Table Tennis
Top five athletes never to win a Paralympic Games men’s singles medal
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Monday, 31 August 2020 05:19
Kim Hyeonuk Starting the list is young and talented Korea Republican Kim Hyeonuk, who was crowned the 2018 World champion in men’s singles class 1. The 24-year-old has also collected two consecutive silvers at the Asian Championships in 2017 and 2019 – which have brought him the ranking of world no. 4. Yet, a medal at the Paralympic Games remains…
The day Olajide Omotayo stunned Africa in Rabat
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Saturday, 29 August 2020 00:00
Olajide Omotayo’s journey to prominence began in 2008 at Alexandria, Egypt when the Nigerian made his first international outing at the African Junior and Cadet Championships. At the next edition of the continental showpiece, Omotayo was there again in Congo Brazzaville 2009. He made an impact at the 2013 World Junior Championships in Casablanca, Morocco; his senior outing became a…
Brazilians look to leave their mark in Toyko
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Saturday, 29 August 2020 04:32
Israel Stroh Securing Brazil’s highest honour last time out in Rio was Israel Pereira Stroh, rewarded for an excellent campaign with a notable silver medal finish in the men’s singles class 7 event. A journey no doubt reflected upon with fond memories, but not one without its frustrations following Stroh’s loss to Will Bayley at the final hurdle, having bested…
WTT and Imagen play doubles to preserve table tennis past, present and future!
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Friday, 28 August 2020 02:02
World Table Tennis (WTT), launching in 2021 as the new commercial and events business of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), is building a future-proofed digital video archive with intuitive video management platform Imagen, to preserve decades of historic sporting moments. 6,000 hours of exclusive match footage, including more than 9,000 matches spanning as far back as the 1930s, have…
Top five athletes never to win a Paralympic Games women’s singles medal
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Thursday, 27 August 2020 14:00
Melissa Tapper A name so popular in Para table tennis that nearly every fan would do a double-take as they read the mention of the Australian superstar in this list. However, it is true that for the double gold medallist at the ITTF Oceania Para Table Tennis Championship, Tapper has been unable to record a podium finish at the Paralympics.…
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