Clearly the Japanese investment of millions of dollars per athlete is paying off.
You guys are right, since when were the top CNT womens so vulnerable.
back then in the era of Deng Ya Ping, Wang Nan, Zhang Yining, these top players will loose one odd here and there to non chinese players
but wow, now your top CNT can loose on the trott... talking about the coaching corner not able to let the player adapt in time - 3 times in a row for the 2nd tournament in a very short time frame from 2 different Japanese players
Ito and Hirano is still young, Tokyo 2020 seems to favour them a bit more.
I don't think Ding Ning will make Tokyo unless she still has it next year, i think it could be a fight of 2 spots between the younger players