Olympic Day 2020

On Tuesday 23rd June sports fans across the world celebrated Olympic Day 2020, a special commemorative occasion to highlight the magic of the iconic event. A number of table tennis pros also partook in the celebrations with their own personal dedications:

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Preparation continues

As you may have seen over the past few weeks in particular, the stars have been ramping up their fitness work ahead of their eventual return to action and this week was no different.

Young French player Marie Migot and Czech Republic’s Hana Matelova have been training together on the table:

Dimitrij Ovtcharov has been working on his service game:

While Suh Hyowon continues to perfect her high ball toss technique:

What else have the stars been getting up to?

Aside from reflecting on Olympic memories and training hard, what else have the stars been doing to preoccupy their time over the past week?

Ibrahima Diaw has been enjoying a spot of kayaking in Sweden:

Hugo Calderano appears to have perfected the back flip dunk:

And Debora Vivarelli wowed us with her incredible flexibility:

Liu Guoliang receives warm welcome

In other news, Chinese table tennis icon Liu Guoliang has taken up a new role as Chair of the World Table Tennis Council with his main responsibilities including taking overall leadership and responsibility for pioneering the future of table tennis.

Liu’s arrival has received wide praise from the table tennis community:

The voice of table tennis himself, Adam Bobrow, also posted his congratulations:

Read more about Liu Guoliang’s new position here.