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Table Tennis History
Just found an incredible source of table tennis history in a series of PDFs. The website isn’t much to look at, but the PDFs are nicely done with great images. As of this post, there are four PDFs. Direct links keep changing, so grab/read them all here.
Paralympics 2024 Table Tennis Starts Tomorrow
Paralympics 2024 table tennis might not get the same press as the Olympics, but often the players are incredible. Definitely available on NBC’s Peacock app.
Timo Boll | Top 10 Points
Best Rallies of 2024 Paris Olympics
The robots will soon have their own Olympics…
Google’s Deepmind robot arm has dramatically improved its table tennis skill level. Still not able to beat advanced players, but amazing to see how far they’ve come.
Fun composite image from Paris 2024 Olympics
No, You Can’t Beat an Olympic Table Tennis Player
History of Table Tennis Balls
Translations
Caoutchouc = Rubber
Liege & maille = Cork & knitwear
Paris Olympics 2024 Table Tennis Starts July 27
The Paris Olympics start this weekend. Official info about TT schedule and medals. In the US, I think the best option for seeing the most games will probably be the NBC Peacock app. Those with Xfinity may have a free subscription. The first games are on July 27. I’m sure some table tennis games will eventually show up on YouTube.
Brazilian table tennis star headed to both the Olympics and Paralympics
Nice radio/audio story about Brazilian table tennis star, Bruna Alexandre, only the fourth person ever to play in both the Olympics and Paralympics.