National table tennis adjusts the list of entries for three events in the Asian Championships

China News Service, Beijing, October 10th: The China Table Tennis Association issued an announcement on the 10th about adjusting the list of athletes for the Chinese team in the 2026 Asian Table Tennis Championships. Lin Shidong will no longer participate in men's singles and mixed doubles events, and Liang Jingkun will no longer participate in men's singles and men's team events.

The Chinese Table Tennis Association said that after a comprehensive assessment of Lin Shidong and Liang Jingkun's physical condition and injuries by the national team's medical team, it was deemed that neither of them could continue to undertake their original participation tasks. In order to properly protect the health of athletes and avoid further aggravation of injuries, the national team coaching staff decided after comprehensive consideration and judgment to cancel Lin Shidong’s registration for men’s singles and mixed doubles (paired with Kuai Man) in the Asian Championships, and cancel Liang Jingkun’s registration for men’s singles and men’s team. The national team coaching staff therefore made adjustments to the athletes participating in the men's team, men's singles and mixed doubles events.

The adjusted athletes for the men's team are Lin Shidong, Wen Ruibo, Zhou Qihao, Xiang Peng, and Huang Youzheng; the men's singles athletes are Wen Ruibo, Zhou Qihao, Xiang Peng, Huang Youzheng, and Li Tianyang; and the mixed doubles athletes are Huang Youzheng/Chen Yi, Yuan Lizen/Wang Yidi.

The list of other four events remains unchanged, namely women's team: Kuai Man, Wang Yidi, Chen Yi, Shi Xunyao, Xu Yi; women's singles: Kuaiman, Wang Yidi, Chen Yi, Shi Xunyao, Qin Yuxuan; men's doubles: Lin Shidong/Huang Youzheng, Wen Ruibo/Yuan Lizen; women's doubles: Kuaiman/Wang Yidi, Chen Yi/Jiang Yiyi.

The 2026 Asian Table Tennis Championships will be held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from October 19th to 25th. (over)