Tuesday, July 29, 2008
11:41 PM
Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships - Results
Cadet Boys' Team
Gold - China
Silver - Korea Republic
Bronze - Japan & Chinese Taipei

Cadet Girls' Team
Gold - China
Silver - Chinese Taipei
Bronze - Japan & Korea Republic

Junior Boys' Team
Gold - China
Silver - Korea Republic
Bronze - Japan & Chinese Taipei

Junior Girls' Team
Gold - China
Silver - Hong Kong
Bronze - Japan & Korea Republic

Cadet Boys' Singles
Gold - Zhang Shenwunan (China)
Silver - Miao Xiangyang (China)
Bronze - Shin In Chol (Korea Republic) & Kim Dong Hyun (Korea Republic)

Cadet Girls' Singles
Gold - Chen Meng (China)
Silver - Yang Ha Eun (Korea Republic)
Bronze - Tanioka Ayuka (Japan) & Sato Yui (Japan)

Junior Boys' Singles
Gold - Lee Sang Soo (Korea Republic)
Silver - Sng Hongyuan (China)
Bronze - Yan An (China) & Seo Hyun Duk (Korea Republic)

Junior Girls' Singles
Gold - Li Xiaodan (China)
Silver - Cao Lisi (China)
Bronze - Wu Yang (China) & Cheng I-Ching (Chinese Taipei)

Junior Boys' Doubles
Gold - Yan An / Song Hongyuan (China)
Silver - Fang Bo / Cheng Jingqi (China)
Bronze - Lee Chia-Sheng / Yeh Chih-Wei (Chinese Taipei) & Morimoto Kohei / Fujimoto Kaito (Japan)

Junior Girls' Doubles
Gold - Li Xiaodan / Wang Daqin (China)
Silver - Wu Yang / Cao Lisi (China)
Bronze - Tanioka Ayuka / Morizono Miasaki (Japan) & FUJII YUKO / OKAZAKI MEGUMI (Japan)
Monday, July 28, 2008
8:44 PM
Official Send off for Team Singapore Contigent
Our paddlers, as well as the other Beijing bound sportsmen, will be leaving Singapore on the 2nd August 2008. Below are the details of the Send Off Ceremony.

Date: 2nd August 2008
Time: 0630 hours
Venue: Changi International Airport Terminal 3
Flight: SQ802
Sunday, July 27, 2008
9:44 PM
3 Times Table Tennis Olympian - Top Female Paddler Li Jia Wei (Part 3)
李佳薇 - 辉煌战绩

　　李佳薇6岁开始打球，右手横握球拍快攻结合弧圈打法。1990年进入北京什刹海体校，1994年进入北京队，1996年远赴新加坡，成为新加坡队的主力。

　　李佳薇的打法秉承了北京队横拍快攻的特色，技术风格类似当年的国手王燕生和滕毅。李佳薇的发球多使用反手位一个带“拱”的迷惑性动作的侧上、侧下旋发球，正手位可以用正胶发半下蹲发球。李佳薇接发球多用正胶突击或者直接劈长和对方打相持，相持中她的反手速度快、力量大、角度开，多使用压反手变正手的战术。

　　李佳薇正手位正胶的低球突击非常有质量，加上身高优势和出众的摆速，她能够给所有高手制造不少麻烦。由于正手没有什么旋转，李佳薇的弱点也在于对方发下旋长球后过渡的一板，另外在接发球中她的正手一味的依靠正胶发沉的特性，而晃动和迷惑性动作不够。2000年的悉尼奥运会李佳薇2比1领先王楠，第四局20比16最终还是没有拿下比赛，此战成为乒乓球历史上的经典战例。
Monday, July 21, 2008
7:44 PM
22nd Golden Racket International Table Tennis Tournament - Singapore bagged 1 Silver and 1 Bronze!
Singapore's Tan Paey Fern lost to China's Zhou Wu Mei in the finals, and settled for Silver. Tan was the 1st runner up for last year as well. Together with Tang Hua, Tan earned another bronze medal in the Mixed Doubles Event.

