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2012 Games in London ... he won gold medals in men's singles table tennis and men's team table tennis.
In first hit the headlines that tennis was in the Olympics was in the year of 1896.
You must be 16 or turning 16 the year of Olympics to compete in them.
year 2000
The World Table Tennis Championships have been held yearly in some form or another since 1926. Currently they rotate singles and team championships every other year. The European Table Tennis Championships are held every two years. The Official Association of Professional Table Tennis Athletes of North America run table tennis tournament clubs in every state in the USA, and hold yearly tournaments in San Francisco. The North American Table Tennis website keeps an up-to-date catalog of local and state tournaments. There are also table tennis competitions at the Summer Olympics.
The first Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships were in Singapore in 1971, but the first time that table tennis was included in the Commonwealth Games was in 2002 in Manchester, England.
Professional table tennis is a year round sport, but in the northern hemisphere it is generally from September through May.
A tennis player who wins the tennis Grand Slam and an Olympics gold medal in the same calendar year would be referred to as having won a "Golden Slam".
The World Champion of 2001 was Wang Liqin of China.
The World Champion in 2007 was Wang Liqin of China.
Rockstar Games presents Table Tennis was released in May 2006. This is a realistic simulation game that required two players. The game also feature a drop shot.
The older 38 mm table tennis balls as of the year 2000 were officially substituted by 40 mm balls. This is now the standard. The international rules specify that the game is played with a light 2.7 gram, 40 mm diameter ball. At the same time, 2.67 to 2.77 grams is deemed acceptable. In the same way diameters of 39.5 mm to 40.50 mm may be used.