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Table tennis (also known as ping-pong or whiff-whaff) is a racket sport derived from tennis but distinguished by its playing surface being atop a stationary table, rather than the court on which players stand. Either individually or in teams of two, players take alternating turns returning a light, hollow ball over the table's net onto the ...
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]
Table tennis competition has been in the Summer Olympic Games since 1988, with singles and doubles events for men and women. [1] [2] Athletes from China have dominated the sport, winning a total of 66 medals in 42 events, including 37 out of a possible 42 gold medals, and only failing to win at least one medal in one event, the inaugural men's singles event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Although the vast majority of table tennis players grip the racket in one of the three styles above, there are some outlier grips which are very rare. W-Grip. The forehand (red) and backhand (black) view of the W-Grip. A variant of the Penhold grip, this is used via placing the thumb and little finger on the forehand side of the racket and the ...
Glossary of table tennis. This glossary defines terms related to the sport of table tennis. After each game, players switch sides of the table. In the last possible game of a match, for example the seventh game in a best of seven matches, players change ends when the first player scores five points, regardless of whose turn it is to serve.
2019 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals. ← 2018. 2020 (ITTF Finals) →. The 2019 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals was the final competition of the 2019 ITTF World Tour, the International Table Tennis Federation 's professional table tennis world tour. It was the 24th edition of the competition, and was held from 12–15 December in Zhengzhou, China.
USA Table Tennis, colloquially known as USATT, is the non-profit governing body for table tennis in the United States and is responsible for cataloging and sanctioning table tennis tournaments within the country. It was founded in 1933 as the United States Table Tennis Association. In addition to processing tournaments, USATT maintains a ...
2021 World Table Tennis Championships. 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.