China announces Olympic table tennis squad

BEIJING, June 17 (Xinhua) -- China announced its Olympic table tennis squad in a news conference of the State General Administration of Sports here on Tuesday.

"Ma Lin, Wang Hao and Wang Liqin will play for the men's team, while Guo Yue, Zhang Yining and Wang Nan will play for the women's team," Liu Fengyan, director of the National Table Tennis and Badminton Center of the State General Administration of Sports, said.

"The substitutes will be Chen Qi for the men's team, and Li Xiaoxia for the women's team," added the director.

According to Liu, the Chinese table tennis men's team will go to Xiamen for a one-month training from June 21, while at the same time the women's team will take the practise run in Zhengding.