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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.
Top 10 Points | Bangkok 2024
Article: Ping pong players exhibit superior brain structure and function, study finds
Former club member, Ronald Donkervoort, doing well in Spain
Heard from Ronald the other day and he sent these great pics of him at his new club in the Córdoba area of Spain.
Ronald at his new club in Spain
Ronald at his new club in Spain