1. Who are the "Three Heroes of Chinese Table Tennis"?

The current level of table tennis in our country can be called "world-class". When we look back on the difficult journey of our country's table tennis team, people will not forget the "three table tennis players" who have made significant contributions to this end. Britain". Their names are Jiang Yongning, Fu Qifang, and Rong Guotuan.

①Jiang Yongning

He returned to the mainland from Hong Kong in 1952 and won the championship in the first national warball competition in New China. In the 1950s, Jiang Yongning won many national championships. His superb chipping skills are of great help in improving the ability of Chinese players to deal with chipping.

②Fu Qifang

Returned to the Mainland from Hong Kong in 1953. Serving to attack, skating, and playing short balls are his "three unique skills". In 1959, after he served as the coach of the national team, the Chinese team won the men's team and men's singles world championships three consecutive times at the 26th, 27th, and 28th World Table Tennis Championships.

③Rong Guotuan

He returned to the mainland from Hong Kong in 1957 and won the national men's singles championship in 1958. In 1959, he won the first place for New China at the 25th World Table Tennis Championships. A world champion. After becoming the coach of the Chinese women's team in 1965, he led the Chinese women's team to win the women's team championship for the first time at the 28th World Table Tennis Championships. "How many times can we fight in life" is his famous saying.

2. How are Olympic table tennis players produced?

Table tennis was included in the official events of the 24th Olympic Games held in South Korea in 1988. But only four individual competitions are held: men's and women's singles and men's and women's doubles. The men's singles competition is limited to 64 players, 16 of whom will be selected from the ranking list announced by the ITTF, but no more than 2 players from one country can be selected, and the remaining 48 players are selected from all continents. The women's singles is limited to 32 participants. The participants are selected in the same way as the men's singles participants, except that the number is reduced by half. In addition, there is only one contestant from a country selected from the ranking list published by the ITTF. Men's doubles is limited to 32 pairs of players, and women's doubles is limited to 16 pairs of players. Players from different countries cannot be paired. In addition, there will also be strict regulations on the number of people participating in the Olympic table tennis competition from each country: no more than 4 male players and no more than 3 female players.