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https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/topics/jtta-selection-system-to-be-revamped-for-paris-2024.24977/post-442208 https://hochi.news/articles/20240204-OHT1T51304.html?page=1

Mizutani's rather objective comments on the 3rd members, especially Ito, his long time close friend. 水谷隼さん、金メダルコンビ伊藤美誠を思いつつ、パリ五輪卓球3番手「張本美和は妥当な選択」 https://world-tt.com/blog/news/archives/157862 <Comments from Mizutani-san> Shinozuka is chosen because he is 3rd in selection points (and...

IIRC, Sharara relayed the stance of the IOC once on that (can't remember exactly when and where but was probably over the reduction of singles athletes per NOC between Beijing 2008 and London 2012). They wanted to keep the number of athletes and support personnel in the Olympic village down to...

Finally, Tasei confirms what I've suspected of Togami after all these months and Watanabe is in agreement with my stance on Ito. https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/goto/post?id=431599...

日本男子の田㔟邦史監督が語る、パリ五輪男子3枠目の大きな決め手 https://world-tt.com/blog/news/archives/158143 "Shinozuka won 4-3 11:9, and the weight of that 1 point was appreciated." Following the official press conference of the JTTA Development Headquarters in the afternoon, the contents of the interview with Japan...

日本女子の渡辺武弘監督へ厳しい質問相次ぐ。なぜ3人目は伊藤美誠ではなかったのか https://world-tt.com/blog/news/archives/157995 "Of course, I appreciate the fact that they worked hard to aim for the 2 spots, but I chose the 3rd spot because I thought she was the player who could win the most in Paris." Following the official press...

Table Tennis Kingdom has more on Shinozuka and Harimoto. Splitting it into 3 posts due to the 15000 characters limit. Tasei was asked about Shinozuka/Togami as the MT doubles pair and he said that is his plan currently. He thought about Harimoto/Shinozuka but had a change of mind after...

Hirano says Ito has been a respectable opponent and they had been competing since they were kids until this final selection but Ito is also an opponent that she doesn't want to lose to. She adds that, other than Ito, she has the responsibility to work hard for all those who missed out on the...

Harimoto Yu: "Paris Olympics is the greatest stage. Bronze medal and above." 「中3でオリンピックって、すごい尊敬」卓球・張本選手が「兄妹でのオリンピック出場」　父親の張本宇さん喜びの声に卓球教室の子どもたち【ミヤテレNEWS NNN】 [url unfurl=false]https://youtu.be/1MWm63JaU2E?t=21[/url] 【「パリオリンピック」代表選手】卓球「女子団体戦」メンバーに「仙台市出身・張本美和選手」【ミヤテレNEWS NNN】 [url...

Looks like TV Tokyo got singled out again, as usual. The unique positioning of TV Tokyo [url unfurl=false]https://youtu.be/Osy0XNBh7ZE?t=264[/url]

「日本代表になるだけでも大変なんだな」伊藤美誠 3大会連続五輪出場の夢ついえる…“宿敵”平野美宇「頑張る責任がある」【卓球女子五輪代表発表】 [url unfurl=false]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyqCBzd4ScU[/url] 「シングルとダブルス両方で活躍できる」仙台出身の張本美和選手（15）パリ五輪・卓球の団体代表に内定 [url unfurl=false]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHRz3X6K5n4[/url]...

Not holding my breath on the grit of the coaching staff after XTWC 2023. The only hope is for Hayata to step up, which she HAS NEVER DONE before in team events (WT/XT). Track record against China in Paris 2024 cycle: WTTC 2022 - had to sit out due to an upper arm injury whereas Ito was the...

JTTA to Ito:

Kinoshita Group press conference. Live now... パリ五輪 日本代表候補予定選手『平野美宇・張本美和 記者会見』2月5日（月）15:30〜 LIVE配信 [url unfurl=false]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9krzsrPND04[/url]

【卓球】パリ五輪代表３枠目は15歳張本美和！伊藤美誠は３大会連続五輪ならず　日本協会が発表 https://www.nikkansports.com/sports/news/202402050000353.html ▽Women's headcoach Watanabe: "As for the women, Hayata, Hirano, and with Harimoto as the team candidate. The women are competing at a high level. They are still young. Hirano in...

Pair for XD: Harimoto/Hayata Reserve members for MT/WT: TBD after WTTC 2024 第33回オリンピック競技大会（2024/パリ）卓球競技　男女日本代表候補予定選手発表 https://jtta.or.jp/news/18001

3rd member for MT: Shinozuka Hiroto 3rd member for WT: Harimoto Miwa

On 2/4, Ito made her first public appearance after Zennihon Takkyu 2024, telling the media that she is the only current Olympic gold medalist in Japan's table tennis, therefore she has to make table tennis more popular and that from now on she hopes to speak and act as a gold medalist. If that...

And Miyazaki has been feeling the heat for the past week after his "announcement" in the episode of "Going! Sports & News" that aired on 2024/1/27. Even KONNO Noboru of Table Tennis Kingdom grills him in his column. 卓球パリ五輪代表３人目はどう決まる？　協会幹部の発言も波紋 https://www.jiji.com/jc/article?k=2024013001175...

Gotta get this out of the way before the official announcement. The next episode of "Going! Sports & News" that aired on 2024/1/28 (the final day of Zennihon Takkyu 2024) had more on Harimoto siblings. Full album - [url unfurl=false]https://imgur.com/a/H6ENwDj[/url] Harimoto: At WTT Finals...