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Tokyo 2020 Preview

Published Sun 18 Jul 2021

Six-time Olympian Jian Fang Lay and Olympic debutante Michelle Bromley will compete in the Women’s Singles, while Chris Yan and David Powell will take the court in the Men’s Singles, as they did in Rio 2016.

On July 25, Melissa Tapper and Heming Hu will be the first Australian table tennis players to compete in the Mixed Doubles event, which makes its debut at the Olympics.

Australia has been represented at every Olympic Games since the sport began in 1988, but has never won a table tennis medal in Olympic competition.

Ones to Watch

After being the last athlete selected to the team as a replacement for Stephanie Sang, Jian Fang Lay will be hoping to improve on her result in Rio, when she was the only Australian to score a win before conceding defeat in the third round against the Singaporean Yu My. 

Read the Tokyo Games preview in full at https://www.olympics.com.au/news/tokyo-2020-preview-table-tennis/

 

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