The cancellation of table tennis and badminton in the Olympic Games is by no means unfounded

Many media recently said that table tennis is in danger of being expelled from the Olympic Games. This is not groundless for three reasons.

First, the Olympic Games have been carrying out a "weight-loss plan." The main measure is to cancel some projects from the Olympic Games that are not widely popular and lack global appeal and influence. In this Olympics, men’s baseball (an event in which star players from the American Professional Baseball League have represented the United States team, and is also the strong point of South Korea and Japan) and women’s softball (also the strong point of the United States and Japan) unfortunately became the first victims and did not appear in the Olympic Games. On the stage of the London Olympics. Because these two events were inactive in most countries and regions, especially in Europe, the International Olympic Committee canceled these two events. Women's boxing has been added to this Olympics, with quotas for 36 athletes in three levels. In order not to expand, men's boxing was forced to reduce one level, and 36 places were allocated to women's boxing. This is also the reason why Chinese player Zou Shiming (Weibo) participated in the 48kg competition in the last Olympics and the 49kg competition this time.

Secondly, China is the dominant player in table tennis, winning four consecutive gold medals in the Olympic Games, which to some extent affects the promotion of this sport. Don't say that Westerners are jealous when they say this about Chinese table tennis, but they are envious and jealous. In fact, when all the championships of any project are monopolized by one country for a long period of time, it is no different from an industry monopoly. After a long time, will those who play with you still be interested? Once the supporting cast is gone, you can only perform a one-man show.

Third, China has exported a large number of table tennis players to the world. These players who were originally Chinese nationals will change their nationality and will represent various countries in the world competition in a year or two, causing this sport to become a game for the Chinese. It is understood that countries such as Sweden and Denmark, which have actively fought against the Chinese team in this sport in the past, no longer invest heavily in this sport and their own players. If things go on like this, not only will table tennis not accelerate its popularity, but its territory on the world map will become smaller and smaller.

An ITTF official said that not only the Olympic Games, but also the World Championships have become the Chinese’s own game. This has attracted the attention of the International Olympic Committee, who may discuss canceling table tennis at the 2020 Olympics. Another theory is that the next Rio Olympics, that is, the 2016 Rio Olympics, will first cancel the men's and women's table tennis teams, and then completely cancel the table tennis event by 2020.

Badminton is also facing this danger. After achieving all the championships at the World Championships, China won all 5 gold medals in badminton at this Olympics. This in itself is enough to attract attention, not to mention the badminton women's doubles incident at this Olympics. An important reason why the Badminton World Federation punishes athletes is that it does not want to be caught by the International Olympic Committee on this matter, which has sufficient reasons to expel badminton from the Olympic Games.

The Chinese sports delegation has a firm attitude towards punishing athletes for "fake beating" and has repeatedly stated that it will always put the Olympic spirit first. However, Li Yongbo, the head coach of the Chinese badminton team, apologized on the surface, but in fact he was quite dissatisfied. . He criticized the Badminton World Federation for its inability to protect its organization. If Li Yongbo had this idea, I'm afraid badminton would have disappeared from the Olympics. You, a small badminton federation, do not have the capital to confront the International Olympic Committee.

(Dazhong Daily reported on August 14)