Is Olympics a race of age comparison, or a race to win. What's the Chinese precedence btw? Eliminating all risks.
Why should be CNT care about making Ma Long feel special long after he has retired or any body else? The coaches and the players there have one job - to win.
And about the oldest ; off the top of my head, Ma Lin retired at 33 years old. And that's if he was really born in 1980 ( I've heard rumours he was born earlier - Maybe Zeio can snoop out something on the Chinese dark web).
For CNT they have always used age factor for the OG cycle.
Ma Long almost retired last year.
He had some great financial incentives to stay on for another year, so it was both that and a very weak CNT he is leaving behind.
If Ma Lin is born in 1980, his last olympics was 2008
Wang Hao 1983/2012 is older based on registered birth year/OG year.
Ma Long 1988/2021 has the current record, which his body is fighting with time to stay on....I personally don't see him making it.
Wang Tao joint 2nd with Wang Hao at at 1967/1996
So you are confident that both FZD and WCQ can beat/match Ma Long's current record?
No one has done so before. Maybe not even Ma Long
I think the only logic your rocket science can come true is, if there is no more talents in the future.