Table Tennis
Celebrating International Siblings Day!
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Thursday, 09 April 2020 11:21
Furthermore, every generation has witnessed siblings who have excelled. Diane and Rosalind Rowe Twin sisters born in Marylebone, London, created a record which is unique in sport; one that may never be equalled. After winning the women’s doubles title at the 1951 World Championships in Vienna, they regained the crown in 1954 in London beating compatriots Ann Haydon and Kathy…
WADA: play safe on play true day 2020
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Thursday, 09 April 2020 08:23
Now the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the anti-doping community celebrate “Play True Day” reaching over six million people worldwide. For many years now, WADA has been working to keep the sport community “Clean in Sport”. At the World Conference on Doping in Sport, held in Katowicze from Tuesday 5th to Saturday 7th November 2019, the World Antidoping Code was…
Matilda Ekholm bids farewell: #BehindTheTable
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Thursday, 09 April 2020 01:00
Two iconic players from yesteryear, Åsa Svensson and Marie Svensson are two names that carry significant importance in Swedish table tennis. Åsa holds the astonishing and exclusive record of being the only European player to claim victory over Chinese legend Deng Yaping while Marie was crowned European champion in 1994. Matilda Ekholm is arguably the most successful player to hail…
Zoran Primorac, proud to be Croatian
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Table Tennis
Wednesday, 08 April 2020 04:42
Born on Sunday 10th May 1969, the first time he played table tennis, it was certain to him, it was the sport to follow. Humble beginnings Representing his hometown club STK Bagat, he won seven medals at the European Youth Championships. However, this did in no way make him feel invincible and his training continued as vigorously as before. Understandably,…
Colleague provides second opportunity, chance seized
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Table Tennis
Tuesday, 07 April 2020 20:25
The achievement is that they won the men’s singles title at the World Championships by beating the player against whom they had lost in the immediately preceding final; the striking factor is that it always involved a fellow member of their national team! In an all Hungarian affair in 1931 in Budapest, in the final, Victor Barna lost to Miklos…
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