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Held since 1976, the annual U.S. National Table Tennis Championships (often referred to as the U.S. Closed) is a closed tournament that only U.S. citizens may enter. It is held by USA Table Tennis (USATT). The U.S. Nationals also serves as a qualifying tournament for USA Table Tennis National Team Trials and determines the USA Table Tennis ...
Hanyu Pinyin. Xíng Yánhuá. Wade–Giles. Hsing 2 Yen 2 -hua 2. Ariel Yenhua Hsing (born November 29, 1995) [2] is an American table tennis player who competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics. Hsing became the youngest U.S. table tennis national champion in history in 2010 at age 15. She repeated as champion in 2011 and 2013.
The phrase "Table Tennis" was created because the name "Ping Pong" had already been trademarked by Parker Brothers. [7] Though the legal name of the USATT remains the "United States Table Tennis Association, Inc.", the non-profit corporation adopted "USA Table Tennis" as their d/b/a name effective 1994. [8]
Hanyu Pinyin. Zhāng Ān. Lily Ann Zhang (born June 16, 1996) is an American table tennis player who competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London with teammates Ariel Hsing and Erica Wu. She also competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio with teammates Jiaqi Zheng and Jennifer Wu. She is a six-time US national champion in women's singles.
Wang made her international debut for the United States at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. [3][4] She made her first U.S. national team at 12 years old. [5] In August 2019, she competed at the 2019 Pan American Games and won a bronze medal in the team event. [6] In September 2019 she competed at the 2019 Pan American Table Tennis Championships ...
In November 2023, she competed at the 2023 Pan American Games and won gold medals in the doubles and team events. [10] [11] In March 2024, Sung was named to team USA's roster to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics. [12] [13] During the team event, Sung, Amy Wang and Lily Zhang lost to Germany in the first round. [14]
Table tennis is among the sports contested at the Summer Olympic Games. It was introduced at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where singles and doubles tournaments were held for both genders. [1] The men's and women's doubles events were dropped from the 2008 Summer Olympics program and replaced by team events. [2]
men. mixed. women. v. t. e. The 2021 World Table Tennis Championships was held in Houston, United States from 23 to 29 November. [2][3] It was the 56th edition of the championships and the first time the competition was held in the United States. Houston became the host by beating Agadir, Morocco in 2019. [4]