The Tokyo Olympics is Malone's third time to participate in the Olympic Games. As the defending champion, he defeated Indian Akanta, French Simon Gauzy and Egyptian Asare with the same score of 4:/KLOC-0: 0 in the first three games. In the semi-final, Malone played seven games with Germany's Ochalov, and finally advanced to the final with a narrow victory of 4:3. In the men's singles final of table tennis in Tokyo Olympic Games, China Malone defeated teammate Fan Zhendong and won the men's singles championship.
On September 26th, 2023, in Hangzhou 19 Asian Games, Malone defeated Park Jingxian 3-0 in the third game, and China team composed of Fan Zhendong, Malone and Wang won the gold medal 3-0.
Malone's achievements
20 15 won the men's singles championships in Suzhou World Table Tennis Championships, Table Tennis World Cup and ITTF World Tour Finals in succession, and was the first male player in table tennis history to win these three championships within one year. Malone 20 16 men's singles and men's team champion in Rio Olympic Games. 2065438+June 2007, Malone won the World Table Tennis Championships in Dü sseldorf, Germany. On March 22nd, 2022, ITTF 12 was ranked in the world, and Malone ranked second in men's singles.
On May 27th, 2023, Malone1-4 (9-11/8-1/65438) won the men's singles semi-final of the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships. In July 2023, Malone/Yuan lost 2-3 to Lin Shidong/in the men's doubles final of the 2023 WTT Star Challenge held in Ljubljana, and won the runner-up.