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Boston Herald
Boston Herald
20 Jul 2024
Associated Press


NextImg:2024 Olympics: What to know — and who to watch — during the table tennis competition in Paris

A roadmap to follow for the table tennis competition during the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris.

Ma Long, China: The 35-year-old table tennis icon is the reigning Olympic and World Cup singles champion. He also won the Olympic gold medal in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.

Sun Yingsha, China: Sun is the top-ranked woman and the defending World Cup singles champion. She also helped China win gold at the Tokyo Games in the women’s team competition.

Wang Chuqin, China: No. 1 in the men’s singles ranking, Wang was an alternate for the Chinese team at the Tokyo Games.

Felix Lebrun, France: The 17-year-old Lebrun is considered one of the rising stars in the sport. At No. 5 in the world, Lebrun is the highest-ranked player from anywhere outside of China.

China aims to increase its dominance of the sport that was added to the Olympic program at Seoul in 1988. Chinese athletes have won 32 of the 37 gold medals so far, and 60 of the 115 total medals. The only other nations to have won gold medals are South Korea (three) and Japan and Sweden, which have one each.

Young brothers Felix and Alexis Lebrun have quickly risen through the ranks and could be vying for medals at their home Olympics. Both were ranked over 750th in the world in 2022, and are now in the top 35. They played for France when it lost to China in the world team championships final in February.

The table tennis competition runs July 27 to Aug. 10.

The singles events take place in the first week with the women’s final on Aug. 3 and the men’s final on Aug. 4. The team events are staged in the second week, with men’s medals awarded on Aug. 9 and the women’s team medals on Aug. 10.

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