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WTT瑞典大满贯重磅开赛，这项单打冠军坐拥2000积分、级别对标奥运会与世乒赛的顶级赛事，紧接横滨冠军赛无缝开打。此前横滨赛场张本兄妹包揽单打冠军，国乒连续三站赛事没能斩获单打金牌，本次队伍派出13位选手出征，孙颖莎、王楚钦选择休战调整，王曼昱、蒯曼、林诗栋领衔全队冲击荣誉，13人均直接锁定正赛席位，无需征战资格赛。资格赛赛场率先爆出重磅冷门，韩国世乒赛混双冠军梁夏银1比3不敌印度选手辛德瑞拉·达斯，早早止步第二轮无缘正赛。    WASHINGTON -- An African American combat medic who was wounded while landing on Omaha Beach during the D-Day invasion but went on to tend to dozens of troops will be posthumously honored Wednesday in a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. His family and supporters continue to push for an even higher recognition they believe his heroism is owed.Cpl. Waverly B. Woodson Jr. was a 21-year-old Army medic assigned to the only African American combat unit to land in Normandy on June 6, 1944. His landing craft took heavy fire and he was wounded before even getting to the beach, but for the next 30 hours he treated 200 wounded men while under intense small arms and artillery fire before collapsing from his injuries and blood loss, according to accounts of his service.Woodson, who was born in Philadelphia and lived in Maryland with his wife, died in 2005. He spoke to The Associated Press in 1994 about his harrowing journey.“The tide brought us in, and that’s when the 88s hit us,” he said of the German 88mm guns. “They were murder. Of our 26 Navy personnel there was only one left. They raked the whole top of the ship and killed all the crew. Then they started with the mortar shells.”He survived and was awarded the Bronze Star, but by the time the award was finalized he was in Hawaii preparing for the invasion of Japan so there was little in the way of ceremony. And he was never awarded a Combat Medic Badge, which denotes that a medic has been in combat. To rectify that wrong, his former unit applied for Woodson to receive the badge and it was approved in August.His widow, Joann, and his son, Steve, will be presented with both honors during the ceremony at Arlington, where Woodson is buried.“He truly was a hero on Omaha Beach," said Capt. Kevin Braafladt, the historian for First Army. Woodson's unit, the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion, was part of First Army during the invasion of Nazi-occupied France. The battalion was responsible for setting up explosive-rigged balloons to deter enemy planes.At a time when the U.S. military was still segregated by race, about 2,000 African American troops are believed to have taken part in the invasion. The balloon battalion was the only African American combat unit.Woodson's supporters have been pushing for years to see him awarded the Medal of Honor for his exploits during the invasion that was key to turning the tide in the war. Although 1.2 million Black Americans served in the military during World War II, none was among the original recipients of the Medal of Honor awarded in the conflict. The Army commissioned a study in the early 1990s to analyze whether Black troops had been unjustly overlooked during an era of widespread racism and segregation in the military. Ultimately, seven Black World War II troops were awarded the Medal of Honor in 1997.At the time, Woodson's case was part of the study and the authors interviewed him. But, they wrote, his decoration case file couldn't be found and his personnel records destroyed in a 1973 fire at a military records facility. Braafladt said the U.S. military made a conscious effort to reduce paperwork after the war, and that the fire at a military records facility in Missouri also destroyed countless documents.His supporters aren't giving up. First Army and Braafladt have been on a mission to document Woodson's actions on D-Day in hopes of getting the Medal of Honor for him. Braafladt is convinced — “100%” — that Woodson was recommended at the time of the war for the Medal of Honor.One of the pieces of information pointing to that conclusion is a memo talking about how Woodson had been recommended for the Distinguished Service Cross but a top general decided the recommendation should be for the Medal of Honor instead.Braafladt first heard about Woodson's case around 2020 and has been obsessively searching for documents that will help make Woodson's case. He has not yet found the Medal of Honor recommendation letter, but along the way he has found documents he thinks buttress the case. Just last week he received the text describing Woodson's Bronze Star citation.“I’m one document away from getting an answer here and righting a wrong.” he said.U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, a Democrat from Maryland, where Woodson's widow now lives, has also been pushing since 2015 to have Woodson honored with the Medal of Honor, and has introduced legislation to that effect in Congress.Woodson's son said in a telephone interview that his father rarely talked about World War II until late in his life and then only in bits and pieces. The family would like to see him honored with the Medal of Honor not only to shine a spotlight on his heroism but to highlight the efforts of Woodson's unit and all Black troops. Steve Woodson said he'd be disappointed if his father does not get the Medal of Honor, but he's also grateful for all the recognition and honors that have come so far. “If he gets it, that’s fabulous. If he doesn’t, we will just continue to put his legacy forward,” he said.。这场对局开局梁夏银拿下首局，后续难以适配对手怪异特殊打法，连续两局以11比13惜败，遗憾爆出本轮一大冷门。这位曾和许昕搭档拿下跨国混双金牌的名将，近年竞技状态持续下滑，接连多站赛事早早出局，也折射出亚洲多国乒乓实力全面崛起。同轮资格赛上演暖心反差，乒坛常青树倪夏莲状态火热，直落三局11比5横扫葡萄牙华裔选手邵杰妮顺利晋级。同为海外华裔老将，两人彼此交手十分熟悉，年过花甲的倪夏莲依旧稳住赛场基本功，用干脆利落的完胜诠释长久坚守乒乓的热爱，成为本轮资格赛亮眼一幕。资格赛第三轮，倪夏莲对阵18岁的彭郁涵，遭3-1逆转出局。经验能帮她读懂比赛，却填不平速度和移动上的鸿沟。

二 | 如果只有梁夏银和倪夏莲出局，还能说是偶然。可这一站倒下的熟悉名字一抓一大把：皮切福德1比3输给安德斯·埃里克森；弗雷塔斯0比3负于罗马尼亚小将奇里塔；约内斯库0比3出局；单晓娜2比3被扎哈里亚挡住；高承睿苦战五局无缘正赛。尤其是单晓娜这场——里约奥运会女团银牌得主，特殊直板近台快攻打法，被罗马尼亚的扎哈里亚3比2掀翻。扎哈里亚13比11、11比7先下两城，单晓娜14比12、11比6顽强扳平，决胜局12比10被对手锁死。奥运亚军，资格赛一轮游。另一方面，港澳台多位小将同步交出不俗答卷，中国香港苏籽童先丢一局后连扳三局完成逆转；中国台北两名选手黄愉偼、彭郁涵全部鏖战五局涉险过关，纷纷拿下正赛名额。

三 | 外协整体竞争门槛持续拉高，冷门常态化已成当下乒坛常态，也让本次瑞典正赛的比拼更具悬念。