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.

Throwback Thursday: Moments At The Past Asian Cup

When the National Games has just wrapped up, an exciting table tennis week is coming ahead. There are European Team Championships, Asian Cup, Austrian Open, T2 APAC and many table tennis competitions taking place in this and the coming week. As a companion piece of the 2017 Asian Cup schedule / live stream links, I decided to write a Throwback Thursday that highlights special moments in the past Asian Cup!

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: 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.