Hina Hayata, who is about to compete in the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships, is thinking about the 2028 Olympics and plans to play four events at that time

On the 7th, the Japanese team participating in the individual event of the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships in Doha, which opened on the 17th, held an open training camp at the Ajinomoto National Training Center in Tokyo. Hina Hayata, the silver medalist in the women's table tennis team and bronze medalist in singles at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, has put forward her dream for three years.

Hina Hayata

Los Angeles 2028 will not feature a women's team event, with a resurgence in women's doubles and the introduction of a mixed team event. Up to four events, including women's singles and mixed doubles, have come into view, and Hina Hayata, who is currently ranked No. 7 in the women's singles world, looks to the future, saying, "I want to achieve results in all events. With her left hand, she has the advantage of being able to combine with anyone. This is where only you can do it. I want to improve. ”

Miu Hirano, who won silver medals with Japan in two consecutive Olympic Games in the women's team competition, said that she was "a little lonely" and saddened the disappearance of the women's team event at the Olympics, and 16-year-old Miwa Haramoto, the first sister of Japanese table tennis, said: "First of all, we must work hard to participate in the singles [Olympics]. ”