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Watch all the Olympic Gold Medal moments from Japan at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

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National Anthems | The Gold Medal Moments of Japan in Tokyo

The new table tennis season is here and with it brings a new identity in a radical rebrand of the sport's international calendar.
Named World Table Tennis (WTT), it supplants the previous International Table Tennis Federation World Tour and World Tour Platinum events, with only two major tournaments expected to

FAN Zhendong (CHN). 2019 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals Men's Singles 1/4 finals , Olympic Sport Center, Zhengzhou 2019/12/14.
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FAN Zhendong (CHN). 2019 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals Men's Singles 1/4 finals , Olympic Sport Center, Zhengzhou 2019/12/14.

What you need to know about the new table tennis season as World Table Tennis makes debut

Is Japan's Ito Mima the biggest threat to China in women's table tennis at Tokyo 2020?
China have won every women's singles gold since table tennis became a medal sport at Seoul 1988, but many fans believe if anyone is to break the Chinese dominance, this 19-year-old from the host

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Ito Mima: The biggest threat to Chinese table tennis dominance

Japan is looking to wow the world at Tokyo 2020.
The Japanese capital will be hosting its second Summer Olympics, from 24 July to 9 August, 56 years after having organised the Olympic Games for the first time.
Tokyo 2020 has promised to deliver "the most innovative Games ever organised."

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From Naomi Osaka to Kohei Uchimura: Twelve Japanese superstars to look out for at Tokyo 2020

Japan beats Singapore to claim the Bronze.

Rio 2016 | Olympic Games

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Table Tennis: Women's Team Bronze Match | Rio 2016 Replays

Japan's women's table tennis team win bronze in Rio 2016.

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Japan win Women's Table Tennis Team bronze

See the best players from around the world at the 2016 Hungarian Open display talent and skills.

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Hungarian Open Top 10

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The ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals 2023 in Durban reached the business end of the prestigious tournament where the best paddlers battle it out in singles and doubles events.
The People’s Republic of China looks set to assert their dominance at the championships with an eye on winning all

Singles - Round of 32, 2023 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals, 20 May - 28 May 2023, ICC Durban, Durban, South Africa

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ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals 2023 results

The 2023 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals take place in Durban, South Africa, from 20–28 May, with the same question on everyone's lips: will paddlers from the People's Republic of China continue their dominance of the sport?
Chinese athletes have won the singles world titles at every edition since

Fan Zhendong holds the championship trophy after winning the men's singles final at the 2021 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships in Houston, Texas.

ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals 2023: Preview, schedule, how to watch live action from Durban

Can anyone dethrone China this year? That's the big question at the 2022 ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals, which take place from 30 September to 9 October in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu.
It's the long-awaited return of the World Team Championships, after the 2020 edition was

SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE - MARCH 20: Ma Long of China celebrates a point against compatriot Fan Zhendong in their men's singles final match during the WTT Singapore Smash at OCBC Arena on March 20, 2022 in Singapore. (Photo by Yong Teck Lim/Getty Images)

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ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals 2022: Preview, top athletes, and how to watch

The revolution in table tennis is here.
After a delay due to the pandemic, which limited the extent of the new World Table Tennis (WTT) structure during 2021, the inaugural WTT Grand Smash has landed and is ready to shake up the sport.
From 11–20 March, the world's top players

SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE - DECEMBER 07: Fan Zhendong of China serves against Tomokazu Harimoto of Japan during their Men's Singles final match on day four of the WTT Cup Finals Singapore at OCBC Arena on December 07, 2021 in Singapore. (Photo by Yong Teck Lim/Getty Images)

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World Table Tennis Singapore Smash 2022: Preview, schedule, and how to watch

Table tennis took centre stage from 24 July to 6 August at the Tokyo 2020 Games as the most practised sport in the world entranced and enthralled.
172 of the world's elite players went head-to-head for 15 sets of medals in five main events.
China's dragon was breathing fire once

TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 06: Xu Xin (C) and Ma Long (R) of Team China in action during their Men's Team Gold Medal table tennis match on day fourteen of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on August 06, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

Xu Xin (C) and Ma Long (R) of Team China in action during their Men's Team Gold Medal table tennis match on day fourteen of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on August 06, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

What we learned: Table tennis wrap-up from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics

The Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 are in the history books with home athletes, including Hashimoto Daiki, Nishiya Momiji, Ohashi Yui and Abe Uta, providing thrilling performances. See some of the top performers for the hosts in the Japanese capital.

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The top Japanese faces of Tokyo 2020

And that's a wrap.
The competition that started with the softball in Fukushima on 21 July is now past tense, has faded like Japanese fireworks in the summer sky.
Amid unimaginable pressure, the host country of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 performed well on the medals table. Japan rewrote their

TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 23: Fireworks are seen during the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on July 23, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki/Getty Images)

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Sayonara, and bonjour: Japanese stars who shone brightly at Tokyo 2020

The People’s Republic of China had already won women’s singles table tennis gold before the match had begun with two teammates winning a place in the final at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, but the eventual winner was CHEN Meng.
In the all-China final, the world number one beat her

TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 29: Chen Meng of Team China reacts during her Women's Singles Gold Medal match on day six of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on July 29, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by David Ramos/2021 Getty Images)

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CHEN Meng wins all-China final in women’s singles table tennis at Tokyo 2020

What's happening?
The singles competitions are approaching their climax, and there are three sessions of table tennis on offer today. The women's singles semi-finals take place at 11 am (local time) at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, before the men's singles semi-finals follow at 3 pm.
The women return at 8

TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 21: Chen Meng of Team China practices ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on July 21, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

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Tokyo 2020 Table tennis day 6: People's Republic of China looks to continue winning streak in women's singles final

Japanese pair MIZUTANI Jun and ITO Mima ended the People's Republic of China's recent dominance in the sport by beating XU Xin and LIU Shiwen 4-3 for the mixed doubles title.
The upset comes five years after China swept all four table tennis tournaments at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro

Ito Mima (L) and Jun Mizutani (R) of Team Japan celebrate after winning their Mixed Doubles Gold Medal match on day three of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on July 26, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

MIZUTANI Jun and ITO Mima beat China to win table tennis mixed doubles gold

Japan upsets China for table tennis mixed doubles gold

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This event took place on 26/07/2021 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo. It includes the Mixed Doubles Bronze and Gold Medal Match as well as the Victory Ceremony. Mizutani/Ito (JPN) claimed the Gold, Xu/Liu (CHN) the Silver and Lin/Cheng (TPE) completed the podium

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Table 1: Mixed Doubles Finals  - Table Tennis | Tokyo 2020 Replays

This event took place on 29/07/2021 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo. Chen (CHN) claimed the Gold, Sun (CHN) the Silver and Ito (JPN) completed the podium.

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