Table Tennis
Coach Education the focus in Asia
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Table Tennis
Wednesday, 18 September 2019 06:05
Participation is limited to 30 attendees, and aspiring coaches taking part in one of the courses can look forward to five days of learning with 30 hours in total, including a PTT (Para Table Tennis) element. After conclusion of the course, coaches have to complete 30 hours of coaching practice, five of which supervised, before being awarded the ITTF-PTT Level…
Men follow suit, China a class apart
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Table Tennis
Wednesday, 18 September 2019 07:14
In the title deciding contest the combination formed by Xu Xin, Fan Zhendong and Liang Jingkun showed no charity in opposition to Jang Woojin, Jeoung Youngsik and Lee Sangsu. Xu Xin set matters in motion by beating Xu Xin (11-3, 11-7, 11-9), before Fan Zhendong accounted for Jeoung Youngsik (11-8, 11-9, 11-7) and Liang Jingkun brought matters to a conclusion…
ITTF World Veterans Ranking up and running!
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Table Tennis
Tuesday, 17 September 2019 23:17
The world ranking system – one of the most integral components for any sporting discipline – is the latest and arguably most significant innovation of the ITTF World Veterans Tour. All players on the Tour are not only competing for pride, but all-important points which determine the world order in each of the seven age categories within the men’s singles…
David Wetherill shines but day of mixed fortunes for Great Britain
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Table Tennis
Tuesday, 17 September 2019 16:36
Competing in class 7, Will Bayley, the top seed and gold medallist at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, experienced defeat by the very narrowest of margins at the hands of Sweden’s Nicklas Westerberg (11-5, 3-11, 4-11, 11-5, 12-10). Similarly but not quite in such a dramatic fashion, in class 8, Ross Wilson, the reigning World and Commonwealth Games champion, the…
Formidable Chinese presence in Varazdin, Chen Yi seeking Ulaanbaator form
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Table Tennis
Tuesday, 17 September 2019 19:28
Also successful earlier this year on the ITTF World Junior Circuit in Italy, when she won the junior girls’ singles event, Chen Yi is a member of a very strong Chinese contingent on duty in Varazdin. Notably she lines up alongside Wu Yangchen, Yuan Yuan and Kuai Man; all players who like Chen Yi have impressed in recent months. Wu…
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