The World Table Tennis Championships have been held since 1926, biennially since 1957. Five individual events, which include men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's double and mixed doubles, are currently held in odd numbered years. The World Team Table Tennis Championships, which include men's team and women's team events, were first their own competition in 2000. The Team Championships. Play Table Tennis World Tour. Team USA Homepage. Join the Team Behind the Team. No athlete achieves their dreams alone. It takes a team to match their dedication, a team of family, friends, coaches, mentors—and you. Table Tennis Challenge. Table Tennis Challenge Whether you’re looking for a quick match or a tournament, you’ll find both in this challenging sports game. Step inside this virtual rec room and start practicing your swing before you find out if you’ve got what it takes to become a table tennis champ. The tables below are World Table Tennis Champions lists of individual events (Men's and Women's Singles, Men's and Women's Doubles and Mixed).

Call this old age, extreme edition: Seven players with 620 years between them compete in the Over 80 World Table Tennis Championships in China’s Inner Mongolia. British players Terry, 81, who has been given a week to live, and Les, 91, a weightlifter and poet, are going for the gold. Inge, 89, from Germany, has used table tennis to paddle her way out of dementia. And Texan Lisa, 85, is playing for the first time. Ping Pong is a wonderfully unusual story of hope, regret, friendship, ambition, love — and sheer human tenacity in the face of aging and mortality.

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