Table Tennis》Dhaka Youth Olympics roster announced! Lin Jinting and Chen Yanxin compete with the "hell-level" lineups of China, Japan and South Korea

Lin Jinting represents Taiwan in the men's singles and mixed doubles at the Youth Olympic Games in Dhaka. (Taken from WTT official website)

[Reporter Xu Mingli/Taipei Report] The 2026 Dhaka (Senegal) Youth Olympics table tennis event will be launched on October 31 and November 5. The complete list of participants was released today. A total of 32 men and 32 women players from 41 countries competed in the three events of men's singles, women's singles and mixed doubles.

As early as June, the Taiwan team confirmed the first silver player Lin Jinting and the Heku female player Chen Xinxin to participate in the competition. The Japanese team sent Kawakami Ryusei and Matsushima Misora, currently ranked No. 1 in the U17 world, to participate in the competition; the Chinese team launched In the 2024 World Youth Championship U15 age group, "Four Crown Champions" Li Hechen and "Three Gold Medals" Yao Ruixuan; the South Korean team has the 15-year-old genius Li Chengzhu and the also 15-year-old Xu Mengyu to shoulder the important task of winning medals.

This year's Youth Olympics men's singles competition is the most intense ever. There are seven players from the top 10 in the U17 world. In addition to Kawakami Ryusei, Lee Seung-soo, and Li Hechen, who are most likely to win gold, Colombian star Otavalo, ranked second in the world, won the U19 men's singles runner-up in this year's Singapore Youth Grand Slam; 16-year-old The Iranian super star Faraj defeated two former Chinese world champions Lin Shidong and Wang Chuqin in the Asian Championships, and his strength cannot be underestimated. The Thai teenager Prichayan, who won the U15 mixed doubles gold medal at the World Youth Championship last year, also upset Lin Shidong 3:2 in the just-concluded Nagoya Asian Games men's team competition. They are all strong competitors.

Lin Jinting, ranked 10th in the U17 world, has never played against Kawakami Ryusei and Li Hechen. He lost three times against Lee Seung-soo. He also had 0 wins and 2 losses against Otavalo, 2 wins and 2 losses against Farage, but he won all three games against Prichayan.

Women's singles is also star-studded. In addition to Matsushima Misora, who currently ranks first in the U17, U15 and U13 worlds, Yao Ruixuan, who won the U19 mixed doubles championship with Li Hechen this year, is also expected to have the ability to win gold. In addition, 16-year-old Hong Kong rookie Su Zitong jumped up to challenge the China Grand Slam at the beginning of the month. He reached the top 32 from the qualifying round before losing to Japan's top sister Miwa Harimoto. The improvement is amazing. Other players include 16-year-old French youngster Guo Zheng, Indian female player Das, and Singaporean rookie Liming Ying.

Judging from the past battle records, Chen Yixin, ranked third in the U17 world, played against Matsushima Misora ​​twice, with each winning 1 win; against Yao Ruixuan, they had 0 wins and 3 losses, against Su Zitong, 2 wins and 1 loss, against Xu Mingyu, they had 2 wins and 2 losses, and against Guo Zheng, they had 1 win and 1 loss.

Heku young player Chen Yanxin is about to compete in the Dhaka Youth Olympics. (Taken from WTT official website)