Liu Guoliang quits as head of Chinese table tennis

by sportswriters Cao Jianjie and Su Bin

BEIJING, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Liu Guoliang resigned as president of the Chinese Table Tennis Association (CTTA) on Wednesday, less than nine months after China swept the 2024 Olympic table tennis gold medals.

The 49-year-old handed the baton to his disciple Wang Liqin, a two-time Olympic champion who had climbed the ladder as a sports official in Shanghai since his