The Japan Table Tennis Association has agreed to take in about 50 members of China's national table tennis team who are unable to return home in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, sources said Friday.
According to the sources, the JTTA is arranging to bring the players, including reigning Olympic and world singles champion Ma Long, to a training base in the Kanto region after the March 22-29 team worlds in Busan, South Korea.
The Chinese team will depart Japan for a training camp in June, but will return for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics from July 24 to Aug. 9.