In fact, there are mixed doubles in other events, such as the World Table Tennis Championships and the Asian Games.
1. Tokyo Olympic Games is the first time that table tennis mixed doubles appeared in the Olympic Games.
1988 At the Seoul Olympic Games, table tennis officially became an Olympic sport, with four events: men's singles, men's doubles, women's singles and women's doubles. In the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, men's and women's team events replaced men's and women's doubles, or four events. Tokyo Olympic Games added mixed doubles men's singles, women's singles and women's teams. Although an extra event has been added, a team is still limited to six players.
On July 25th, 20 18, BOCOG officially announced the table tennis schedule of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. This year, in addition to the traditional men's singles, women's singles, men's teams and women's teams, mixed doubles events have also been added.
20 17 In June, the International Olympic Committee held a meeting of the Executive Committee at the headquarters in Lausanne, and made a decision to determine the project setting for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. It will increase 16 events, including table tennis mixed doubles, and reduce 1 men's weightlifting level.
China lost 3-4 in the table tennis mixed doubles final of Tokyo Olympic Games.
On the evening of July 26th, in the men's and women's table tennis mixed doubles final of Tokyo Olympic Games, China's Xu played against Japanese Ito Meicheng. The game was very fierce, and finally China lost the game 3-4 to the Japanese team.
After the game, Xu He cried and felt sorry for everyone.
In fact, in the eyes of netizens, the game is a game, and the athletes tried their best. Winning or losing is a common occurrence in military strategists. The athletes have not wronged anyone, and their efforts for so many years will not be erased because of the defeat in this competition.
In fact, Xu Xin and Liu lost the game not because of their technical problems, but because of their mentality. Japan, as the host, has a great advantage, while Xu Xin and Liu, both veterans, are injured, especially Liu's overall state is really poor.
Olympic table tennis mixed doubles is an added event in this Tokyo Olympic Games. No one knows whether it will be retained in the next Olympic Games. Even after that, mixed doubles became a compulsory event in the table tennis Olympic Games, but it is still a problem to persist for several times. In China, mixed doubles have always been randomly matched by athletes, so the tacit understanding between players is relatively poor, but training in this area will definitely be strengthened in the later period.