From team leaders to role players, China's table tennis team boasts a rotating cast of characters.

Wang Nan, China's most successful table tennis player of all time, is determined to win a ticket to August's Beijing Olympic Games despite the challenge posed by younger teammates. Wang, the 2000 Sydney and 2004 Athens Olympic champion, is currently No 4 in the world behind teammates Guo Yue, Zhang Yining and Li Xiaoxia. [Agencies]But 12-year veteran Wang Nan has been a rare constant on the women's squad, establishing herself as the world's most prolific women's table tennis player and accumulating more major titles than even her legendary compatriot Deng Yaping.

Now Wang, who turns 30 this year, refuses to step down to make room for emerging youngsters. She is determined to grab a ticket to her third Olympics and would love more than anything to wrap up her glittering career with a gold medal on home soil.

"I will never give up before the final list for the Beijing Games is announced," Wang said. "I came through so many difficulties in 2007, but I held on. Everything I did in the last year was for a chance at Beijing Games."

It has been a roller-coaster year for Wang.

After missing several tournaments to start 2007, Wang watched her chances for the Beijing Games grow slimmer and slimmer as her Olympic points fell behind teammates Zhang Yining, Guo Yue and Li Xiaoxia.

According to ITTF rules, every association is only allowed to send three men's and three women's players.

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