Facing the pneumonia epidemic infected by the new coronavirus, the Chinese table tennis team, which ended the International Table Tennis Federation World Tour German Open, temporarily changed its schedule and arrived in Doha, Qatar, the next tour site in advance to prepare for the battle.
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 6, China Table Tennis Association reported on the 6th that in the face of the pneumonia epidemic caused by the new coronavirus, the Chinese table tennis team that ended the International Table Tennis Federation World Tour German open temporarily changed its schedule, arrive in Doha, Qatar, the next tour site in advance to prepare for the battle.
The German Open ended in Magdeburg on the 2nd local time. The Chinese team won 4 gold medals in 5 projects.
In order to resolutely implement the State Sports General Administration to strengthen the closed monitoring measures for each sports team, ensure the safety of the sports team’s living and training environment, and ensure that the preparation for the Tokyo Olympic Games will not be affected, after considering all the factors such as the training in the future period and a series of important competition tasks before the Tokyo Olympic Games, Guozhen decided to take the team that ended the German Open trip directly to Doha.
It is reported that the main team of Guozhen arrived in Doha on the 3rd to start small-plate training, and participated in the Qatar Open held there in March 3-8. Then, it will go to South Korea to prepare for the battle and participate in the Busan World Table Tennis Championships. The training of the World Table Tennis Championships originally scheduled to be held in China has been confirmed to be canceled.
In addition, domestic competitions were also stopped. The Asian Cup table tennis competition originally scheduled to be held in Wenchang, Hainan from February 28 to March 1 was postponed, all events and activities sponsored by China Table Tennis Association were postponed in February this year and March.
The Chinese Table Tennis Association said: “during the competitions and training in Germany and Qatar, the State Council received help and support from Chinese embassies and consulates abroad, the International Table Tennis Federation, the German table tennis association, the Qatar Table Tennis Association and many foreign friends, in this regard, China Table Tennis Association expressed its heartfelt thanks. The soldiers of the state court are in good health. We hope that through the recent training and competition, we will continue to improve our level, create new achievements in the Busan World Championships, and take every solid step on the road to the Tokyo Olympic Games.”
“The Chinese Table Tennis Association and the national table tennis team will strictly follow the strategic deployment of the General Administration of Sports to prepare for the Tokyo Olympic Games, and combine the actual needs of the epidemic prevention and control work, earnestly carry out the tasks of preparing for the recent international events and Busan World Championships. Follow-up arrangements will be announced in due course depending on the development of the epidemic.” China Table Tennis Association said in the announcement.