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Top Seeds Withdraw To Buy Time For Rest
China's top athletes were depleted after weeks of world tours and T2 Diamond competitions. Ma Long, Xu Xin, Fan Zhendong, Ding Ning and Liu Shiwen decided to withdraw the Nationals to rest their body and mind so that they could look fresh and ready in the next time they compete.

Head coach of the men's team Qin Zhijian said Ma Long will work on his physical fitness and injury prevention while Xu Xin, excelled in the previous meets, will review problems in mixed doubles. Fan Zhendong has been through some ups and downs after the World Championships. The coaching team is aware of that and will help Fan Zhendong both technically and spiritually to regain his composure soon.

Similarly, on the women's team, Ding Ning and Liu Shiwen, the older athletes on the team, have to deal with different degrees of injuries and pains after a packed competition schedule. Since there are still several international meets to come in the following months, the national team coaches decided to pull out the older athletes so that they can come back fully recovered.

It wasn't an easy decision because their absence would be a big blow to the provincial team they are representing but taking a break for accomplishing the bigger Olympic goal is apparently the top priority for all parties.

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