PARA TABLE TENNIS NEWS

Flawless day for China in table tennis at Tokyo 2020
Chinese players win all five team finals contested this Thursday

Van Zon makes it three Paralympic gold medals in a row
Dutch table tennis player beats Russian Paralympic Committee's Viktoriia Safonova in the class 7 final

Leading Para table tennis athletes reflect on the Olympic Games
Melissa Tapper of Australia and Natalia Partyka of Poland, both known rivals, qualified for both the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games

Table tennis: Partyka seeks fifth gold in Tokyo
After wins at Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio 2016, Polish believes the road to another gold won't be easy

Kelly van Zon ready for the unknown
Two-time Paralympic champion says she is "always very careful in saying what I’m going for because the ball is round and you need to have your day”

Ones to watch for Para table tennis
Hundreds of athletes will compete for table tennis glory but here are 10 favourites

10 things to know about Para table tennis
The sport started with 11 medals events at Rome 1960 and now has 31 at Tokyo 2020
Furukawa challenges the world with signature crouching serves
Japanese Para table tennis player prepares to make her debut at home Paralympics in Tokyo

Chen uses table tennis to give back
"I know how everyone there would be feeling in the hospital, but maybe through table tennis, they can feel joy and hope, like I did"

Q&A with Iwabuchi Koyo
Japanese medal hopeful opens up about his YouTube channel, working through the Tokyo 2020 postponement and more

Tokyo 2020 qualification a dream come true
Chilean table tennis player prepares for Paralympics debut after winning the Parapan title in Lima

Wyndham educates Sierra Leoneans on COVID-19
With sports on hold, Para table tennis player finds alternative way to fill his time

Serbia's Peric-Rankovic recharging during pandemic
Serbian table tennis player believes COVID-19 pandemic has brought families closer and united the nation

Barriers 'smashed down' as table tennis grows in the Pacific
Development programme launched in 2014 transforms attitudes towards disability

Top moments in Para table tennis
Incredible rallies and shots from all angles that stunned fans at the Paralympic Games

Welcome to Para table tennis
The sport is practiced world-wide and one of the largest at the Paralympic Games

Tokyo 2020: Danish delight Peter Rosenmeier looks to sharpen game
Reigning Paralympic champion sees positives in Tokyo 2020 postponement
Chile's Matias Pino loses Parapan American Games medals for doping violation
The Para Table Tennis player forfeits his Men’s Singles Class 6 gold medal, while Chilean team he was part of loses Men’s Team Class 6-8 bronze medal

British Paralympian joins fight against coronavirus
'One of the things that people seem to be struggling with is that feeling of powerlessness where they can’t do anything. I’m lucky to have the skill-set to help fight what is going on and that is a positive that I’m taking.'

'Fighting spirit' key for Young Dae Joo at Tokyo 2020
South Korean ‘national treasure’ urged on by ‘godfather of Para table tennis’