France to feature in women's table tennis team event at Tokyo Olympics
China DailyBEIJING - Team France has accepted the team quota relocation from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to play in the women's team event at the Tokyo Olympic Games, the International Table Tennis Federation announced on Tuesday. The French National Olympic Committee had confirmed Yuan Jia Nan and Prithika Pavade as the two players previously qualified, and Stephanie Loeuillette was added as the third player to the team. "The International Olympic Committee Executive Board decided that the International Federations concerned may immediately reallocate any sporting quota places won by athletes from DPRK for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 to other NOCs in accordance with the IFs' published qualification systems," read an ITTF statement. According to Tokyo Olympics table tennis qualification system, 48 places per gender are allocated for the men's and women's team events.