Tag: Kasumi ISHIKAWA
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Japan Claims First ITTF World Championships Gold in 48 Years
Dusseldorf, June 3, 2017: Japan Claims First ITTF World Championships Gold, Maharu YOSHIMURA and Kasumi ISHIKAWA has made history today, 3 June 2017, at the Liebherr 2017 World Table Tennis Championships, claiming Japan’s first World Championships Gold medal in 48 years. The last time the Japanese ever won a World Championships Gold, was back in…
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14 Year Olds Create History at ITTF World Tour Grand Finals
Bangkok, Dec 13, 2014: 14 year olds Mima ITO and Miu HIRANO from Japan have made history by becoming the youngest ever ITTF World Tour Grand Finals champions today in Bangkok, Thailand. The duo, whose peers would have been at school instead of a $1,000,000 table tennis event, became the World Tour Grand Final women’s…
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Record Number of Teams to Compete
Lausanne, Mar 10, 2014: A record 125 associations submitted their final entry to compete in Tokyo at the ZEN-NOH 2014 ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championship on 28 April to 5 May 2014. The 125 countries include 120 men’s and 100 women’s teams who will be battling it out to be crowned the best table…
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Dubai Heats up at the German Open
Lausanne, Nov 12, 2013: The third last GAC Group 2013 ITTF World Tour event of the year begins tomorrow 13 November 2013. Part of the top-tier Super Series, the German Open will be held in Berlin, Germany. A record field of 384 players, of which an astonishing 44 of them have previously won a World…
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ZEN-NOH Unveiled as Title Sponsor of ITTF
Lausanne, Oct 18, 2013: ZEN-Noh has been officially unveiled as the title sponsor of the 2014 ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships to be held in Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan on 28 April – 5 May 2014. During the unveiling ceremony, which was attended by over 30 press agencies, the World Championship’s logo was…
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Road to Tokyo 2020 begins at STARTS 2013 Women’s World Cup
Lausanne, Sept 20, 2013: Kobe, For three Japanese women, tomorrow’s STARTS 2013 ITTF Women’s World Cup in Kobe, Japan marks the start of a 7-year journey towards a dream home Olympics -Tokyo 2020. The Japanese trio of Kasumi ISHIKAWA, Ai FUKUHARA and Sayaka HIRANO, who captured the Japanese public’s imagination by winning the teams’ silver medal…
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Upsets Continue on Day 4 in LIEBHERR World
Paris – France, May 16, 2013: The upsets continued on a dramatic day four of the LIEBHERR 2013 World Table Tennis Championships in Paris, France.
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HK team enters the Semifinals beating Japan
London – GBR, August 05, 2012: Japan are through to Tuesdy’s final after beating Singapore 3-0 and will win at least a silver medal. Ai FUKUHARA (JPN) set Japan on their way in the first match, showing her strength close to the table by beating women’s singles bronze medallist FENG Tianwei (SIN) 3-1. Kasumi ISHIKAWA…
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Lucky Loser, Li Xue Ousts Third Seed in Opening Round
Not in the best of form in the qualification phase and having to rely on a stroke of fortune to gain a place in the main draw, LI Xue of France caused the biggest upset on the third day of play, Friday 20th April 2012, at the GAC GROUP 2012 ITTF World Tour Spanish Open…