Tag: ZHANG Jike
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Xu & Zhang Strike Men’s Doubles Gold At World Table Tennis Championships
Suzhou, May 2, 2015: China’s XU Xin and ZHANG Jike are the new Men’s Doubles World Champions, after being victorious at the Qoros 2015 World Table Tennis Championships in Suzhou, China. XU added the gold to his Mixed Doubles title last night with his Korean partner YANG Haeun to become the first international mixed doubles…
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14-year-old Kanak JHA youngest winner
June 30, 2014: Kanak JHA youngest winner, JHA will be joined at the ITTF World Cup by the 2014 ITTF-North American Cup Women’s champion, Canada’s ZHANG Mo, and the 2014 ITTF-African Cup Men’s and Women’s Champions, Nigeria’s Quadri ARUNA and Egypt’s Dina MESHREF. The ITTF-North American Cup and ITTF-African Cup were the final two qualification…
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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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ITTF World Tour to be broadcasted on Eurosport
Lausanne, Feb 07, 2014: The GAC Group 2014 ITTF World Tour will be shown live throughout Europe after TMS International, the International Table Tennis Federation’s Marketing Partner, concluded a deal with Eurosport. Eurosport will broadcast the six World Tour Super Series events and the 1-million-dollar World Tour Grand Finals. This means 131 million households in…
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Table Tennis on Burj Al Arab’s Famous Helipad
Jan 21, 2014: World number one table tennis players Ma Long and Liu Shiwen joined an elite list of world number one sport stars, including Roger Federer, Andre Agassi, Novak Djokovic, Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, by participating in the first ever table tennis face-off on the Burj Al Arab helipad. Located 212 meters above…
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Last World Junior Championships for Bill Gates
Rabat – Morocco, Dec 1, 2013: The most important international junior table tennis event of the year, the 2013 ITTF World Junior Championships, has kicked off today in Rabat, Morocco. The event, which is heading to Africa for the second time, sees 192 players from 39 countries battle for 7 gold medals on offer: boys’…
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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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ITTF World Cadet Challenge Despite Hiccups
Otocec – Slovenia, Nov 04, 2013: 64 players from 33 countries have formed friendships, learned about other cultures and played some table tennis at the 2013 World Cadet Challenge, the world’s premier under-15 table tennis event, where players represent their continent instead of their countries. Asia reaffirmed their place at the top of the under-15…
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Superstar ZHANG Jike Heads LIEBHERR 2013
Lausanne, Sept 14, 2013: The 20 players invited to compete in the LIEBHERR 2013 ITTF Men’s World Cup, to be held in Verviers, Belgium on 25-27 September 2013, has been announced by the International Table Tennis Federation. The world’s best male Table Tennis players representing each continent battled through qualification for the past 5 months…
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Slovenia Wins Bid to Host 2013 ITTF World Cadet
Lausanne, July 19, 2013: The International Table Tennis Federation is excited to announce that Otocec, Slovenia has been awarded the 2013 ITTF World Cadet Challenge to be held on 26th October to 3rd November 2013. “I am very happy that the Slovenia Table Tennis Association will host the 2013 Cadet Challenge at such late notice…