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Chinese athletes ready for Tokyo Games
1 2021-07-19 08:42:31CHINA DAILY
Editor : Li Yan
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Liu Shiwen, of the Chinese table tennis team, arrives at Narita International Airport in Tokyo, Japan, on Saturday. Other members of Chinese Olympic delegation also arrived in Tokyo on that day. (Photo/Xinhua)
Well prepared and fully protected, China s Olympic teams have arrived in Tokyo safe and sound on a mission to do their country proud at the pandemic-hit Summer Games.
With four days to go before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics open on Friday, the majority of China s 431-athlete delegation had traveled to the Japanese capital on chartered flights by Sunday, kicking off the country s campaign to finish high in the medal tally at the multisports mega event, which was delayed for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Ready to seize their golden opportunity By SHI FUTIAN | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2021-07-16 09:27 Share CLOSE China s world No 1 Fan Zhendong is targeting gold in the men s singles in Tokyo. The 24-year-old will be making his Olympic debut at the Games, where the action on the table starts on July 24. [Photo/Xinhua]
But China s all-conquering paddlers braced for Olympics like no other as pandemic brings new challenges to the table
As the world s undisputed table tennis powerhouse, Team China has made no secret of its desire to sweep all five gold medals on offer at the Tokyo Olympics.
Under normal circumstances, that would be no mean feat. However, the addition of what the Chinese team has described as extremely difficult COVID-19 health and safety regulations has made that task even harder to accomplish.