LONDON - China's Zhang Yining, the reigning Olympic champion, has qualified for the Beijing Games despite losing her number one table tennis ranking for the first time in five years.
Zhang Yining
Guo Yue
Wang Hao
Ma Lin
The top five women in the rankings released on Thursday by the sport's ruling body were all Chinese and so were the top four men, but only the top two gain automatic qualification.
Guo Yue, the 19-year-old new number one, is the other automatic Chinese qualifier in the women's singles.
Wang Hao and Ma Lin qualify directly from the men's rankings, meaning Wang Liqin, the reigning world champion, must try to take the third and last Chinese spot at the Olympics via the Asian qualifying event. The surprise men's singles gold medallist from the 2004 Games, Ryu Seung Min of South Korea, has qualified, ranked eighth in the world. Timo Boll of Germany is the highest-ranked non-Chinese player at five.
The top 20 in January's rankings automatically qualify for the Beijing Games in August. Because of the large number of Chinese in the rankings, Zoran Primorac of Croatia, ranked 23rd, has qualified for his sixth Games.
Two other players who have competed in every Games since table tennis was introduced to the Olympics in 1988, Sweden's Joergen Persson and Belgium's Jean-Michel Saive, are tied in the final qualification position in the men's singles.
They will stage a play-off for automatic qualification before the European qualifying tournament in April.
A bitter pill to swallow 不得不吞的苦药
Hot potato 棘手的问题“烫手山芋”
India's sewer workers and British school standards 印度下水道工人施工安全,英国在校生学习成绩下降
Burn a hole in your pocket 有钱不花难受
A recipe for disaster 后患无穷
Cosmonaut anniversary and wallaby internet star 宇航员周年纪念日,小袋鼠轰动互联网
The cost of protecting the environment, Juno space probe 保护环境付出的代价,“朱诺”木星探测器
Cyclists make Olympic history, 400-year-old shark 英国自行车运动员创英奥运历史,400岁格陵兰鲨鱼
Phelps makes history and marine species 菲尔普斯创造历史,海洋新物种
There's method to my madness 我有一个不合常理的办法
To lie through your teeth 睁眼说瞎话
Cheap and cheerful 物美价廉
Big Ben and gorilla surprise 维修大本钟,大猩猩生子
Knee-jerk reaction 本能反映
California wildfires and cloned animals 加利福尼亚州野火,克隆动物衰老过程正常
Axe to grind 别有用心
The university of life 生活经历
Canada wildfire and NASA discovery 加拿大林火,美国国家航空航天局发现系外行星
Pain in the neck 令人讨厌的事情或人
To make a monkey out of me 捉弄我
World's longest tunnel and a strange kind of race 世界最长铁路隧道,扛羊毛袋比赛
Test the water 试探,摸底
In good nick 品质好、没有损坏
To make a mountain out of a molehill 小题大做
You're pulling my leg! 你在愚弄我!
White / blue-collar worker 白领,蓝领
The last/final straw 忍无可忍,使人最终崩溃的一击
IOC on Russian doping and hot June 奥委会就涉俄兴奋剂事件报告进展,六月高温破纪录
Diabetes warning and Queen at 90 糖尿病激增引忧, 英国女王90岁生日
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