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Archive for the ‘Table Tennis’ Category

August 22nd, 2008

Chinese Women Sweep Table Tennis Singles

China’s Zhang Yining won the singles table tennis title on Friday at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.  She entered the competition ranked at #1 in the world so she was heavily favored to win.
Her fellow countrywomen, Wang Nan and Guo Yue, won the silver and bronze, respectively, which resulted in a Chinese sweep in […]

By Jeanne Dupuis -- 0 comments

August 19th, 2008

China Wins Gold in Team Table Tennis

To few people’s surprise the top-ranked Chinese team bested the perennially-number-two team Germany to win the men’s doubles Gold Medal in table tennis. The Chinese players, Wang Hao and Wang Liqin, won 3-0 over the Germans. It is the 18th time the Chinese have beaten the Germans in as many meetings. South Korea took the […]

By Sandy Mitchell -- 0 comments

July 22nd, 2008

Summer Olympic Sports: Table Tennis

Table Tennis has been an Olympic sport since the 1988 games. There are four events: men’s and women’s team and individual competitions. Since their introduction into the Olympics, China has dominated the sport, winning 33 medals, followed by South Korea with 14.
The Bejing Games are the first Olympics to have a dedicated venue for […]

By Sandy Mitchell -- 0 comments

May 28th, 2007

Guo Yue wins 2007 World Table Tennis Championships Women’s Singles Title

ZAGREB, May 26 (Xinhua) — Chinese teenage sensation Guo Yue pulled herself together at 1-3 down, beating compatriot Li Xiaoxia4-3 in the women’s singles final of the world table tennis championships on Saturday.
Zhang Yining and Guo Yan, both of China, picked bronze medals.
(Source)
Even when Guo won the women’s singles title in the 2007 World […]

By Sasha Manuel -- 2 comments

October 14th, 2006

King Kong Retires

Again, I am not referring to that huge ape in the movie but the Chinese Table Tennis star, who was known for his handshake-style of playing.
According to the article I read today, multiple Olympic and World champion Kong Linghui announced his retirement last Thursday after playing his last competitive match during the Chinese National Championships.
He […]

By Sasha Manuel -- 0 comments

July 29th, 2006

Drunk King Kong?

I’m still laughing.
The news clip wasn’t referring to that giant gorilla we saw in the movie with the same title. Uh — scratch the word, drunk, of course, and drop the question mark. Heh.
Anway, that’s the reason why I’m laughing. How will the gorilla look when drunk? Pffft.
It was about the world and Olympic champion […]

By Sasha Manuel -- 0 comments