former main player of the men's team, head coach of the Chinese team, and chairman of the Chinese Table Tennis Association. He entered the men's singles final twice in 1981 and 1983, but lost to his teammate Guo Yuehua twice and eventually stopped in the runner-up position, which became his biggest regret during his athlete's career.

As mentioned earlier, the national table tennis team has a left-handed athlete Xu Xin, who has reached the top in the men's singles event in the World Cup. Now Wang Chuqin is also the leader in the men's singles event in the Doha World Table Tennis Championships. So will the first Olympic men's singles champion with left-handed playing style be born in the future? When will he appear? Can Wang Chuqin achieve this achievement? Or will it be done by others? The suspense still exists, let’s wait and see together!