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World Junior Championships Firmly Established |
3/7/2004
2003 ITTF World Junior Championships,14 Dec 2003 - 21 Dec 2003, Santiago, CHI
The first ITTF World Junior Table Tennis Championships staged in Santiago, Chile in December 2003 proved to be a great success, the event was well received by all the associations who participated and the event is now firmly established on the calendar of the International Table Tennis Federation. .... |
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The Tiger Shows His Teeth |
12/21/2003
2003 ITTF World Junior Championships,14 Dec 2003 - 21 Dec 2003, Santiago, CHI
Fifteen year old LI Hu and seventeen year old LI Qian, both from China, emerged as champions in the Boys’ and Girls’ Singles events respectively at the 1st ITTF World Junior Table Tennis Championships in Santiago, Chile on Sunday 21 December 2003.
LI Hu from Shashi in Herbei province and whose second name means tiger, dominated proceedings in the boys´final against his Korean counterpart CHOE Eon Rae, winning in four games; the Chinese teenager was too consistent and when the opportunity .... |
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Asian Double |
12/21/2003
2003 ITTF World Junior Championships,14 Dec 2003 - 21 Dec 2003, Santiago, CHI
LI Xiaoxia and LI Qian, the protagonists in the earlier Girls’ Singles semi-final, duly teamed together to win the Girls’ Doubles event at the expense of the pair from Serbia and Montenegro, Eva TAPAI and Gabriella FEHER..... |
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Korea versus China |
12/21/2003
2003 ITTF World Junior Championships,14 Dec 2003 - 21 Dec 2003, Santiago, CHI
The semi-final stage of the Boys’ Singles event at the 1st World Junior Championships in Santiago was Korea versus China and following the victories of LI Hu over LIM Jae Hyun and CHO Eon Rae over ZHENG Changgong, the final also sees the same two Asian countries in opposition.
LIM Jae Hyun never found his best form against LI Hu, or perhaps more to the point, the latter never gave his Korean adversary a chance to find his best form! LI Hu was faster, LIM Jae Hyun, almost two and a half ye.... |
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Miss Perfection |
12/21/2003
2003 ITTF World Junior Championships,14 Dec 2003 - 21 Dec 2003, Santiago, CHI
A forehand flick from LI Xiaoxia flies off the end of the table, LI Qian is the first player to reserve her place in the Girls’ Singles final at the 1st ITTF World Junior Championships in Santiago, five minutes later she is joined by her compatriot, PENG Luyang who overcomes CAO Zhen in five games..... |
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A Coach Who Cares |
12/21/2003
2003 ITTF World Junior Championships,14 Dec 2003 - 21 Dec 2003, Santiago, CHI
It always seems amazing the precarious life of a professional football manager, the team starts to do badly, the manager is dismissed another one interviewed and immediately there is a long list of prospective clients for a post that seemingly has no security of tenure..... |
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Chariots of Fire |
12/20/2003
2003 ITTF World Junior Championships,14 Dec 2003 - 21 Dec 2003, Santiago, CHI
The music, Chariots of Fire, rang out as the medal winners in the Junior Mixed Doubles event at the 1st ITTF World Junior Table Tennis Championships marched into the arena. A medal in a world title event is very special; a medal in an inaugural world title event is perhaps even more special..... |
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