World Champs in America this year - https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-T...mpionships-to-America-for-the-First-Time-Ever
WOW !
Sounds very optimistic .
Why would anybody want to go to the Covid19 hell ??
Long before November, everyone in Houston who wants a vaccine will have had one (except children under 12). Good venue choice by the ITTF.
Plus flights around Thanksgiving are always so expensive...Talk about a total disregard for any kind of growth or hopes of a crowd in the US!! I read this and was about to start looking for hotels but Thanksgiving weekend... really?!... so STUPID!
it has more chance of happening than Tokyo Olympics
but probably there would be more spectators anywhere else even in Qatar
No, actually, I think the spectator in Qatar moved home to Croatia last year 😎
SameI was really hoping to go, but with COVID and the specific time (peak travel time, crowded transportation, hotel). I am probably going to pass.
History is always remembered
Lately, Chinese media outlets have run a number of articles with interviews with people concerned and witnesses to the ping-pong diplomacy, calling for the need for the two countries to draw wisdom from historic experiences.
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USA Table Tennis (USATT), a non-profit governing body for table tennis in the US, shared the AP article on its Twitter account on World Table Tennis Day of April 6, and wrote, "In the spirit of Ping Pong Diplomacy, we invite you to take the time to remember that table tennis brings people closer together through community and sports."
Voting for Morocco and US for the host of WTTC 2021 about to begin.
Then China, Japan, and Portugal for WTTC 2022.
CTTA and USATT are actually working in collaboration here. China supports US for WTTC 2021 and US supports China for WTTC 2022.
I chuckled when Lily said "...seen exponential growth for table tennis in the US..."
Ahhh.. pingpong policy! It unfortunately released a beast that is now too difficult to tame.
and according to trump it was china who deliberately released the covid19 to the world . Now here is a real dragon.
I found this on the ITTF webstie : https://www.ittf.com/tournament/5298/2021-world-championships/
Apparently this is the list of qualified players, and Filius is there : https://www.ittf.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/2021_WTTC_MS.pdf
Not sure if all of them will attend the tournament, but at least it's something for now