On April 9, 2024, the German Table Tennis Association officially announced the lineup for the Paris Olympics, led by Bol and Han Ying, and the Chinese star Qiu Dang was reused, signing up for the men's singles, men's team, and mixed doubles events.
According to the German Table Tennis Association, the list of the Paris Olympics has been produced: men's singles Ocharov, Qiu Dang, team plus Bol, women's singles Han Ying, Mittram Nina, team plus Shan Xiaona, mixed doubles Qiu Dang/Mittram Nina, Chinese player Qiu Dang signed up for three events, Francesca is a substitute player, if nothing else, there is no chance to play, and now waiting for confirmation by the Olympic Committee.
As we all know, the German team as a whole is very strong, the men's team has Bol, Ocharov, Francesca, Qiu Dang four first-class masters, the women's team Han Ying, Shan Xiaona, Mittram Nina is by no means idle, of course, from the perspective of national table tennis, the real threat is the men's singles and men's team two events, Han Ying's physical recovery is still unclear, whether she can continue to play is not easy to say.
When it comes to Qiu Dang, I believe that fans who often watch the game are no strangers, he is a rising player in this Olympic cycle, the straight board play style is very powerful, he once defeated the national table tennis world champion Liang Jingkun, currently ranked 10th in the world, mixed doubles partner Mittram Nina is a fixed lineup, in fact, the head coach of the German team, Roskov, has long determined the Qiu Dang/Mittram Nina combination, has been giving opportunities.
Although his son Qiu Dang went to Germany to develop and relied on his own efforts to get to his current position, his father Qiu Jianxin stayed in Japan and served as a coach for Kasumi Ishikawa and others.
In fact, Francesca did not participate in the competition, but went with the team as a substitute, which is still a little surprising, after all, he won Ma Long some time ago, and the main force of national table tennis has a good record, Qiu Dang has no advantage in this regard, he won Liang Jingkun once, probably considering the problem of mixed doubles, he finally chose to reuse Qiu Dang and did not give Francesca the opportunity to participate in the men's team.
Not only Qiu Dang needs to pay attention, the other two players are also difficult to deal with, Bol won this year against Zhang Benzhihe won the championship, which brought a great impact to Liang Jingkun, which is still fresh in people's memories, although Ocharov's recent results are average, but there is always a good performance in the past competitions, as for the competition for Olympic seats in national table tennis, the current stage is basically coming to an end, and after the end of the two events, the dust will settle.