After losing her first match of the women’s team table tennis final, He Zhuojia had the chance to set the record straight and bring home China’s first table tennis gold medal at the Chengdu FISU World University Games. “I was desperate to win the last match because each of my other two teammates had already […]
Some parents don’t support their children’s sporting careers, but it wasn’t the case for Liu Dingshuo, the Chengdu FISU World University Games champion. The mother of the 25-year-old Chinese athlete was the backbone of his table tennis career. “No one in my family was involved in sports though my mother brought me to ping pong […]
Table tennis has evolved over the last 125 years from the parlours of England to its strong popularity on the world stage. At the Chengdu 2021 FISU World University Games it will be featured on the programme for the ninth time, and the host nation will seek to continue the success it has had since […]
Photo courtesy ITTFOn the occasion of the 2022 ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals Chengdu, the International Table Tennis Federation has extended a credential to Brian Carrer, FISU Games Summer Event Manager. Chengdu was awarded the rights to host the Chengdu 2021 FISU World University Games in 2019, before the event was postponed […]
Render of the Chengdu High Tech Zone Sports Centre Gymnasium CHENGDU— With the Chengdu 2021 FISU World University Games preparations underway, construction for the table tennis venue — better known as the Chengdu High Tech Zone Sports Centre Gymnasium — is almost complete. Named as Chengdu’s ‘one stop’ multifunctional sports centre, the Chengdu High […]
After a consistently dominating run through the eight days of table tennis competition at the Napoli 2019 Summer Universiade, team China had plenty to smile about their performances here POZZUOLI, 11 July – On the final day of action at the Palatrincone venue it was once again the men and women of China putting on […]
NAPOLI, 9 July NAPOLI, 7 July – As Table Tennis started at the 30th Summer Universiade, China did not lose a match in both, the men’s and women’s event, as they won gold at the PalaTrincone in Pozzuoli. In the women’s team final, China beat Japan as 3-1, that one game lost to Ando […]
LEBANON – On Saturday March 18, 2017, the Lebanese American University, home of university sports in Lebanon, hosted the Lebanese Federation of University Sport’s (NUSF) 2017 National Inter-Universities men’s and women’s table tennis championships which have been also designated as the qualifying tournament for the upcoming 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei. All the […]
