Table Tennis
Sun’s rising: Chinese star soaring to the top
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Saturday, 10 August 2019 02:58
Everyday, the planets, stars, moon and sun all rise in the east. As if following a known fact of life, China continues to produce some of the world’s best talent in international table tennis and this is no more evident than the rise of a certain Sun Yingsha. Birth of the junior Sun-star Three years ago, 2016 saw Japanese female…
Team titles the prize, Brazil and United States clash in bid for final places
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Saturday, 10 August 2019 05:49
All secured first places in their initial stage groups; at the quarter-final stage it was success against the outfits that had ended the day as runners up, precedence was asserted. In the men’s team event, the top seeds, the Brazilian trio comprising Hugo Calderano, Eric Jouti and Gustavo Tsuboi recorded a 3-0 win in opposition to Paraguay’s Marcelo Aguirre, Santiago…
Olympic Solidarity, promoting courses in Bhutan, Burundi and Haiti
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Friday, 09 August 2019 18:13
In July, three activities supported by Olympic Solidarity, took place across three continents: Bhutan in Asia, Burundi in Africa and Haiti in Latin America. All three activities consisted of an ITTF/PTT Level One Coaches Course followed by a training camp. Burundi Organised from Monday 8th to Thursday 18th July, Togo’s Kaka Lawson was the expert on duty in Bujumbura, Burundi’s…
Main draw places the prize, surprise group first places
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Friday, 09 August 2019 13:17
Shu Zi led the line, he beat India’s Deepit Patil, the no.10 seed (11-6, 11-9, 11-3); Tang Tsz Hsun followed suit, he accounted for Korea Republic’s Park Gyeongtae, the no.11 seed (11-6, 14-12, 11-9). Impressive performances, it was the same from Woo Hyeonggyu, he prevailed against Chinese Taipei’s Huang Yan-Cheng, the no.12 seed. Problems for notable names but not at…
Hectic day in Lagos, leading names on course
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Friday, 09 August 2019 16:54
Most certainly for the crowd there was plenty of action. Men’s Singles …………Disappointment for Belgium’s Devos family; in round two Laurens came within a hair’s breadth of beating the host nation’s Quadri Aruna, the top seed (10-12, 8-11, 12-10, 7-11, 11-8, 12-10, 11-5); elder brother Robin was the biggest casualty, the no.6 seed he was beaten by Romania’s Rares Sipos,…
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Friday, 09 August 2019 01:51
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