Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, June 7 (Reporters Su Bin and Zhang Han) The men’s singles, women’s singles and mixed doubles lists for the Tokyo Olympics are set for the 7th. 65 men and 70 women will participate in singles matches, and 16 pairs will be played. Participate in the new mixed doubles event of the Olympic Games.
The Chinese table tennis team announced the Olympic roster last month. Ma Long and Fan Zhendong played in the men’s singles. The women’s singles players were Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha, and Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen partnered in mixed doubles. As of the 2016 Rio Olympics, the Chinese team has won 28 of the 32 gold medals in the Olympic table tennis event.
The Tokyo Olympics table tennis competition will be held at the Tokyo Stadium from July 24 to August 6. The mixed doubles event will make its debut in this Olympics, and each national and regional Olympic committee can only send a pair of mixed doubles.
As one of the main opponents of the national table tennis, the host Japanese team’s men’s singles players are Tomowa Zhangmoto and Takaki Niwa, and the women’s singles are Mima Ito and Yoshikawa Ishikawa. Mima Ito will also partner Mizutani Hayabusa in mixed doubles.
Belarusian Samsonov will compete in the Olympics for the seventh time, becoming the fifth table tennis player to compete in the Seven Games. The 45-year-old Samsonov said that he has always wanted to win an Olympic medal. This dream has not yet been realized, but this is his motivation and pushes him to continue to struggle.
The 57-year-old Ni Xialian is the oldest table tennis player in the Olympic Games. She will represent Luxembourg for the fourth time this year. Syrian player Zaza will become the youngest table tennis player in the history of the Olympics. At the age of 12, she won the West Asian qualifier last year and won the ticket to the Tokyo Olympics.
Ocharov will represent Germany to launch an impact on men’s singles medals. He won a silver medal and three bronze medals in the three Olympic Games in 2008, 2012 and 2016. German players participating in this Olympics also include Boll, Solga and Han Ying.
The list of the Tokyo Olympics table tennis team competition was announced on May 20. Fan Zhendong, Ma Long and Xu Xin formed the national table tennis men’s team. The women’s team players were Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha and Liu Shiwen. (Finish)
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