Below is the list of winners.

Men's Team - Korea
Women's Team - China
Men's Singles - Tang Peng (Hong Kong)
Women's Singles - Zhou Wu Mei (China)
Men's Doubles - Pan Shao Bo/Du Jia Hao (China)
Women's Doubles - Huang Wen Qian/Hou Sheng (China)
Mixed Doubles - Du Jia Hao/Mai Le Le (China)
Sunday, July 20, 2008
7:34 AM
3 Times Table Tennis Olympian - Top Female Paddler Li Jia Wei (Part 2)
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
9:16 PM
Table Tennis Women's World Cup - Nomination List

This year Women's World Cup will be held in our neighbour Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. 3 of our paddlers are being nominated with their high World Ranking. Below is the list of nominees

WANG Nan, CHN - World Cup holder
LI Jiao, NED - European representative
JIANG Huajun, HKG - Asian representative
YANG Fen, CGO - African representative
MIAO Miao, AUS - Oceania representative
GAO Jun, USA North America representative
ZHANG Yining, CHN - WR1
GUO Yue, CHN - WR2
LI JIa Wei, SIN - WR3
WANG Yue Gu, SIN - WR4
FENG Tianwei, SIN - WR5
TIE Yana, HKG - WR6
POTA Georgina, HUN - ITTF wild card 1
DODEAN Daniela, ROU - ITTF wild card 2

Latin America representative and Host association player are yet to be decided.
7:30 PM
22nd Golden Racket International Table Tennis Tournament
22nd Golden Racket International Table Tennis Tournament will take place from the 16 Juy 2008 to 20 Juy 2008. Teams from China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Vietnam will be taking part.

Singapore will be sending 4 players, namely World ranked 103 Tan Paey Fern, Tang Hua.
Sunday, July 13, 2008
8:16 AM
Table Tennis Olympian - Wang Yue Gu
Thursday, July 10, 2008
11:42 PM
Li Jiawei named flag-bearer for Spore's Olympic contingent in Beijing
SINGAPORE : Table Tennis player Li Jiawei will be Singapore's flag-bearer at the Beijing Olympics Games next month.

Li, who will also lead Singapore's attempt to win an Olympic gold medal, was named flag-bearer at a special ceremony at Plaza Singapura on Thursday evening.

Singapore is sending a 31-strong contingent to the Beijing Olympics, including six disabled athletes for the Paralympics.

This is Singapore's largest contingent to the Olympics in 52 years, and the best prepared, said the Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC).

SNOC Vice President, Dr Tan Eng Liang, will be the Chef-De-Mission.

Some S$7 million was set aside for a project aimed at helping Singapore win an Olympic medal after 48 years.

"Two years after the Project 0812's introduction, 16 athletes under the programme have qualified for the Games. These athletes can now approach the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games with confidence and optimism to challenge for medals, knowing that they have received the best training and preparation for the Games," said Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean, who is also president of SNOC.

(Source: Channel News Asia)
Sunday, July 6, 2008
12:17 PM
3 Times Table Tennis Olympian - Top Female Paddler Li Jia Wei (Part 1)
李佳薇：不愿在等待奥运中老去 生活不止有乒乓

李佳薇是中国女子乒乓球军团不多的对手中，最难对付的之一。近日，《新加坡每日时报》刊发了李佳薇的采访，介绍了她的奥运梦想，以及更重要的，她对乒乓球之外的广阔天地的向往∙∙∙∙∙∙

新加坡在近50年的奥运会比赛中都没有获得过一枚奖牌，今年的北京奥运会，他们取得"零的突破"的希望，寄托在一个中国出生的乒乓球女选手的身上，她就是李佳薇，尽管她热爱弹钢琴胜于打乒乓球。

