One hopeful prospect for the Olympics is the team of Chi Chin-lung and Chi Chin-shui, who came in second at the Asian Games after defeating Chiang Chia-liang and Hsu Tzeng-ts'ai of the mainland and then losing by a hair to the mainland's Ch'en Ts'an-lung and Wei Ch'ing-kuang.
紀氏兄弟在今年五月亞洲盃桌球賽中，擊敗中國大陸江加良、許增才組，而後敗於中國大陸陳燦龍、韋晴光組，屈居亞軍，使這對比較消極的選手，燃起奧運希望的火花。