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Follow the action LIVE: Day Four
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Wednesday, 24 April 2019 01:00
Latin American continent believes Stopped in round three in 2017 when the World Championships were staged in Düsseldorf, but two years later Hugo Calderano has surpassed that feat. The no.7 seed from Brazil accounted for the ever-improving Sathiyan Gnanasekaran by a 4-0 margin (11-6, 11-3, 11-9, 11-9) to set up a Round of 16 meeting with Ma Long. “I made…
Education at the heart
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Wednesday, 24 April 2019 05:31
The workshop commenced with a welcome by Thomas Weikert, ITTF President, who then passed the floor to Ryu Seungmin. In his keynote speech on the “Secrets behind a successful Dual Career”, he shared his own journey from athlete to current IOC member. Speaking about training as a child, with the Olympic Games in mind as the ultimate goal, he recalled…
Budapest, a learning field for Indian teenager
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Wednesday, 24 April 2019 06:57
After winning the boys’ singles title at the 2018 Australian Junior and Cadet Open, since that time Manav Vikash Thakkar has become an integral member of the Indian team. “I now realise that playing at top level is a bit more difficult than being a junior player. It is more of tactics at this level and in every match, you…
ITTF Foundation aiming at setting examples
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Wednesday, 24 April 2019 09:06
Leandro Olvech, ITTF Foundation Director, presented six programmes, selected as prime examples to develop the sport in the best interests of mankind. “We will launch multiple projects but in the long term but we do not see ourselves just as a factory of projects. We want to be seen as an inspiration and a model to persuade other organisations to…
5 Things we learnt from Day Three in Budapest
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Tuesday, 23 April 2019 13:31
No one’s too big to fall early One of the most important aspects in sport, especially in table tennis, is to always expect the unexpected. However, on Day Three we witnessed a couple of early departures that we totally didn’t see coming. Few would have predicted that Wong Chun Ting’s journey would end in round one of the men’s singles…
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Tuesday, 23 April 2019 15:36
Preview Day Four: Stars to meet in unmissable encounters
Tuesday, 23 April 2019 18:33
Big names fell on Day 3 of the Liebherr 2019 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships
Tuesday, 23 April 2019 07:38
Everything is better than it used to be
Tuesday, 23 April 2019 09:41
Luxembourg pays respecting follow death of Grand Duke
Monday, 22 April 2019 18:35
Meet the qualifiers at the Liebherr 2019 World Table Tennis Championships
Tuesday, 23 April 2019 02:12
Follow the action LIVE: Day Three
Tuesday, 23 April 2019 04:39
Vote of thanks: most valuable contributions
Monday, 22 April 2019 10:00
Updates from Budapest: Day One and Day Two
Monday, 22 April 2019 10:00
Liebherr Live: the best view in Budapest!
Monday, 22 April 2019 13:38
5 Things we learnt from Day Two in Budapest
Monday, 22 April 2019 15:56
Preview Day Three: Potential upsets on the horizon?
Monday, 22 April 2019 01:24
Watch Live! ITTF’s Annual General Meeting
Monday, 22 April 2019 06:10
Good start but tough task ahead for Panagiotis Gionis
Monday, 22 April 2019 06:32
Mariana Sahakian enjoying the moment
Monday, 22 April 2019 06:42
First mission completed, second much greater: to keep table tennis alive in Venezuela
Monday, 22 April 2019 07:38
…and the host cities for 2021 and 2022 are…
Thursday, 18 April 2019 17:53
Worthy opponents but title for name with familiar ring
Thursday, 18 April 2019 17:59
Tough examination to gain qualification, honours the eventual outcome
Thursday, 18 April 2019 18:07
Adding to success, Zang Xiaotong
Thursday, 18 April 2019 18:12