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“进入东京时间，打造东京场地，设立东京标准，使用东京赛制，模拟东京对手，提供东京保障” It's that and beyond IMO. Practice matches, the Chinese players surely have many of those through their usual training sessions. My interpretation is that the coaches might be seeing deflated morale after having spent a prolonged period of time away...

Select Schedule for Day 1 (8 August 2020) 11am (GMT+8) – Mixed Doubles Round of 16 Table 1: Fan Zhendong/Chen Meng vs Cao Wei/Zhang Rui Table 2: Liang Jingkun/Gu Yuting vs Zhang Yudong/Li Jiayi Table 3: Xu Chenhao/Wang Yidi vs Fang Bo/Zhang Qiang Table 4: Wang Chuqin/Wang Manyu vs Yu...

Was asked to post details of the Chinese National Team's (CNT) Olympics preparation matches in a separate thread so here it is. My Chinese is not the best so please pardon any translation errors. I have attached the original sources as well so that others can verify the accuracy of the...

But I think Free Bird is probably right in saying that the trio of LGY, LJK and WCQ mainly serves to challenge ML, XX, FZD and also perhaps an (very) early trial for the 2024 Olympics Games in Paris.

Indeed, they do play differently but one of the main goals of this mock Olympics is to "模拟东京对手" which roughly translates "to imitate [their key] Tokyo Olympics opponents". So it's not just about setting up an Olympics-esque atmosphere (in terms of competition length, schedule and format) but...

CNT's Mock Olympics Participants & Seeding List Men's Team 1) Ma Long, Xu Xin, Fan Zhendong 2) Lin Gaoyuan, Liang Jingkun, Wang Chuqin –> Two lefties + one righty = mock Japanese MT? 3) Yan An, Zhou Qihao, Liu Dingshuo –> All righties so mock SKorean MT? 4) Xu Chenhao, Zhou Yu, Zhao Zihao...

The Taiwanese team says, "We need to outpace the CNT in holding a mock Olympics!" 4 August to 5 August 2020: XD, WD and MD. Lin Yun-ju/Cheng I-Ching, Chuang Shih-Yuan/Chen Chien-An, Chen Szu-yu/Cheng Hsien-tzu Seems like it will just be a series of practice matches for the above players...

Details, except for the team compositions, about CNT's mock Olympic Games are out. Some key points as below. Period: 8 August to 21 August 2020 (CCTV5 will be live-streaming the entire event) Events to be Played: MS, WS, XD, MT, WT* *Seedings will be based on ITTF April 2020's WR Schedule...

At this rate, Hayata is gonna be the WS champion by default. Woots!

Lol who is gonna represent 'China' in this mock Olympics.

I would like to see male vs top female Japanese players, particularly since many of the latter have male sparring partners. We've seen how the top Chinese women fared against the American men, assuming they went all out, and it seems like it could go either way.

So it's a call for participants and funds for a TT event? Lol.

Maybe it is Mizutani retiring and the end of Japan's strongest XD pair till date. His recent social media posts are all about his mobile games and woodwork. Lol ~ But re-starting tournaments/matches with audience is the most likely outcome IMO.

Wonder what huge announcement the JTTA has planned for tomorrow.

JTTA: Our predictions were spot on – DN, LSW & CM. But this trio was probably who they had intended to send if the Olympics was indeed held this year. Not sure about 2021... Also, ZYL would have broken the tradition of being the first (?) reserve player from the previous iteration to not...

She has an elbow/forearm injury that keeps flaring up after months of non-invasive treatment, since the commencement of German Open. Unsure if the success of those treatments were partially marred by her (or coaches') insistence to continue training, hence those "clips" that you have seen...

Do you happen to know why they were reviewing the Rio trio (LXX, DN, LSW) instead of the Tokyo candidates? https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL7mDcpZ4nKGk1hqaH2p1VFZaM4KvdGgrs&time_continue=3&v=BmqYjHMxIj8 Seems like Ito thinks that LXX is the most imposing, DN most stable and LSW possessing...

I was mainly talking about XD since she has already gotten that spot formally and what it means if her injuries persist. Of course that will have implications for Singles selection as well but 1 year is a long time away so I wouldn't bother too much about it at the moment. On the two 2018...

Wells, seems like LSW is not recovering as smoothly as hoped. Wouldn't discount her yet since the Olympics is still a long time away but if CNT does try a new pairing (no DN/FZD again please), perhaps it's a sign that LSW's injuries are rather serious.