Natalia Partyka competes in the Paralympics

Natalia, the Polish Table Tennis player who fought gallantly against a defensive player and lost in the 3rd round of the Olympics, will now participate in the Olympics for disabled athletes. She is a favorite in that event.

Natalia has only one good arm and she uses the folds of her skin at the elbow to hold the ball to serve!

Editor

Zhang Jike is the Olympic Table Tennis Champion!

World Champion Zhang Jike quickly climbed to the all time greats list in a matter of two years by now winning the Olympic Gold medal. In 2011 he had won the World Championships.

Jike beat three time Olympic finalist, Wang Hao 4-1. He almost assured himself of the top podium finish when he started with a 3-0 lead after a tough first game. Although the experienced Wang Hao made a good comeback winning the 4th game and leading in the 5th, Jike closed out the match 4-1. There was a minor controversy about a table edge point in the 5th game.

Li Xiao Xia is the Olympic Champ

Li Xiao Xia is the Olympic Women's Table Tennis champion! Congratulations!

Today's exciting Men's Singles Semi-final line up:

ZHANG Jike CHN
0   10:00 - 2/8/2012 - Table 1	-: --- ---
OVTCHAROV Dimitrij GER
CHUANG Chih-Yuan TPE
0   11:00 - 2/8/2012 - Table 1	-: --- ---
WANG Hao CHN

Zhang Jike, Wang Hao ease into the Semi finals of the Olympics

Zhang Jike beat Jiang Tianyi of Hong Kong 4-1 to reach the Semi finals of the London Olympics. Wang Hao won even more comprehensively against Seiya Kishikawa 4-0. Jike faces Ovtcharov while Wang Hao faces Chuang Chih Yuan in the semi finals respectively. The semi finals will be played tomorrow. The Women's final match is to be held later today.

Live Table Tennis at London Olympics

Watch Live Table Tennis from the London Olympics.

The IOC has a live stream that is available at the following location:
www.youtube.com/olympic
After this, just select the game that you want to view. The live streams are marked in red.

Zhang Jike and Wang Hao play their Quarterfinals live at 10 AM and 11 AM India time.

Happy viewing!

Ovtcharov comes back from the brink to reach the Semifinals at London Olympics

Photo courtesy news.yahoo.com

Dmitry Ovtcharov beat Michael Maze in a pulsating Quarterfinal to reach the semi final of the London Olympics. Chuang Chih Yuan also booked a spot. Zhang Jike and Wang Hao play their Quarterfinals today.

Ding Ning and Li Xiao Xia ensured that China gets the Gold and Silver medal in the Women's singles competition.

Editor, www.TableTennisBug.com

India hoping for a medal from Mystery Woman

Wonder if a mystery woman can bring a gold medal for India at the London Olympics?

Olympic Table Tennis Quarter finals today!

Photo Courtesy telegraph.co.uk

After some exciting upsets and fast paced matches, the Men's singles competition is about to proceed to the medal round right after the Quarterfinals.
The draw looks like this-
(Courtesy www.ITTF.com)

Zhang Jike scraped past Samsonov. Wang Hao is in good form. Ovtcharov seems to be the most impressive. His match against Maze will attract a lot of attention since they are pretty much close.

ZHANG Jike CHN
0   10:00 - 1/8/2012 - Table 1	-: --- ---
JIANG Tianyi HKG
OVTCHAROV Dimitrij GER
0   21:00 - 31/7/2012 - Table 1	-: --- ---
MAZE Michael DEN
CRISAN Adrian ROU
0   20:00 - 31/7/2012 - Table 1	-: --- ---
CHUANG Chih-Yuan TPE
KISHIKAWA Seiya JPN
0   11:00 - 1/8/2012 - Table 1	-: --- ---
WANG Hao CHN

William Henzel is unlucky at the London Olympics

William Henzell of Australia lost to Table Tennis legend Vladimir Samsonov very narrowly 4-3 in the round of 32 at the London Olympic games in London.

Earlier, he beat Adam Pattantyus of Hungary and upset Joao Monteiro of Portugal to advance.

Bill Gates puts Ariel Hsing in the limelight!

Tech genius, Bill Gates, indirectly made sure that the world media's attention was firmly focused on Ping Pong player Ariel Hsing of the USA. Bill follows Table Tennis along with his close pal, Warren Buffet.

Ariel advanced to the round of 32 after beating Silva Yadira of Mexico 4-0 and then upsetting Ni Xialian of Luxemburg. Xialian is a former world champion, now a veteran. The win was quite unexpected. The biggest achievement for Ariel was troubling the no. 2 seed, Li Xiaoxia even though she eventually lost 2-4. Ariel won a lot of hearts and in particular Bill Gates' heart, who was thoroughly impressed with her performance.

Ariel plays at the ICC in Milpitas under the watchful eyes of Rajul Sheth.