By Neha Aggarwal

The Dusseldorf training center in Germany was burning as the German team took the Mannequin Challenge:

and Hugo Calderano was working hard at the gym.

Aquahit workout #nopainnogain

A video posted by Hugo Calderano (@hugocalderano) on Dec 5, 2016 at 2:05pm PST

Galia Dvorak ran her first half marathon! 

Finished my second #halfmarathon today, as you can see, with a lot of struggle in the last few km. Now I cannot walk, but hey, it’s still worth it ✌ #21k #run @mitjaciutatdemataro

A video posted by Galia Dvorak (@galiadvorak) on Dec 4, 2016 at 5:08am PST

 

Lily Zhang and the US table tennis team were having some fun at this GIANT table tennis table:

She also rocked this photoshoot!

From my @shakleehq photoshoot! More to come ? #tabletennis #photoshoot #sponsor

A photo posted by Lily Zhang (@lilyyz) on Dec 5, 2016 at 7:34pm PST

But in Doha, at the ITTF Star Awards, the players looked at their absolute best.

 
Jean-michel Saive with his two besties:

Vladimir Samsonov and his wife:

Sam Walker at the awards with his special place:

All about the details! ⌚️?

A photo posted by Sam Walker (@samwalker_tt) on Dec 8, 2016 at 9:53am PST

 
What do you think of this look?

Unfortunately no awards won for me tonight. Was amazing to be nominated for the breakthrough award with fantastic team mates @liam_pitchford93 @paul_drinkhall and for the point of the year! Thank you to everyone who voted for me and also for the support over this past year!! ?❤️ Now it’s time to go back to Germany and keep training for the next goal! ???

A photo posted by Sam Walker (@samwalker_tt) on Dec 8, 2016 at 1:01pm PST

 
Yang Haeun’s collage with all the best pictures from the evening:

. . Qatar 2016 ITTF Star Awards ? . . #ryuseungmin #fengtianwei #malong #xuxin #Teamkorea #?

A photo posted by 양하은 (@yang_haeun) on Dec 8, 2016 at 8:38pm PST

 
The Japanese trio who took the world by storm by their sensational performance this year looked fabulous :

Ding Ning to her fans: I am very happy to win the Female table tennis star again! And also I am very honored to be introduced to the ITTF Hall of Fame. PS: the dress is a surprise! Love you all!

Fan Zhendong: I have been nominated for many times. But today is my first time to win the awards. I made some mistakes in my speech but it’s ok! I will do my best in the matches!

Ma Long: Thank you all! Photos are here!

Zhu Yuling: New start, new challenge and new step forward. To experience the charm of competitive sports, we have to conquer ourselves all the time. Now it’s time for the new goal! Thanks for all your supports these days!