26岁的李佳薇，目前世界排名第六位，她希望自己能在北京赢得奥运会乒乓球的金牌，尽管这个目标要实现实在有些难，毕竟世界前十名选手中，有8名出生于中国，有5名为中国队效力，并且占据的是排名的前5位。

在一个亮蓝色的乒乓球台前，身高1米73的李佳薇精致可爱的娃娃脸简直是一道美丽的风景。但是当比赛开始，她进攻的时候，这种精致与可爱就荡然无存。她的击球如鞭子一样有力，每个球都充满了力量和强烈的旋转。不过李佳薇也承认，她不喜欢乒乓球赛："我不喜欢这项运动。我很小的时候，就因为身体条件好而被挑选去打乒乓球，这并不是我自愿的选择"，她说，"现在，乒乓球成了我的职业，尽管不喜欢，我也要面对它。"她希望，在自己家乡──北京举行的奥运会上，自己能调整到最好的状态，"如果我没有拿到奖牌的愿望和决心，我就不会继续我的乒球生涯。当然，夺得金牌那是非常非常困难的，因为中国队太强大了。"

现在，世界排名前十的女子乒乓球选手中，有一半都来自中国队。而北京出生的李佳薇，在奥运会上却代表新加坡出战。她说："我经常回中国比赛。我13到14岁就开始在新加坡打球了，是新加坡让我成长为今天这样。因此，当我参加比赛时，都会竭尽所能，为新加坡争取荣誉。" 相比李佳薇，中国的顶级乒乓球选手、世界头号球员张怡宁，奥运夺冠的呼声更高。在四年前的雅典奥运会，她赢得了女单和女双两枚金牌。而李佳薇本来应该在雅典有一个光明的结局，但是在争夺铜牌的比赛中，输给了韩国选手金璟娥，与新加坡首枚奥运奖牌擦肩而过。

生活在新加坡13年了，李佳薇能说一点英语，但是她更愿意说汉语。14岁那年，她到新加坡打球之后被送到离新加坡市中心很远的地方训练，一年只能回中国探望父母一次。现在，受益于新加坡的"外国体育人才引进计划"，李佳薇和许多国外出生的运动员一样，已经成为新加坡公民。在该计划下，新加坡从国外引进儿童时期的运动员，来国内培养。如果他们表现足够好，就可以获得新加坡国籍，为国家在国际比赛中争夺荣誉。"我们正在继续寻找16岁以下的，年轻、有才华的运动员，这样我们就有更多的时间和更大的空间，使他们得到提升，同时也能使他们更好的适应并融入新加坡这个社会。"新加坡乒乓总会主人济泰说。

但是有批评人士说，这样的计划，为了早日拿到金牌，挤压了本地人才的成长空间。不过在这方面，新加坡并不孤单，许多其他国家，如荷兰，也在做同样的事情。新加坡体育理事会也鼓励这种做法，理事会官员并称赞李佳薇："对于新加坡体育来说，出生于中国的李佳薇，也许不是鼓励年轻人的最好代表。但是20多年之后，她回忆起在新加坡打乒乓球和弹钢琴的经历时，她依旧年轻的面孔上肯定会浮现出美丽的笑容。"

"我喜欢弹贝多芬的钢琴曲"，李佳薇说，她正在新加坡接受钢琴培训。她认识到，职业运动员生涯迟早要结束，乒乓球并不是生命的全部。她表示，自己可能在未来几年后就退出乒坛。"如果每年都有奥运会，我肯定每次都全力以赴。但是现实是奥运会四年才一届，太难等了。我会在等待中老去。所以，我不要这样等，我要去做更重要的事情，要让我的生活丰富多彩。"

（来源：搜狐体育 照片：乒乓世界）
Thursday, July 3, 2008
10:24 PM
World Ranking - July
July World Ranking will be used as the Seedings and Draws for the Beijing Olympic Games. Top Female Paddler Li Jia Wei is being ranked 6th behind China's Zhang Yining, Guo Yue, Li Xiao Xia, Gao Yan and Wang Nan. She will be Seeded 4th in the Olmypic Games as only 3 of the Top 5 allowed to participate in the Singles. They are Zhang Yining, Guo Yue and Wang Nan. jia Wei's chances of winning a Singles' Medal is greatly enhanced.

