PARA TABLE TENNIS NEWS

Participants of Para table tennis camp pose for the photo.

Rio 2016 Paralympian Merewalesi Roden won Fiji’s only Para table tennis title on home soil in Suva; Australian players claimed eight remaining golds.

Participants of Para table tennis camp pose for the photo.

Fifty five players from 10 countries will compete in Suva, Fiji, from 13-16 April.

Will Bayley celebrates his 3-1 win against Israel Pereira Stroh BRA in the Men's Singles - Class 7

The Paralympic champions will give young, up-and-coming British Para table tennis players strong competition.

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The Vila Real de Santo António in Portugal will host the competition later this year.

Brazilian table tennis player Danielle Rauen in action at the Sao Paulo 2017 Youth Parapan American Games.

Brazil´s Rio 2016 table tennis bronze medallist topped the podium in the women's class 9 after beating Chile's Ailyn Espinoza 3-0 in the gold-medal match at Sao Paulo 2017.

A young Para table tennis player

The Argentinian table tennis player, who won silver at Buenos Aires 2013, believes competing at the fourth Youth Parapans will help him grow as a person and an athlete.

Two cartoons with a monkey mascot showcasing wheelchair tennis and wheelchair basketball

The Youth Parapan American Games will feature over 800 athletes, aged 12-20 years old, from 20 countries competing across 12 sports.

Sandra Paovic of Croatia in action against Kunwoo Lee during the prelimimary round of the Women's's Table Tennis at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

The Rio 2016 Paralympic champions showed no lag at one of the first major international competitions of the year.

Borislava Peric-Rankovic SRB vs Miao Zhang CHN in the Women's Singles - Cl 4 Gold Medal Match at the Riocentro - Pavilion 3.

Many Rio 2016 table tennis medallists will take on their first international event of 2017.

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Check out all the events that will headline this month in Para sport.

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The newly crowned British table tennis Paralympic champion wants to stay No. 1 but is not pressuring himself about it.

Ashley Facey Thompson of Great Britain competes in the Men's singles Table Tennis - Class 9 at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Twelve athletes from Great Bitain will compete in the competition between 1-4 March.

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The heads of the ITTF’s Para table tennis division met in Denmark to discuss the busy year ahead.

Ashley Facey Thompson of Great Britain competes in the Men's singles Table Tennis - Class 9 at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

The line-up for 2017 includes some new faces including Paralympic, world and European champions.

Croatia NPC 2016 sport awards

Mikela Risto, Zoran Talic, Liam Malone and Sophie Pascoe all received prestigious national honours.

Borislava Peric-Rankovic SRB vs Miao Zhang CHN in the Women's Singles - Cl 4 Gold Medal Match at the Riocentro - Pavilion 3.

Four regional Championships and the World Team Championships highlight 2017.

Three men in wheelchairs on a podium showing their medals

Paralympic table tennis silver medallists Andela Muzinic and Helena Dretar Karic were also chosen the best Croatian team in 2016.

Yanping Yuan (blue) of China with Alimova Khayitjon of Uzbekistan during the Women +70 kg Judo Gold Medal match on Day 3 of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

Six judoka and eight table tennis players have been named as athletes to look out for in 2017.

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The German table tennis player won the gold medal in the men’s class 3 singles and also in class 4-5 team events at the US Open.

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At the age of 16 the Belgian became the youngest Paralympic champion in table tennis history. Many awards and media attention followed.