China announced its Olympic table tennis squad in a news conference of the State General Administration of Sports here on Tuesday.

Chinese men's team Ma Lin (L), Wang Hao (2nd, R) and Wang Liqin (R) pose with Chinese table tennis head coach Liu Guoliang at the gold medal presentation ceremonies in Japan in this May 24, 2008 file photo. [Xinhua]

"Ma Lin, Wang Hao and Wang Liqin will play for the men's team, while Guo Yue, Zhang Yining and Wang Nan will play for the women's team," Liu Fengyan, director of the National Table Tennis and Badminton Center of the State General Administration of Sports, said.

"The substitutes will be Chen Qi for the men's team, and Li Xiaoxia for the women's team," added the director.

Chinese table tennis women's team Zhang Yining (L), Guo Yue (C) and Wang Nan stand at the gold medal presentation ceremonies in Japan in this May 24, 2008 file photo. [Xinhua]

According to Liu, the Chinese table tennis men's team will go to Xiamen for a one-month training from June 21, while at the same time the women's team will take the practise run in Zhengding.

(Xinhua News Agency June 19, 2008)