Sports

TABLE TENNIS

When it was created at the end of the 19th century in England, table tennis was simply an alternative to tennis. But the game grew until it became the most practiced sport in the world. Today, there are 40 million competitors and uncountable millions of people who play table tennis in their free time.

Olympic competitions, which debuted in the 1988 Games, include individual and doubles for men and women. Currently, the equipment for table tennis is manufactured with material of the highest technology – which guarantees smashes of over 160 kilometers per hour.

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