In Translation: Table Tennis Documentary About The Marvellous 12

As the big events like World Championships and World Tour platinum have ended, there are not many occasions where the top Chinese players show up. With 49 days left to go before the Chinese National Games, most athletes choose to utilize every minute they have to train behind the closed door. Well, we can still find some in T2 APAC, a pan-regional table tennis league and UTTL, India's professional table tennis league. However the number of Chinese players is nowhere near the Chinese National Games and the Marvellous 12. Fortunately, Tecent Sports has presented a documentary (was taken down after the Chendu Three incident) about the Marvellous 12 just in time to fill up the off season. 

Throwback Thursday: The Rising Star -- Lin Gaoyuan

As 2017 World Championships is around the corner, this week's Throwback Thursday features Lin Gaoyuan, who is going to make his World Championships debut in Dusseldorf. Two months ago, Lin Gaoyuan flared up the Marvellous 12, 2017 Chinese Trials for WTTC. He surprised everyone by beating Olympic champion Xu Xin twice and many other great Chinese players in the trials and clinched the second ticket to 2017 Dusseldorf World Championships where he will play in the men's singles. 

Photo: Osports

Throwback Thursday: Girl Power -- Feng Yalan

24 days countdown to the 2017 Dusseldorf World Championships. Every team is in the final stage of their preparation. The Chinese team is no exception (check the previous articles about their close-door training here). This week's Throwback Thursday features Feng Yalan who will play mixed doubles with Denmark's Johnathan Groth in the 2017 Dusseldorf World Championships. 

Photo: Sina Sports

In Translation: Coach Liu: "Lin has Shuffled the Men's Rankings" -- Closing Speech of 2017 Marvellous 12 with Eng Sub

Coach Liu wrapped up the Marvellous 12 by commenting the 6 players who have reached stage 3 and presented the tickets to the Worlds to the 4 players, Fan Zhendong, Liu Shiwen, Lin Gaoyuan and Ding Ning. Here is the closing ceremony of the Marvellous 12 with English subtitles.

In Translation: 2 Spots Set, Who Will Be the Remaining? -- Post-Marvellous 12 Press Confernece

After a week of intense competition, the Marvellous 12 has finally come to an end. Table tennis fans may be satisfied with the great matches played by the 'marvellous' players but many questions has popped out from our mind as well. The head coach of the Chinese table tennis national team, Liu Guoliang, answered some of them in the press conference. Here is the translation of the press conference.To watch the entire press conference, click here.

Marvellous 12 Results -- Stage 1 to Stage 3 of 2017 Chinese Trials for WTTC

Participants of Stage 1 of the Marvellous 12, Table Tennis Chinese Trials for WTTC

Men
Ma Long, Zhang Jike, Fan Zhendong, Xu Xin

Xu Chenhao, Liang Jingkun, Fang Bo, Zhou Yu

Yan An, Liu Dingshuo, Lin Gaoyuan, Zhou Qihao

Women

Ding Ning, Liu Shiwen, Zhu Yuling, Chen Meng

Feng Yalan, Mu Zi, Chen Ke, Li Jiayi

Wang Manyu, Yuan Xuejiao, Wu Yang, Gu Yuting

Marvellous 12 Competition Format -- 2017 Chinese Trials for WTTC

Competition format of the Marvellous 12

Stage 1: Round robin of 12 players will play the best-of-3 format. The leader of stage 1 (Fan Zhendong & Liu Shiwen) will take the spot to wttc, skipping stage 2 and 3 of the Marvellous 12.