There are no doubt many reasons why table tennis in China is so strong. One of them is surely the fact that the norm is intense competition.
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31Aug
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30Aug
The Australian based OOAK Table Tennis Shop has had a significant face-lift, with new shop software and even a new domain. For those that have the site bookmarked, you may want to update it with the following new URL: http://tabletennisshop.com.au
Main new features include:
- Complete new graphical look
Tags: store, table tennis shop
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04Aug
Australian number 1 William Henzell is always looking for ways to gain an edge over the competition in his preparation for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. He tried his hand at swish during Blind Sport Victoria’s annual swish tournament last weekend.
Tags: Swish, table tennis, william henzel
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02Jul
Born in Palma de Mallorca in Spain’s Balearic Islands, 23 year old Jorge Lorenzo lives life in the fast lane.
He is a professional motorcycle road racer.
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02Jul
The host nation’s 22 year old Yuri Yamanashi was the player to delight home supporters in the qualification stage of the Women’s Singles event at the Japan Open in Kobe on Thursday 1st July 2010.
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22Jun
Beware the wounded tiger and according to the Chinese Zodiac, the year 2010 is the Year of the Tiger.
It commenced on Sunday 14th February and concludes on Wednesday 2nd February 2011.
Some three months into that year on Sunday 30th May, the tiger was wounded; legend says that when the tiger is wounded it is at its most dangerous, more determined than ever.
Tags: China, table tennis
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17Jun
Germany’s 19 year old Amelie Solja, not included in the national team for the recent Liebherr World Team Championships, endorsed the fact on Thursday 17th June 2010, that should one of the Moscow bronze medal winning quartet, suffer a loss of form, then she is ready to step into their shoes.
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01Jun
Ma Lin saluted the massed ranks of Chinese supporters, in the tiered seating in the Olimpijsky Sports Complex, after winning the final point against Timo Boll in the men’s final at the Liebherr World Team Championships in Moscow on the evening of Sunday 3oth May 2010.
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01Jun
Beaten by China in the final of the women’s event at the Evergrande Real Estate World Team Championships in Guangzhou in 2008 and in the same year in the final at the Beijing Olympic Games; Singapore caused one of the greatest upsets in the history of table tennis, when on Sunday 30th May 2010 in the Olimpijsky Sports Complex, they beat China by three matches to two.
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25May
Rong Guotuan, men’s table tennis player. He was born in Hong Kong on August 10, 1937, and the native place of his family is Nanping Village, Zhongshan County (now the Nanping Town, Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province).
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