Table Tennis
Favourites prevail but in different fashions
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Sunday, 27 October 2019 16:47
At the final hurdle, selecting Dorottya Tolgyes, Hana Arapovic and Elena Zaharia, the European outfit recorded a 3-0 win in opposition to the Hopes team, the no.5 seeds, comprising Ser Lin Qian, Sophie Earley and Emily Tan. A win as predicted but very different to one day earlier; in the very first fixture of the tournament the two outfits had…
European success, Hana Arapovic the backbone of success
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Sunday, 27 October 2019 14:41
In the past six decades and more, when in female events Asian players have met European adversaries, time and again Asia has prevailed. At the semi-final stage of the girls’ team event in Wladyslawowo, the old continent turned the tables, Europe recorded a 3-2 win. The architect of the victory was Hana Arapovic. She beat Japan’s Kaho Akae in the…
Top three untroubled, next in line troubled
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Sunday, 27 October 2019 12:58
Most notably of the next five names in the order of merit, only Yang Zhi-Ying, the no.6 seed and also from Chinese Taipei, survived the opening round; he accounted for Sweden’s Alve Sjoevold, the no.5 seed (13-11, 11-4, 11-2, 11-4), who earlier in the day had finished in second place in his group behind India’s Himnakulhpuingheta Jeho. The win was…
Xue Juan and Koya Kato add to collection, team titles secured
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Sunday, 27 October 2019 07:24
Xu Juan joined forces with colleagues Yang Zhonghui and Li Qian, the player she had beaten in the final of women’s singles class 3 final to secure the women’s team class 1-3 title. In a group organised event, they finished ahead of Korea Republic’s Lee Migyu and Seo Suyeon; third position ended in the hands of the combination formed Thailand’s…
Anti-Doping Law discussed in German Parliament
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Sunday, 27 October 2019 05:03
The current Anti-Doping Law has proved to be a step in the right direction, but there remains plenty to do in order to clamp down on the criminal structures operating ‘behind the scenes’ of doping scandals. This is the general consensus among experts who met at the Sports Committee in German Parliament to discuss possible amendments to the law in…
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