Peter Jackson and Li Chun Li will head the eight-member New Zealand table tennis challenge at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester in July.
Jackson, 37, is a veteran of four Olympics, having played at the Seoul, Barcelona and Sydney Games and acted as manager-coach of Chun Li at Atlanta in
1996.
Chun Li, 40, represented New Zealand at the Barcelona, Atlanta and Sydney Olympics and is based in Japan, where she plays professionally.
Table tennis is making its debut as a Commonwealth Games sport at Manchester.
Jackson, who lives in France, is a multi New Zealand Open champion and reached the last 16 of the Commonwealth championships in India last year. He will be joined in the men's team by Aaron Li of Christchurch and the French-based pair Shane Laugesen, 26, and Andrew Hubbard, 29.
Li, 29, reached the last eight in the Commonwealth championships.
Li Chun Li, a singles silver medallist at the Commonwealth championships, will be joined in the women's team by her sister Karen Li, a Sydney Olympics representative, Tracey McLauchlan, 22, of Hutt Valley, and Laura-Lee Smith, 23, of Canterbury.
New Zealand Olympic Committee secretary-general Barry Maister says he is impressed with the table tennis selections.
"This is a very strong team to represent New Zealand in a new sport at Commonwealth Games level.
"All the athletes selected have performed admirably on the international stage and we believe they will perform with credit in England."
- NZPA
