The countdown to the Paris Olympics has begun, and the delegations have announced their Olympic participation lists. After the national table tennis team announced the squad, the Swedish Olympic Committee also announced their Olympic list, led by the post-00 rising star Moregaard, Anton Carlberg, who has played a strong role recently, Carlsen took the last train as a three-single, and the former World Table Tennis Championships champion Falke missed and only got the P card. The three members of the women's team are Stina Carlberg, Bergstrom and Belgard, and Carlsen/Stina Carlberg play in the mixed doubles.
The Swedish team is also one of the fierce rivals of the national table tennis team, especially the men's team. Although in the team competition, the threat of the Swedish team is not as great as that of Japan and South Korea, and the overall strength does not have much possibility of an upset. But their individual combat ability should not be underestimated, once they are allowed to play smoothly, in the case of a single elimination, everything is possible.
The highest-ranked Swedish team is the post-00 rising star Moregaard, who became famous for winning the men's singles runner-up at the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, but in the following three years, he was educated by the main force of national table tennis in turn, and his ranking fell again and again. And Moregaard often throws his temper and throws his racket during the game, which affects his ceiling to some extent. Against Moregaard, as long as you control the rhythm and don't make mistakes, your opponent may collapse while fighting.
Compared with Moregaard, the national table tennis should be more wary of Anton Carlberg. In the 2023 WTT Bangkok and the 2024 Macau World Cup, Carlberg defeated Liang Jingkun, the main force of national table tennis, twice, which gave him a certain amount of confidence. In a way, Carlberg is even tougher than Moregaard. Due to Carlberg's low world ranking, he may encounter national table tennis in the first two rounds, whether he meets Wang Chuqin or Fan Zhendong, these two need to mobilize their state as soon as possible to avoid the appearance of upsets.
Regrettably, Falke, the men's doubles champion at the World Table Tennis Championships in Houston, missed out on Paris, and his partner Carlsen, who won the championship, was shortlisted. Falke's golden period came four or five years ago, when he reached the men's singles final of the World Table Tennis Championships in 2019, losing to Ma Long and finishing runner-up. In terms of world rankings, Falke was once ranked seventh, but this was also his last glory in table tennis. At the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships in Durban, Falke lost 1-4 to Lin Zhaoheng of Hong Kong, China, and was upset. Since then, Falke has only been able to compete in lower divisions such as WTT's regular Challenger and feeder tournaments, and it is only natural that he will not be able to qualify for the Olympics.
On the side of national table tennis, Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong will play in the men's singles, Ma Long will usher in the last dance of the Olympic Games as the third singles, Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng will play in the women's singles, and Wang Manyu will play in the group. Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha, the double world and one mixed doubles, will shoulder the heavy responsibility of hitting the first Olympic mixed doubles gold medal in the history of national table tennis, and both of them are three triple champions.