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Does anyone know who is playing for the CNT in olympic singles? The problem with having too many world class players is that its difficult to choose between them even when they all would start for any other country. What combination of WCQ, LJK, FZD, ML, LGY would you go for or are the CNT going...

Although we are already half way through February international table tennis is only just about to begin. With new tournaments to contend with and a delayed Olympic Games to look forward to, here are 6 players to look out for in 2021. Mima Ito with her eyes on the prize - Photo via ITTF Flickr...

Ma Long won 2 gold medals and secured a career grand slam so it's easy to see Rio 2016 as THE MA LONG tournament. But I disagree. I think Jun Mizutani was the real star. In the singles event Mizutani reaches the semi-final where he faced the aforementioned Ma Long. What. A. Match. Ma goes 3-0...

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Was asked to post details of the Chinese National Team's (CNT) Olympics preparation matches in a separate thread so here it is. My Chinese is not the best so please pardon any translation errors. I have attached the original sources as well so that others can verify the accuracy of the...

I heard from a friend who knows a few players that the qualification system for Tokyo is now up in arms. How will players qualify? If the ITTF go on World Tour ranking points, its then not fair for players who planned to play during this the Asian tour of World Tour events which would have took...

i have been thinking about it for quite some time. Though Fan Zhendong and Xu xin are in better form now, I believe that Ma long will bounce back in time for the olympics, and he would be the first double grand slam. That is if the covid would be gone, and he plays like Ma long pre wttc 2019

The 2020 World Team Qualification Tournament takes place in Portugal and with 9 teams (per gender) will qualifying for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games! Full details coming soon... Men Team Entries Women Team Entries Knockout stages

The Japanese table tennis brand San-Ei has released its first look at the table to be used at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic games. The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Table Tennis table! Picture via San-Ei Facebook page Last month the San-Ei President Shin Miura was quoted stating: "All of us at San-Ei are...

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Last weekend saw Ma Long claim gold at the 2019 World Championships. This is the third World Championship title Ma Long has secured in his career, bringing up the question among many fans, does this make Ma Long the greatest table tennis player of all time? Well one person had their say, Liu...

Spinning off from the WTTC thread as it'd get drowned out otherwise. Good point raised there. Steve Dainton touched on that. http://sports.sina.com.cn/others/pingpang/2019-04-28/doc-ihvhiewr8694313.shtml At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the table tennis mixed doubles event will enter the Olympic...

Hey, Anyone knows if there is somewhere, ANYWHERE where i can watch the Rio table tennis matches in premium quality after 3 freaking years past? Seriously whats the point in holding it back for so long? Huge missed opportunity and extremely irracional to not release it.

MaLong's injury: Very serious, may affect 2020 olympics. Zhang Lei is CTTF vice chairman, Beijing Team's headcoach, and MaLong's former Coach. He gave an interview on Ma Long's injuries: "Malong's injury is very serious, very. Now I start to worry that he may not be able to join the 2020...

After 2016 Rio Olympics, a romantic story has been developing cheerfully between Japan and Taiwan. On this Sep. 1st, Japanese famous player, Ai Fukuhara, nicknamed as Ai-Chan, has married Taiwanese handsome player, Chiang Hung-Chieh. On Sep. 21st and 22st, they held two consecutive official...

Rio Olympics 2016 - TTD Competition Winner! After 2 weeks of users submitting entries before the 2016 Rio Olympics Competition, we now have a winner for the signed Tiago Apolonia ZLC blade by Butterfly. This competition is in association with the entries that took place on TTD here. The Prize...

China claimed all Olympic golds at the 2016 Rio Olympics this year in Rio. When the men's China team won gold in the team event CCTV5 interviewed World Number 1 Ma Long right after. Ma Long - Interviewed After Olympic Team Gold - Via CCTV5 Ma Long Interview after winning Team Gold in Rio...

2016 Olympics @Rio: Gold|Silver/Bronze (Videos) ## Men's Singles - Gold Medal Match [Full Match|Short Form] ------------ # (ITTF) Head-To-Head: Ma Long Vs Zhang Jike (2003-2016), here: • http://www.ittf.com/competitions/test/head_to_head_search_M2.asp?p1_id=105649&p2_id=110553...

Reference source of article "Arguing? We? Never! There was no reason ever.“ Timo Boll and Dimitrij Ovtcharov - Via: Bernd Thissen / picture alliance / dpa The table tennis star Timo Boll and Dimitrij Ovtcharov are good friends despite tough competition. Now they want to win gold together...

There are reports circulating around the Chinese media and in particular one in which Zhang Jike said in an chat room (Chinese Media qq Sports quote) with fans after the Rio Olympic team event that he will retire when the team land in Beijing after Rio! Online users in China are talking about it...