We find ourselves halfway through the commemoration as 2021 is coming to an end, while a new page of Ping Pong Diplomacy has just begun. “Ping Pong Diplomacy can help to bring down barriers and promote understanding between individuals. I felt very honoured and excited that table tennis was used as the catalyst to build […]
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International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) chief executive Steve Dainton has insisted he remains buoyant and optimistic for this year, despite acknowledging the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic.
Dainton has delivered a message, entitled A Year of Hope , to table tennis fans to outline the ITTF’s hopes and dreams for 2021.
He admits there is still a long way to go in the fight against COVID-19 and does not believe the world will be moving freely until later this year.
But Dainton is adamant the ITTF remains resolute in the face of adversity and is determined to continue its pathway towards professionalisation and put on events in 2021.
Table tennis world team c ships canceled in due to Covid-19
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Tue, Dec 22 2020 23:36 IST |
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Seoul, Dec 22 : The 2020 ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships was cancelled amid the COVID-19 resurgence in South Korea, the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) announced on Tuesday.
The ITTF executive committee met on Monday with representatives from the continents to cancel the championships, originally scheduled to take place in March in Busan, the South Korean southeast port city, Xinhua news reports.
The competition was already postponed three times this year in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The daily number of infections here have hovered around 1,000 in recent days, raising the total cases to 51,460 as of midnight Tuesday.