Table Tennis

Table Tennis, also known as ping-pong, originated as a sport in Britain during 1880s. Because of the British rainy weather, tennis players created a small tennis sport using a pool table.

The equipment used for this sport is a ball, a table and a racket.

The biggest international Table Tennis Competition is the Champions Tournament in which compete eight winners of the World Championships. This tournament started in 2006 and it takes part in Changsha, China.

The best table tennis player in the world is the chinese Ma Long, and the best women player is the chinese Ding Ning. Our best Spanish table tennis player is He Zhi Wen. He's in the 62th position of the World's Ranking. He has won a Team World Championship and a Spanish League. He's going to play in the 2012 Olympic Games in London, being his third time representing Spain in the Olympic Games in this sport.