Below is the World Ranking for the Top 50 Paddlers

Men
1 WANG Hao CHN
2 MA Lin CHN
3 MA Long CHN
4 WANG Liqin CHN
5 SAMSONOV Vladimir BLR
6 BOLL Timo GER
7 CHEN Qi CHN
8 RYU Seung Min
9 JOO Se Hyuk KOR
10 CHUAN Chih-Yuan TPE
11 LI Ching HKG
12 CHEUNG Yuk HKG
13 GAO Ning SIN
14 OVTCHAROV Dimitrij GER
15 OH Sang Eun KOR
16 SCHLAGER Werner AUT
17 KREANGA Kalinikos GRE
18 HAO Shuai CHN
19 KAN Yo JPN
20 MAZE Michael DEN
21 CRISAN Adrian ROU
22 MIZUTANI Jun JPN
23 CHIANG Peng-Lung TPE
24 HOU Yingchao CHN
25 YOON Jae Young KOR
26 SAIVE Jean-Michel BEL
27 TANG Peng HKG
28 LEE Jung Woo KOR
29 SMIRNOV Alexei RUS
30 JIANG Tianyi HKG
30 KO Lai Chak HKG
32 PRIMORAC Zoran HRV
33 PERSSON Jorgen SWE
34 YANG Zi SIN
35 YOSHIDA Kaii JPN
36 HE Zhi Wen ESP
37 CHEN Weixing AUT
38 QIU Yike CHN
39 LI Ping CHN
40 SUSS Christian GER
41 KIM Jung Hoon KOR
42 TOKIC Bojan SVN
43 TAN Ruiwu HRV
44 STEGER Bastian GER
45 KORBEL Petr CZE
46 BLASZCZYK Lucjan POL
47 GARDOS Robert AUT
48 ELOI Damien FRA
49 KEEN Trinko NED
50 LEUNG Chu Yan HKG

Female
1 ZHANG Yining CHN
2 GUO Yue CHN
3 LI Xiaoxia CHN
4 GUO Yan CHN
5 WANG Nan CHN
6 LI Jia Wei SIN
7 WANG Yue Gu SIN
8 JIANG Huajun HKG
9 FENG Tianwei SIN
10 TIE Yana HKG
11 KIM Kyung Ah KOR
12 FUKUHARA Ai JPN
13 CAO Zhen CHN
14 LIN Ling HKG
15 LI Jiao NED
16 NIU Jianfeng CHN
17 LIU Jia AUT
18 LIU Shiwen CHN
19 HIRANO Sayaka JPN
20 WANG Chen USA
21 PARK Mi Young KOR
22 FAN Ying CHN
23 WU Jiaduo GER
24 SUN Bei Bei SIN
25 GAO Jun USA
26 DANG Ye Seo KOR
27 FUKUOKA Haruna JPN
28 BOROS Tamara HRV
29 YAO Yan CHN
30 CHANG Chenchen CHN
31 DING Ning CHN
31 LI Qian POL
33 SHEN Yanfei ESP
34 PAVLOVICH Viktoria BLR
35 LAU Sui Fei HKG
36 LI Nan CHN
37 PENG Luyang CHN
38 LEE Eun Hee KOR
39 YU Meng Yu SIN
40 TOTH Krisztina HUN
41 CHEN Qing CHN
42 NI Xia Lian LUX
43 SCHALL (WOSIK) Elke GER
44 POTA Georgina HUN
45 LI Jie NED
46 SUN Jin HKG
47 DODEAN Daniela ROU
47 KANAZAWA Saki JPN
49 WU Xue DOM
50 ZHANG Rui HKG

Those highlighted will be taking part in the Olympics.




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