Table Tennis
Ma Long and Liu Shiwen lead prestigious line of winners at Agricultural Bank of China 2019 ITTF Star Awards.
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Wednesday, 11 December 2019 08:40
The annual celebration brought together players, coaches, special guests and ITTF staff and officials from all over the world to acknowledge the greatest achievements in international table tennis over the past year, and nobody could deny that the seven category winners, listed below, have been simply outstanding: Ma Long – Male Table Tennis Star, presented by DHS Liu Shiwen –…
Ma Long wins Male Star Award!
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Wednesday, 11 December 2019 04:23
Ma Long rubber stamped his reputation as arguably the greatest male player in table tennis history very early in the year. After a seven month lay-off; returning to the ITTF World Tour he won the men’s singles title in Qatar in March, a stunning achievement after such an absence from international play. Later in May he succeeded in China, winning…
Lily Zhang: 2019 Breakthrough Star!
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Table Tennis
Wednesday, 11 December 2019 03:10
Enjoying a stunning year on the international scene, the 23 year old has been justly rewarded for her outstanding efforts in recent months. It was her display at the 2019 ITTF-Pan American Championships that ignited her incredible campaign, capturing four gold medals in Asuncion. Thus she became the first player to achieve the feat in the tournament’s three year history.…
Thomas Schmidberger and Giada Rossi: 2019 Male and Female Para Stars!
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Wednesday, 11 December 2019 03:24
A class 3 athlete, Thomas Schmidberger received his award, presented by Tinsue, following a truly exceptional year at continental and global level. In action at Para Open events in Italy, Poland and Egypt, Schmidberger not only emerged as the class 3 singles champion at all three competitions but on each occasion also collected team titles. He then followed suit at…
Bladimir Diaz: 2019 Star Coach!
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Table Tennis
Wednesday, 11 December 2019 03:40
He guided daughter, Adriana, to success at the Universal 2019 Pan America Cup, as well as later in the year in Lima to women’s singles gold at the Pan American Games; the latter an event in which quite sensationally, with eldest daughter Melanie and Daniely Rios joining forces with Adriana, Puerto Rico won the women’s team title. Based in Utuado,…
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