Lin Gaoyuan's new hairstyle appears! Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha practice mixed doubles together, and the two coaches in charge supervise the training together

On May 22, the WTT Regular Challenge Taiyuan Station was competing for the qualification. The players who directly qualified for the main event of Guoping were actively preparing for the upcoming main event. The Olympic mixed doubles team Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha had joint training before the competition; Lin Gaoyuan, who is also a triathlon in this race, cut his hair short and appeared with a new hairstyle.

The Taiyuan Regular Challenge is the first competition that the main players took part in after Guoping announced the lineup for the Paris Olympic Games. Apart from Fan Zhendong, the other five Olympic players and two P-cards all took part in the competition. However, the Olympic players did not take part in singles, only in doubles. Among them, Ma Long's partner Lin Gaoyuan, Wang Chuqin's partner Liang Jingkun played in men's doubles, Chen Meng's partner Wang Manyu played in women's doubles, and Wang Chuqin's partner Sun Yingsha played in mixed doubles; P card player Liang Jingkun also played in men's singles in addition to men's doubles, while Wang Yidi also played in three events. In addition to women's singles, his partner Chen Xingtong played in women's doubles, and his partner Lin Gaoyuan played mixed doubles. According to the result of the draw, the first round of male double number seed Malong/Lin Gaoyuan is free, the second round may encounter the young national table tennis team Chen Yuanyu/Huang Youzheng, the first round of mixed double number seed Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha is also free, and the second round may be against Xue Fei/Shi Xunyao.

The men's doubles combination of this race was somewhat unexpected. Ma Long and Wang Chuqin partnered Lin Gaoyuan and Liang Jingkun respectively. Liang Jingkun was an Olympic P card player, while Lin Gaoyuan was not eligible for the Olympic Games. For Lin Gaoyuan, 29, he may be able to stick to the Olympic cycle for another time, but the chances of getting the Olympic qualification and even the P card are slim. This time when he came to Taiyuan, Lin Gaoyuan appeared with a new hairstyle. He cut his hair short and wore a crew cut. It seems that he has returned to the time when he just joined the national team. He has been in the main force of the national table tennis team for a long time, but he has not made a breakthrough in singles. Lin Gao is still far from the core position. However, in his 15 years of national team career, being in the top five positions of the men's team for a long time has proved his excellence.

For Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha, who are about to compete in the Paris Olympic Games, every competition now is for the purpose of accumulating experience in the Paris Olympic Games. The next Chongqing Championships will only have men's and women's single competitions. The Taiyuan Regular Challenge will become a rare opportunity for Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha to compete with other associations before the Olympic Games. Sun Yingsha only participated in mixed doubles in this race, while Wang Chuqin participated in men's doubles and mixed doubles. Before the race, they actively participated in mixed doubles training. At the critical moment of preparing for the Olympic Games, Xiao Zhan, the coach in charge of Wang Chuqin, and Qiu Yike, the coach in charge of Sun Yingsha, were watching the mixed doubles training of the two players on the court, and picking up the ball for their disciples with the net. After Tokyo failed to win the mixed doubles gold medal, the mixed doubles gold medal became a task that must be won at the Paris Olympic Games of Guoping. Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha undertook the task of winning the first gold medal for Guoping in Paris. Both of them will play mixed doubles, singles and team events at the Paris Olympic Games.