Table Tennis Preview
The U.S. table tennis team is prepared to represent Team USA in Tokyo. With multiple national team players competing as full-time professionals overseas, USA Table Tennis is more prepared than ever to make a strong impression at the Olympic Games in 2021.
With more exposure and limelight on the international table tennis circuit, the results have continued to grow. Team USA world rankings are at an all-time high, highlighted by both team and individual success. Both the U.S. men's and women's teams reached the quarterfinals of the world team cup in Tokyo in 2019 and have been increasing in team world ranking consistently.
Lily Zhang went above and beyond in 2019, being awarded the International Table Tennis Federation Breakthrough Star Award after her sweep of the Pan Am Championships where she won four gold medals, then not long after broke records by placing fourth at the women's world cup, where she defeated former cup champion Miu Hirano of Japan.
The six-member U.S. team was named following the Olympic Trials in Feb.-March 2020. 2016 Olympic Kanak Jha is joined by Nikhil Kumar and Xin Zhou on the men’s side, while Huijing Wang and Liu Juan join Olympic veteran Lily Zhang on the women’s team. With these strong contenders, there is no time like the present for Team USA to push for its first-ever Olympic medal in the sport.
Updated on July 21, 2020. For more information, contact the sport press officer here.