Table Tennis At The 2015 Pacific Games
Table tennis at the 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea was held on July 3–10, 2015. The competition included four parasport events: Men's singles – seated, women's singles – seated, men's singles – ambulatory, and women's singles – ambulatory. Tahiti dominated the competition, winning seven of the eleven gold medals on offer. Medal summary Medal table Men's Women's Mixed See also * Table tennis at the Pacific Games References {{EventsAt2015PacificGames 2015 Pacific Games Pacific Games 2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

Table Tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table divided by a net. Except for the initial serve, the rules are generally as follows: Players must allow a ball played toward them to bounce once on their side of the table and must return it so that it bounces on the opposite side. A point is scored when a player fails to return the ball within the rules. Play is fast and demands quick reactions. Spinning the ball alters its trajectory and limits an opponent's options, giving the hitter a great advantage. Table tennis is governed by the worldwide organization International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), founded in 1926. ITTF currently includes 226 member associations. The official rules are specified in the ITTF handbook. Table tennis has been an Olympic sport since 1988, with several event ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]