Tag: WANG Hao
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Free-to-use tables to be installed in parks
By abdul Rahim from Dubai – UAE, Jan 8, 2014: The Chinese National Table Tennis Team yesterday joined forces with leading UAE players to launch the next stage of community programme Ping Pong Dubai, which will see tables installed in selected Dubai parks. The tables will be free to use with the aim to encourage…
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LIU Breaks Ning’s 22-Month Streak as World #1
Lausanne, Sept 6, 2013: LIU Shiwen (CHN) is table tennis’s new women’s world number one, knocking her team mate DING Ning (CHN) off top spot, which she had held for a record 22 months. The 22 year old, who last held the number one spot back in October 2010 as a fresh-faced 19 year old,…
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Japanese Siblings stop Chinese Clean Sweep
Lausanne, August 18, 2013: The GAC Group 2013 ITTF World Tour, Harmony Open, successfully concluded after 5 days of exciting competition in Suzhou, China on 18 August 2013. The top Chinese players did not disappoint the very supportive local crowd at the event in Suzhou, which drew more than 23,000 spectators in total, as they…
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ZHANG Jike is New Olympic Champion
London – GBR, August 02, 2012: ZHANG Jike (CHN) earned his first Olympic table tennis title when he beat compatriot WANG Hao (CHN) in the men’s singles at ExCel on Thursday. ZHANG won 4-1 (18-16, 11-5, 11-6. 10-12, 13-11) and celebrated China’s second gold medal of the competition by leaping out of the court and…
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OVTCHAROV and CHUANG Enter into the Semies
London – GBR, July 31, 2012: Chuang, Top seed DING Ning (CHN) will play LI Xiaoxia (CHN) in the final of the women’s singles, after both players breezed through their semifinals in the afternoon session at Excel on Tuesday. A chinese player will succeed Zhang Yining to become the title holder : she was crowned…
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Reigning Olympic Champions will Not Defend Titles in London
By Ian Marshall, April 18, 2012: China’s MA Lin and ZHANG Yining, the winners of the respective Men’s and Women’s Singles titles at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games will not defend their titles in London later this year in July. ZHANG Yining, now 31 years old, retired from international play following her victory in the…