The much-watched 2021 Houston World Table Tennis Championships officially kicked off on November 23, and now various countries have announced the list of participants, while the list of national table tennis personnel is now only 5 people, and it is expected that the full list will be announced in early November.
Sweden, as an old table tennis team, has always been a strong opponent of national table tennis, but the overall performance has declined after the retirement of Lao Wa, but it achieved a good result of runner-up in the last World Table Tennis Championships, and finally lost to Malone in the men's singles final.
Swedish participants:
Men's teams: Falke, Carlsson, Perlson (not the same as the head coach), Carlberg, Moregold
Women's team: Linda, Christina
Japan has been performing well in table tennis, and won the championship in the mixed doubles of the Tokyo Olympic Games, and the lineup should not be underestimated. In September, there was also an internal selection competition for the World Table Tennis Championships, which shows that this World Table Tennis Championships is also a bit of an idea.
Japanese Players:
Men's Team: Tomokazu Jangmoto, Takashi Niwa, Yukiya Utada, Masataka Morien, Hayabusa Tokami;
Woman: Miki Ito, Yoshiaki Ishikawa, Miu Hirano, Nozomi Hayada, Saki Shibata.
Germany as an old table tennis team is also very strong, the veteran Bohr has always been the pillar of Germany, this time also participated in the World Table Tennis Championships.
German players:
Men's teams: Tim Bohr, Dimitri Ocharov, Patrick Francesca, Ruben Philus, Benedict Duda.
Women's team: Han Ying, Shan Xiaona, Patricia Solja, Nina Mitlum, Sabine Winter.
South Korea once caused no big trouble for the national table tennis in the competition, but in the end it was not able to defeat the national table tennis, and this World Table Tennis Championships was also one of the first countries to announce the participants.
Men's team: Jung Young-sik, Jang Woo-jin, Lee Sang-so, Lim Jong-hoon, Ahn Jae-hyun
Women's team: Tian Zhixi, Xu Xiaoyuan, Shen Yubin, Cui Xiaozhu, Li Shiwen
This World Table Tennis Championships is the third international competition that the national table tennis team has decided to participate in after the Olympic Games (the second time is the WTT that will be held soon), although only fan Zhendong, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu, Sun Yingsha and Liang Jingkun have been announced now, but Ma Long, as the defending champion, should appear in the singles, and the other team members can only wait for the coaching team to decide
I hope that our athletes will pay attention to their own safety when competing abroad! Especially during the epidemic period, come on, I wish the national table tennis to achieve better results again!