China News Service, Beijing, May 16-The Chinese table tennis team's Tokyo Olympics list is on the 16th, and 8 players with 3 old and 5 new players are responsible for competing for 5 gold medals in table tennis at the Tokyo Olympics.

　　The list announced by the Chinese Table Tennis Association that day is quite consistent with previous speculations by the outside world.

Women's singles: Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha; women's team: Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Liu Shiwen; P card: Wang Manyu.

Men's singles: Ma Long, Fan Zhendong; men's team: Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Xu Xin; P card: Wang Chuqin.

Mixed doubles: Xu Xin/Liu Shiwen.

　　When interpreting this list, the Chinese table tennis team said that to participate in the Tokyo Olympics, the men's national table tennis team sent the strongest lineup, and the talented women's team was selected among the best.

　　In the men’s line, Ma Long was the winner of the men’s singles and men’s team at the 2016 Rio Olympics. He won three consecutive World Championships singles gold medals. He is the only “Grand Slam” winner among active male athletes. The role of substitution.

Fan Zhendong has won nearly three World Cup singles championships in a row, and has maintained the number one ranking in the world for the past year.

Xu Xin is a champion member of the men's team at the 2016 Rio Olympics. He has won the doubles gold medal in the World Championships with Malone, Zhang Jike, and Fan Zhendong respectively. He is currently the best player in the men's team with doubles ability.

　　Qin Zhijian, the head coach of the National Table Tennis Men’s Team, said that the men’s team had a collective meeting to discuss and study the men’s team, and the opinions were highly unanimous.

"They are in good competitive form, physical fitness, and injuries are under control. They are currently the best team for the National Table Tennis Men's Team to participate in the Tokyo Olympics."

　　In the women's line, Chen Meng has won 9 international competitions and 3 domestic championships in the past two years, and now ranks first in the world.

As the backbone of the new generation of national table tennis, Sun Yingsha has maintained an excellent record against the main Olympic opponents of the Chinese team, and currently ranks second in Olympic qualifications.

Liu Shiwen is a member of the women's team champion in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games and won the "five consecutive championships" of the Women's World Cup.

After the 2019 World Championships, although Liu Shiwen suffered injuries one after another, she has now returned to a state where she can participate in the Olympics.

　　The women’s team coach Li Xun said that the selection of women’s teams has experienced "happy troubles", but after collective discussion and voting, the final result is fair and just.

　　According to ITTF rules, mixed doubles players must participate in team competitions.

Li Xun said that, based on the actual situation and after communicating with Liu Shiwen himself, she decided that her application for the Tokyo Olympics will be mixed doubles and women's teams, and her main focus will be on the mixed doubles competition.

　　In the Tokyo arena, table tennis mixed doubles has become an official Olympic event for the first time, and it will be the first event to win a gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics table tennis competition. The value and significance of the "Olympic first gold" and "good start" make the mixed doubles The project has become the top priority of the National Table Tennis Olympics preparations.

　　Ma Lin, the head of the mixed doubles event of the Chinese table tennis team, said that Xu Xin/Liu Shiwen have been qualified for the mixed doubles event of the Tokyo Olympic Games by virtue of their status as the mixed doubles champions in the 2019 ITTF finals.

More importantly, this pair of long-running partners continue to prove their abilities with their results. They are the players with the highest technical level of the men's doubles and women's doubles in the national table tennis at this stage.

　　In the selection of P cards, the coaching staff of the national table tennis men's and women's teams weighed singles and doubles strengths and playing characteristics, comprehensively considered the strategic plan to accumulate reserve forces for the 2024 Paris Olympics, and finally selected Wang Chuqin and Wang Manyu.

　　The Tokyo Olympics will be held from July 23 to August 8 this year. The table tennis event will produce 5 gold medals in mixed doubles, men’s and women’s teams, and men’s and women’s singles. The Chinese table tennis team, known as the "dream team", will give 5 gold medals. The gold medal launched an impact.

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