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Shweta Pandey
Chinese Women players ready for the up-coming 2012 London Olympic Games
The next Olympic will be held from July 27 to August 12, 2012 in London, England and will surely be quite a fascinating event. The table tennis event in 2012 London Olympic Games will be held in the Excel Centre in East London’s Royal Victoria Dock. It will be played on sports looring supplied by Tinsue.
Wang Hao and Zhang Jike are China’s Men qualifiers for the 2012 London Olympics. Li Xiaoxia and Guo Yan are China’s women qualifiers and all these four players have directly qualified by the world ranking as per May 16, 2011. There are a total of 28 players for each event worldwide, who have qualified directly with a maximum number of three men and three women.
Sadly, not all the best players will be participating in this mega event as there’s a limit. Only 86 men and 86 women can take part in 2012 London Olympics.
China being a strong table tennis nation, who has numerous players in world ranking, will only be able to send three women and three men for the upcoming Olympic Games.
Guo Yan, the qualifier for table tennis in 2012 Olympic is the winner of 2006 and 2011 World Cup. Currently ranked second in ITTF world ranking as of February 2011. She was a runner-up in 2005 World Championship and a semi-finalist in 2007. Guo has won the Pro Tour four times, Swedish Open in 2001, Korean Open in 2003 and English Open in 2009.
Yan is a right-handed player with a remarkable record and all eyes are on her as she has already qualified for 2012 London Olympics.
Li Xiaoxia is the second player representing China in 2012 London Olympics. Li Xiaoxia is a very talented player and she is expected to be one of the most demanding players for China. She is at number one on the ITTF women’s ranking as of April 2011.
Li Xiaoxia is a right-handed player born on January 16, 1988 and has claimed many titles on her name. She was the runner-up in 2007 World Championship and a semi-finalist in 2009. She has appeared in three World Cup tournaments and won the title in 2008 and was third in 2009. Li Xiaoxia was a runner-up in 2007 and 2009 Asian Championships.
China’s preparation for the most loved sport of their country is at its best for the 2012 London Olympics. All eyes are on the Chinese players and no doubt they are the hot favorites to win the event and repeat the history.
Chinese women table tennis has all what it takes to dominate any tournament. Tough training, practice and mental strength has enabled Chinese players to achieve such skills and techniques that are unmatchable at international standards.
The new format for 2012 Olympics surely makes it harder for some of the other remarkable Chinese players to show their skills at the event which is quite unfortunate for players like Ding Ning, Guo Yue, Liu Shiwen, Wu Yang and the list goes on. Six out of seven players in world’s top ranking list are from China as of latest ITTF ranking in July 2011.
All eyes are on Li Xiaoxia and Guo Yan, already as the whole Chinese nation hopes and prays for them to maintain their winning-streak and makes their nation proud in the 2012 London Olympics.
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