Athens Olympic silver medallist Wang Hao and World Championship runner-up Ma Lin have secured berths table tennis World Team Championships.?????

Wang Hao placed second in the standings coming into the final day of the four-day national trials. He won his two matches in the afternoon to become the first qualifier to play for China in the world team championships.

Veteran Ma Lin managed to move up on the tally to finish second overall and secured the second berth on the Chinese team.

(CRI English Feb. 10, 2006)