Table Tennis
How has Timo Boll stayed at the top of the game across 2 decades?
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Thursday, 27 June 2019 02:46
Time is the biggest threat to any athlete across any sport. When it comes to table tennis, the one man who no one wants to see stop playing is the German legend, Timo Boll. The evergreen 38-year-old claimed the gold medal at the 2019 European Games on Wednesday in Minsk, defeating Jonathan Groth (DEN) 4-2 which earned him a place…
Gold medal hopes for leading names alive
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Wednesday, 26 June 2019 19:11
Competing in women’s singles class 1-3, the no.2 seed, she opened her account in the group stage by beating the host nation’s Nahed Abdel Latif (11-1, 11-2, 11-5), before experiencing defeat at the hands of Emmanuelle Ferrier of France (11-9, 12-10, 10-12, 8-11, 11-5). Emmanuelle Ferrier duly overcame Nahed Abdel Latif (11-7, 11-2, 11-0) to secure first place and a…
Cancun chronicle: United States for fourth time
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Wednesday, 26 June 2019 17:13
Facing the second seeds in the gold medal contests, a 3-0 victory margin was the outcome in each engagement. In the girls’ team final a resounding success was recorded against the Canadian combination of Ivy Liao, Joyce Xu and Benita Zhou; in the ensuing boys’ team gold medal contest no charity was afforded in opposition to Chile’s Nicolas Burgos, Andres…
Cancun chronicle: United States on course
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Table Tennis
Tuesday, 25 June 2019 20:51
by Ian Marshall, Editor Moreover, win or lose, the finalists have reserved places in the forthcoming 2019 World Junior Championships to be staged in Bangkok, Thailand in late November and early December. One more place in each competition is available. The losing quarter-finals in each half of the draw compete against each other; the winners then play the losing semi-finalists…
High level, stars names in action
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Tuesday, 25 June 2019 21:20
Notably in the women’s singles events, Sweden’s Anna-Carin Ahlquist, Korea Republic’s Jung Younga and Kelly van Zon of the Netherlands appear on the entry list as do those of Turkey’s Neslihan Kavas and Thu Kamkasomphou of France. Successful at the European Para Championships on the most recent four occasions, Anna-Carin Ahlquist struck gold at the London 2012 Paralympic Games; in…
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Tuesday, 25 June 2019 21:21
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Timo Boll and Fu Yu clinch European Games titles
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Tokyo ever closer, one step nearer the holy grail
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Gold for Patrick Franziska and Petrissa Solja, Tokyo place reserved
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Onwards and upwards at Olympic House
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Players announced for T2 Diamond 2019 Malaysia
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Elation in Daejeon, Zhu Yuling hungry for more in Busan
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Gold in Baku, round four exit for Dimitrij Ovtcharov
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Hopes Selection Camp marks beginning of Hopes 2.0 pathway
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Seeking one step higher, Sharon Alguetti and Amy Wang
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Tense times, top three seeds fall in round four
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Pressure mounts in Minsk, shocks abound
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2019 World Championships: Budapest revisited
Saturday, 22 June 2019 13:32
Returning from injury, again Kou Lei upsets the order
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Shenzhen ready, Zhou Jianguo savouring the occasion
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Champions League group stage line-up decided
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