Valeri Kim wins the 2011 Techflash title

(PSBJ photo/Marcus Donner)

Valeri Kim beat Tatyana Schastlivay of Akvelon to win theTechflash Table Tennis Championship.

The tournament was held at the Showbox SoDo. Kim is a developer at Microsoft. It was his third title. A total of over 80 players participated in the tourney.


Yiyong Fan of the Washington Table Tennis Center in Bellevue and the No. 5 in all of the USA gave a lightning display.

US Table Tennis trials for Pan Am and National Team

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The trials for the US teams for Pan Am and National team were conducted at the Topspin club, San Jose, CA

The following players made the final cut:

Pan Am Team Men: Mark Hazinski, Yiyong Fan, Timothy Wang
Pan Am Team Women: Ariel Hsing, Lily Zhang, Erica Wu

World Team Men: Mark Hazinski, Yiyong Fan, Timothy Wang, Adam Hugh
World Team Women: Ariel Hsing, Lily Zhang, Erica Wu, Prachi Jha

See this video of Ariel Hsing playing with one of the World's most wealthiest and investing wizard, Warren Buffet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OoodoU0wNw&feature=related
Video courtesy: tanzaniasafari