Throwback Thursday: "Table Tennis Is My Love Forever" Said Legendary Coach Zhou Shusen

In last week's Throwback Thursday, we covered the story of coach Wang Tao and Ma Wenge. This week we will have a look at a very experienced coach who said "Table tennis is his love forever" in his new book! He is Zhou Shusen. You may not recall who Zhou Shusen is but you must have heard of the Singaporean women's team defeating the Chinese team and walked away with their first ever world team champion in 2010 WTTC. Well, Zhou Shusen was the coach of the champion-winning team.

CNG Throwback: The End Of The Penhold Heyday

How often do we see a female penholder playing in the semifinals or later rounds in the women's singles? Penholders used to have prestigious achievements in the past. However the shakehanders are the majority of the table tennis world in nowadays. We seldom find penholders in the women's field (Shan Xiaona, Ni Xialian and Zhang Qiang to name a few) not to mention in the later rounds of the competition. CNG throwback is going to cover the bronzer medal match of the women's singles at 2005 Chinese National Games. A match between penholder and shakehander.

Photo: 中体在线

CNG Throwback: When Champion Is Not About 1 Person

Table tennis is, sometimes, a lonely sport, because it is often focused on the individual. Most of the glory comes from the singles and doubles events. While there are team competitions where table tennis players come together and build off one another and produce amazing results. Today's CNG Throwback covers the 2005 Chinese National Games women's team finals where 15-year-old Ding Ning won her first Chinese National Games champion alongside with her Beijing teammates.

Photo: Table Tennis World

CNG Throwback: Sensational Seven-Game Thriller!

Over the week, we have revisited some women's doubles competitions from the past Chinese National Games. Now it's time to look at the men's doubles, starting with men's doubles finals at 2005 Chinese National Games.

Award Ceremony of the Men's Doubles at the 10th Chinese National Games in 2005
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CNG Throwback: The Most Exciting Women's Single Final Ever?

In the previous CNG throwback, we have looked at the match of the 2-time men's singles National Games champion. While there is only 1 person being able to win 2 men's singles title at the Games, there are 3 athletes who have won 2 women's singles title in a row. They are Jiao Zhimin (winning at the 5th and 6th Games), Deng Yaping (at the 7th and 8th Games) and Zhang Yining (at the 10th and 11th Games). Today we will look at Zhang Yining's first women's singles title at the Games at 2005 Chinese National Games women's singles final.

Throwback Thursday: Story of the Head of the Chinese Men's Team -- Qin Zhijian

At the 2017 Asian Championships the Chinese men defended all their titles in the men's team, singles, doubles and mixed doubles but they experienced unexpected defeats of Ma Long and Xu Xin at the championships. It was also the first time Qin Zhijian led the team as the chief-coach of the Chinese national men's A team. Many may know Qin Zhijian as Ma Long's national team coach or the newly named chief-coach of the men's team but how much do we know about him as an athletes? This week's Throwback Thursday we have gone back in time to show you glimpse of Qin Zhijian in his time as an athlete.

2017 Asian Championships Men's Team Champion

1994 World Team Cup Men's Team Champion (Qin Zhijian first from the right)
Photo: Souho Sport