Table Tennis Australia name Para co-captains for 2020
Table Tennis Australia (TTA) has named Melissa Tapper and Jake Ballestrino as co-captains of their national Para-squad for 2020.
Table Tennis Australia (TTA) has named Melissa Tapper and Jake Ballestrino as co-captains of their national Para-squad for 2020.
Britain's Will Bayley has claimed that defending his title at next year's Paralympic Games in Tokyo is more important than anything else after pulling out of Strictly Come Dancing.
Britain's Paralympic gold medallist Will Bayley has been forced to pull out of Strictly Come Dancing with an injury less than a year before Tokyo 2020.
France's Rio 2016 Paralympic Games champion Fabien Lamirault, winner of the class 2 men's singles at the Para European Table Tennis Championships in Sweden, completed a golden double, as he and partner Stephane Molliens won the team title with a 2-0 win over Serbia.
Poland's pairing of Rafal Czuper and Tomasz Jakimczuk, who defeated the class 1-2 second seeds Rasul Nazirov and Dimitry Lavrov of Russia 2-0 on the first day of team competition at the Para European Table Tennis Championships in Sweden, have reached tomorrow’s semi-finals, where they play Serbia.
The first of three concluding days of team competition at the European Para Table Tennis Championships took place at the Helsingborg Arena in Sweden, following the end of individual matches.
Fabien Lamirault of France recovered from a faltering start at the Para European Table Tennis Championships in Sweden to claim the class 2 title – and the Tokyo 2020 place on offer to all gold medallists.
Day two of the Para European Table Tennis Championships in Sweden produced varying fortunes for Britain as two of their global champions were defeated, but David Wetherill beat Spain's top seed and defending champion in class 6.
A total of 312 players have assembled in Helsingborg in Sweden to contest the European Para Table Tennis Championships that start tomorrow – with a place in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics on offer to men's and women's champions.
Paralympic gold medallist Will Bayley has signed up for BBC reality show Strictly Come Dancing for the coming series this autumn.
Indonesia collected three team titles on the final day of action at the International Table Tennis Federation Asian Para Championships in Taichung in Chinese Taipei.
China’s Liu Jing, Zhou Ying and Zhang Bian added to their individual titles by winning gold in women’s team events today at the 2019 Asian Para Championships in Taichung, Chinese Taipei.
China enjoyed a predictably dominant day as the singles titles were decided at the International Table Tennis Federation Asian Para Championships in Taichung.
Chinese Paralympic champion Feng Panfeng booked a final spot on day two of the International Table Tennis Federation Asian Para Championships in Taichung.
Seven reigning Paralympic champions from China made fine starts at the International Table Tennis Federation Asian Para Championships in Taichung.