Asian Table Tennis Championships: Chinese team ends with 4 gold medals and 4 silver medals

China News Service, Beijing, October 25th. On the 25th local time, the 2026 Asian Table Tennis Championships ended in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The Chinese team ended with 4 gold medals and 4 silver medals.

In the men's team final, the Chinese team swept the South Korean team 3:0 and successfully reached the top, achieving the fourth consecutive Asian Championship men's team championship and winning the Asian Championship men's team championship trophy for the 26th time in team history. In this campaign, Zhou Qihao fought hard for four games and won the chipper Jiang Dongxiu 3:1. Lin Shidong easily defeated Park Kuixuan in three straight games. Xiang Peng defeated Park Kangxian 3:1. In the end, the Chinese team won 3:0.

The national table tennis women's team lost to the Japanese team 2:3 and missed the opportunity to defend the title. Chen Yi lost to slicer Honoka Hashimoto at 0:3 in the first set. Wang Yidi and Kuaiman defeated Miwa Harimoto and Hina Hayata, once leading the score. However, in the last two sets, Chen Yi and Wang Yidi lost to their opponents. In the end, the Chinese team lost 2:3 and finished second.

In the mixed doubles final, the Chinese pair Huang Youzheng/Chen Yi faced off against the Japanese pair Matsushima Terukora/Harimoto Miwa. The Chinese pair took the lead twice in this battle, but was tied both times. They failed to capture the key points in the decisive game and lost to their opponents 2:3, finishing second. The Japanese team won the championship again after 5 years.

In the women's doubles final, the Chinese pair Kuaiman/Wang Yidi won three consecutive games after losing the first game and defeated the Japanese pair Miwa Harimoto/Hina Hayata 3:1. This is the second time the national table tennis team has won the women's doubles championship in the Asian Championships after 2023.

The men's doubles final was between two national table tennis pairs. Wen Ruibo/Yuan Lizen won the first game, and Lin Shidong/Huang Youzheng then won three games in a row, overturning their teammates 3:1 to win the championship. The Chinese team won the championship and runner-up.

In the singles arena, Chinese player Chen Yi, ranked 10th in the world, faced the top seed Miwa Harimoto in the finals. In the end, he swept his opponent in three straight sets and was crowned the women's singles champion of the Asian Table Tennis Championships for the first time. At the same time, he ended his previous four-game losing streak against Miwa Harimoto. In the men's singles final, Chinese player Li Tianyang first took a 2:0 lead, but was later reversed by Japanese player Tomokazu Harimoto and unfortunately won the silver medal.