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Table tennis has been an Olympic sport since 1988, [3] with event categories in both men's and women's singles, and men's and women's teams since replacing doubles in 2008. Table tennis is governed by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), founded in 1926, and specifies the official rules in the ITTF handbook. [4]
Competitive table tennis players grip their rackets in a variety of ways. [2] [3] Almost all competitive players grip their rackets with either the shakehand grip or a penhold grip. Numerous variations on gripping styles exist. The rules of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) do not prescribe the manner in which one must grip the ...
By standard ITTF rules, a player has to win a set with at least being two points ahead, so in case the score of 10:10 is reached, the rules slightly change. Now, the service right changes at every point and the players who first has two points more than his opponent wins, e.g. scores to win could be 12:10, 13:11, 21:19 or 33:31 but not 11:10.
The men's and women's doubles events were dropped from the 2008 Summer Olympics program and replaced by team events. [2] The competitions are conducted in accordance with the rules established by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). [3] Ma Long is the all-time Olympic medal leader, having won six golds. [4]
The game, known as Ping Pong among less serious players, isn't just a hobby for 78-year-old Fuller. She is competing this week in the U.S. Open's table tennis competition in Ontario, Calif.
Table tennis competition has been in the Summer Olympic Games since 1988, with singles and doubles events for men and women. [1] [2] Athletes from China have dominated the sport, winning a total of 66 medals in 42 events, including 37 out of a possible 42 gold medals, and only failing to win at least one medal in one event, the inaugural men's singles event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
The competition will comprise a total of 172 table tennis players, with an equal distribution between men and women coming from the different NOCs, similar to those in the previous editions. Each NOC can enter a maximum of six table tennis players across five medal events (men's and women's singles; men's and women's teams, and mixed doubles ...
For example, it recognised the Table Tennis Federation of Kosovo in 2003 even though Kosovo was excluded from most other sports. [20] [21] It recognised the People's Republic of China in 1953 and allowed some basic diplomacy [22] which lead to an opening for U.S. President Richard Nixon, called "Ping Pong Diplomacy", in the early 1970s.