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Table tennis in China is regulated by the Chinese Table Tennis Association. [1] International results. Chinese players have won the men's World Championship 60% of ...
This page lists the players of China table tennis team inducted in the ITTF Hall of Fame [4] [5] [6] – founded in 1993 – in the order as they appear in the official hall of fame maintained by the International Table Tennis Federation. [7] The ITTF Hall of Fame includes both table tennis players and officers. [8]
Deng Yaping is regarded by many as one of the greatest table tennis players of all time, along with Zhang Jike, Liu Guoliang, and Kong Linghui. The sport played an important role in China's international relations; in April 1972, the U.S. table tennis team were invited to visit China, an event later called "Ping-pong diplomacy". Table tennis is ...
China won the women's team event in table tennis at the Paris Games on Saturday for the country's 300th gold medal in Olympic history. China beat Japan 3-0 in the final for its fifth consecutive ...
Welshman H. Roy Evans, then President of the International Table Tennis Federation, claimed that he visited China prior to the 31st World Table Tennis Championship and suggested to non-Chinese sports authorities and Premier Zhou Enlai that China should take steps to get in contact with the world through international sport events after the ...
Table tennis player Zeng Zhiying left China all alone for an adventure in Chile in 1989. As her native country boiled with street protests that led to the Tiananmen Square massacre that year, she ...
The tournament was first held in 1988, and has featured on the ITTF World Tour's schedule every year since the Tour's inception in 1996. [1]China's Ma Long holds the record for most men's singles tournament wins, with eight, while Wang Nan, Zhang Yining and Li Xiaoxia of China all share the record for most women's singles tournament wins, with five each.
Kanak Jha secured the U.S. its best Olympic run in men's table tennis by reaching the last 16 at the Paris Games on Wednesday, while the shock of the tournament came when world No. 1 Wang Chuqin ...