Nearly 500 athletes from 25 teams across the country competed. Photo by Fu Yuqun
Haikou, January 6 (Fu Yuqun) On January 6, the 2021 National Table Tennis "Amateur Ball King" Finals and The National Amateur Table Tennis Championships opened in Haikou. A total of nearly 500 athletes from 25 representative teams from all over the country participated in the competition, which is the highest level of competition for the whole people.
Gao Yaxiang, vice chairman of the China Table Tennis Association, said in his speech that the national table tennis "amateur ball king" finals and the national table tennis amateur championship are a national fitness boutique event with the table tennis associations of various provinces and cities as the participating units, which are loved by the majority of table tennis enthusiasts across the country and have the highest level of competition. In the future, the Chinese Table Tennis Association will strive to build it into one of the most influential events in the amateur table tennis arena in China. This year's competition is the second tournament since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, following last year's competition held in Zhengzhou, hoping to drive more table tennis enthusiasts to participate in exercise and strengthen their bodies.
Contestants in the competition. Photo by Fu Yuqun
Yang Xinli, deputy director of the Department of Tourism, Culture, Radio, Television and Sports of Hainan Province, said that Hainan, as the only tropical island province in China, has good natural conditions, and at present, Hainan has 9 state-level sports training bases in 8 cities and counties such as Haikou, Wuzhishan, and Baisha, providing high-quality services for many national teams and provincial sports teams to carry out centralized training every winter. This event will be held in Hainan and will promote the rapid development of table tennis sports in Hainan.
It is understood that the competition is divided into open group and civil servant group, and the open group has a 30-39 year old group, a 40-49 year old group, a 50-59 year old group, a 60-69 year old group and a men's group over 70 years old, a women's group, a men's singles and a women's singles. The Civil Service Division is a mixed team competition, regardless of age.
Xu Ming, from the Jiangxi representative team, previously participated in the 14th National Games Mass Group Table Tennis Tournament and won the Women's Singles Championship of the Southern Division. This time, she participated in the women's 40-49 year old open group competition, and the victory in the first match of the day made her full of confidence. "This competition is the best in all provinces and cities in the country, there are challenges but I am confident. Today may be the first day of the tournament, everyone has not yet made the best of it, and there are two group matches to go, which cannot be taken lightly. ”
The 63-year-old Shang You participated in the civil service group competition this time. He introduced that the Xinjiang team organized a total of 9 athletes to participate. "Table tennis has a good mass base in the whole society, and there are many amateurs whose strength should not be underestimated." This year, Beijing, Guangdong, Shandong and other strong teams also participated, should stage a wonderful showdown, hoping to play the best level of the team to get a better ranking. “
The competition was hosted by the China Table Tennis Association and the Hainan Provincial Department of Tourism, Culture, Radio, Television and Sports. (End)