The ITTF announced its May world rankings today, which is also the basis for the selection of the Rio Olympics in August. After Chen Jianan obtained the men's singles qualification last month's Asian qualifiers, Zhuang Zhiyuan, the 7th men's world number 16 Zheng Yijing and 30th

International Table Tennis Federation announced its May world rankings today, which is also the basis for the selection of the Rio Olympics in August. After Chen Jianan obtained the men's singles qualification last month's Asian qualifiers, Zhuang Zhiyuan, the 7th men's world number 16 Zheng Yijing and 30th Chen Siyu also won Olympic seats based on their rankings. All four of them have played in the qualifying round and are also set as registered as players on the list.

35-year-old Zhuang Zhiyuan participated in the fourth consecutive Olympics, but he still has the original intention of pursuing more outstanding football skills. He said: "Being able to participate is to be calm and let go of your mind as a training. Playing the Olympics is always a happy mood, and then trying your best to achieve results. The Olympics are different, and the atmosphere is not comparable to ordinary competitions. Anyway, it is just a happy competition and enjoy the process, and you will try your best to play, and you won't think too much." He also revealed that looking at the Olympic record and his own status, it is not ruled out that the possibility of challenging the 2020 Tokyo Olympics is challenged.

Zheng Yijing qualified for the Olympics for the first time. She said: "I missed two Olympics. This time I firmly grasped the qualifications and directly selected with the world rankings. I cherish this opportunity. Facing the Olympics, Siyu and I have been confirmed to be selected. I think I will face and challenge every player without fear like the World Team Championships. I am very eager for a hall of medals."

Chen Siyu played in the Olympics for two consecutive times. She said: "The goal is to be better than last time. I lost the last 32. If I sign the lucky one this time, I think I can reach the top 16, but I actually hope to score 8 in a singles game. Strong. After all, I am not young anymore, and I am not sure if there is any next Olympic Games to play. It is better to order a little bit. The team hopes to compete with Yijing for medals. There are too many competitions recently, so I will rest first. I will go to China to play the A League at the end of the month, and then there will be two super series in Japan and South Korea in June, and I will go to seclusion in July to train."

, who participated in the Olympic Games for the first time, said: "The goal is to win cards in the team, and fight one by one in a single game. Now we need to start strengthening and improving physical and technical issues, after all, the Olympics are very strong." Chen Jianan also revealed that he will go to Germany for special training before the Olympics.

For the third player selection of the Chinese Taipei team competition, head coach Xu Rongzhan said: "June 15 is the deadline for the third player registration group. We may choose the highest singles player rankings based on the world rankings in June. In principle, it depends on how the association decides."

Huang Ming, deputy secretary-general of the Chinese Taipei Table Tennis Association, said: "The third person in the group was originally decided to decide through the training meeting. Determine, ranking is an important reference, and factors such as doubles pairing in the third point of the team competition and the technical characteristics of the players are also considered. The date of the selection and training meeting is being decided. "

According to the world ranking this month, the man ranked highest in Zhuang Zhiyuan and Chen Jianan outside the world is Jiang Hongjie 69th in the world; the woman ranked highest in Zheng Yijing and Chen Siyu outside the world is Li Yizhen, and in addition, veteran Huang Yihua has participated in three consecutive Olympics, ranking 80th in the world, but the points are only 3 points away from Li Yizhen, so there are still variables.