I'm way more excited for the 13th Chinese National Games than I've been in a really long time, because there will be world-class Chinese table tennis athletes as well as upcoming future stars striving for 7 titles in 10 days. The Games will take place from 28 August to 6 September in Tianjin. With 3 days to go and no news about the draw of the single events, let's have a look at the goals of each team and athlete at the 13th Chinese National Games.
Chinese National Games is a major national multi-sport event in China. Every provincial team is taking it seriously and has sent their top athletes to compete in the Games.Table Tennis World, a Chinese table tennis magazine, did interviews with some athletes about their goals at the 13th Chinese National Games. So here is a summary of their goals!
Team Beijing
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| Photo: 李武军 |
Ding Ning
Events: Women's Team, Women's Doubles, Women's Singles
Goals: Win a gold medal and make breakthroughs in women's singles and women's doubles
Ma Long
Events: Men's Team, Men's Doubles, Men's Singles
Goals: Try his best in all 3 events and win gold in men's doubles
Team Guangdong
Liu Shiwen
Events: Mixed Doubles, Women's Doubles, Women's Singles
Goals: Win a gold medal among 3 events
Team Hebei
Sun Yingsha
Events: Women's Team, Women's Doubles, Women's Singles
Goals: Win a medal
Team Heilongjiang
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| Photo: 乒乓世界 |
Wang Manyu
Events: Women's Team, Mixed Doubles, Women's Doubles, Women's Singles
Goals: Win a medal for the team
Team Hubei
Feng Yalan
Events: Women's Team, Women's Doubles, Women's Singles
Goals: Win medals in the 3 events
Team PLA
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| Photo: 李武军 |
Zhou Yu
Events: Men's Team, Mixed Doubles, Men's Doubles, Men's Singles
Goals: Win 3 gold medals (Won 2 gold medals 4 years ago in men's team and men's doubles)
Mu Zi
Events: Women's Team, Mixed Doubles
Goals: Try her best in the team event
Liu Xi
Events: Women's Team
Goals: Go all out in the team event
Team Sichuan
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| Photo: Sina Sport |
Zhu Yuling
Events: Women's Team, Mixed Doubles, Women's Doubles, Women's Singles
Goals: Win a medal out of the 4 events
Team Shandong
Events: Men's Team, Women's Team, Mixed Doubles, Women's Doubles, Men's Doubles, Men's Singles, Women's Singles
Goals (women's team): Win a gold medal
Team Tianjin
Events: Men's Team, Women's Team, Mixed Doubles, Men's Doubles, Men's Singles
Goals: Win a medal and strive for a champion (Star player: Hao Shuai)
According to CCTV journalist, Li Wujun, teams have arrived Tianjin for adaptive training. 3 days to go until the table tennis event starts. Comment below to predict who will come out on top in Tianjin. Catch up the CNG previews and throwbacks in the previous posts and stay tuned for more updates!
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