The list of national table tennis players participating in the 2024 Paris Olympics has been released, and the main lineup of another veteran table tennis powerhouse, the Swedish team, has also been announced.
- Men's Singles: A. Carlberg, Moregaard;
- Women's Singles: Bergstrom, C. Carlberg;
- Mixed doubles: Karlsson/C. Carlberg;
- Men's team: A. Carlberg, Moregaard, Karlsson, substitute Falke;
- Women's team: Bergstrom, C. Carlberg, Bogard, substitute Hansen.
Although Falke was defeated, the three masters of the Swedish men's team, A. Carlberg, Moregaard, and Karlsson, all have the level to threaten the national table tennis, and they have indeed won our main force in the past.
The Swedish team is an important opponent of national table tennis, which has risen since the 60s of the last century, has defeated the main force of the Chinese team many times, and gave birth to the first Grand Slam winner in history, Waldner, in addition to Bengersen, Persson, Apeielen and others have also won many world championships, especially from 1989 to 1993, they completely suppressed the national table tennis and took the lead in realizing the World Table Tennis Championships men's team three consecutive championships.
Relatively speaking, the Swedish women's table tennis is lackluster, both in the past and now can only be regarded as a second-rate or lower-level team, until this year did not get the first team ticket to the Olympic Games, the influence is not the same as the men's team that once dominated the field, and the threat to the national table tennis is basically negligible.
Although Waldner and others retired, the Swedish team began to decline, but at the beginning of the Tokyo Olympic cycle, their results have rejuvenated, among which Falke's achievements are the most outstanding, collecting gold, silver and bronze medals in the World Table Tennis Championships.
As the men's doubles champion of the World Table Tennis Championships, his partner Karlsson has not cooperated with him recently, but has been cooperating with A. Carlberg in doubles, and there is only one explanation for this abnormal behavior, that is, to prepare for the Paris Olympics, and now it seems that this is the case.
As mentioned earlier, although there is no Falke in the lineup, the remaining three main players of the Swedish men's team have defeated the national table tennis world champion, among which A. Carlberg won Liang Jingkun not long ago, Moregaard has also defeated Liang Jingkun in the past and won the men's singles runner-up at the World Table Tennis Championships, and Karlsson has defeated Wang Chuqin, and everyone has the level of first-class athletes in foreign associations.
As for the men's singles, the two veterans Falke and Karlsson were abandoned this time, and A. Carlberg and Moregaard participated in the battle, which also demonstrated the determination of the old coach Persson and others to reuse young people, so can they threaten the Chinese team again in Paris?
Let's sit back and wait for the game to begin!