Tag: Zhendong Fan
HIGHLIGHTS: Ledecky leads U.S. swimmers as 12 new world-leading marks set in Des Moines;...
Headline results of noteworthy competitions around the world:
● ALPINE SKIING ● Bad weather canceled the Super-G racing on Sunday in Kvitfjell (NOR) after Austria’s...
HIGHLIGHTS: Shiffrin scores again with Super-G bronze; Bowe wins third straight 1,000 m
Headline results of noteworthy competitions around the world:
Anyone who pays attention to alpine skiing is running out of superlatives to shower on American superstar...
HIGHLIGHTS: Amazing Shiffrin scores gold and bronze in World Cup in Vermont
Headline results of noteworthy competitions around the world:
● ALPINE SKIING ● The Alpine World Cup is in North America, with women’s racing at Killington,...
THIS WEEK I: Winter isn’t quite here yet; U.S.’s Dershwitz looks for Sabre gold...
We’re just finishing the transition to winter sports this week, so the schedule is a little light. In the first of two preview sets...
TABLE TENNIS: Two golds each for Xin and Sun as China wins four in...
Chinese stars Xin Xu and Yingsha Sun both won two golds medals at the German Open in Bremen, but the star of the show...
COMING ATTRACTIONS: CONCACAF Nations League opens Friday; famed Il Lombardia cycling race Saturday
Previews of international events of note coming up:
● CYCLING ● Tour de France and La Vuelta winners all in for Il Lombardia
We’re almost at...
TABLE TENNIS Preview: Top-ranked Zhendong Fan and Ning Ding headline Korea Open
The sixth of 13 stops on the 2019 ITTF World Tour is in Busan, Korea. It’s the fourth straight tournament in Asia; the circuit...
TABLE TENNIS: China sweeps all five titles at Japan Open, with Xu winning three!
It was a good week for China’s Xin Xu, the 10-time World Champion in Doubles, Mixed Doubles and Team events, as he won the...
TABLE TENNIS Preview: Best in the world lined up in Hokkaido for the Japan...
One of the prestige tournaments on the ITTF World Tour is the Japan Open and this year’s edition – the 31st – at the...
TABLE TENNIS Preview: Another sweep for China in the China Open Platinum?
After winning “only” two of four divisions in the 2017 China Open, the Chinese entries swept all five events in last year’s China Open,...
TABLE TENNIS Preview: Fourth world title for Ning Ding in Budapest?
Today, Asian teams – and especially China – dominate the World Table Tennis Championships. But the Worlds started way back in 1926 and was...
TABLE TENNIS Preview: China favored to dominate Hungarian Open
The ITTF World Tour is in Budapest (HUN), the site of the 2019 World Championships in April, so many of the top players have...
TABLE TENNIS: Fan and Ito impress with Swedish Open titles
China has been the gold standard in table tennis for a long time and the next star is obviously Zhendong Fan, who won his...
TABLE TENNIS Preview: No. 1-ranked Fan and Zhu top Swedish Open
One of the top fields on the ITTF World Tour this season is in the Swedish Open, at the Eriksdalshallen in Stockholm, with both...
TABLE TENNIS: Fan wins second World Cup title in three years in Paris
The Liebherr Men’s World Cup pits the world’s top players against each other in a short tournament, highlighting the cream of the crop in...
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