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Eugene Zhen Wang Dept: A short time later, Eugene Zhen Wang, the top-ranked table tennis player in North America, was a Canadian citizen, according to Montreal Gazette. "The Canadian Olympic Committee supports Mr. Wang's request and I am writing to confirm that Mr. Wang would be eligible to compete for Canada at the 2012 London Olympic Games if he is granted Canadian citizenship by July 4." OTTAWA - The Canadian Olympic Committee urged Immigration Minister Jason Kenney's office to fast-track the Canadian citizenship of a Chinese-born table tennis star in time for him to compete for Canada at the summer Games, a newly released document shows. "I am writing to you regarding Mr. Zhen Wang's request for an exceptional early granting of Canadian citizenship," says a May 11 letter to Kenney's office. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.