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Table tennis became an Olympic sport at the 1988 Games in Seoul, South Korea.

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The longest tennis rally in history is 17,062 non-stop shots in 9hrs 10 min in Alameda, Ca between tennis pro's rob Peterson and Ray Miller in 2001 as part of a USTA event.

(Other claims have been made but not verified/ as required)

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Yes, or they go to academies. Don't be a fool, stay in school.

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the Olympic games are held every 4 years.
Every four years.

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No, you can't. The ball must land on your side of the table first before you can return it.

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For me. Babolat, Head and Wilson is the best.

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Many people believe that Roger Federa, is the most successful tennis player.

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Roger Federer(number one in the world for men)

Maria Sharapova ( number one in the world for women)

David Nalbandian

Lleyton Hewit

Tim Henmen

Emily Meuresmo

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No you can not lose a game point in Ping Pong if it is the last point. You can not lose the game on a serve.

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China's national sport is.... i know but you don't get to mwa ha ha ha ha so sucks
The national sport for China is Ping Pong and Soccer
table tennis

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Table tennis officials are as follows: 1) Tournament Referee 2) Match Umpire 3) Assistant Umpire 4) Line Judge (optional)

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Allison Fisher is currently ranked the best female 9 ball player in the world in 2012. She is a former snooker player from England.

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Tennis was included as an Olympic sport in the very first Games in 1896.

It was dropped from the schedule after the 1924 Games, and was reinstated as a medal sport in 1988, having also had 2 Olympics previously where it was played as a demonstration sport.

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Table tennis has its origins in England as an after dinner amusement for upper class Victorians in the 1880s. Mimicking the game of tennis in an indoor environment, everyday objects were originally enlisted to act as the equipment. A line of books would be the net, a rounded top of a Champagne cork or knot of string as the ball, and a cigar box lid as the paddle.

The popularity of the game led game manufacturers to sell the equipment commercially. Early paddles were often pieces of parchment stretched upon a frame, and the sound generated in play gave the game its first nicknames of "whiff whaff" and "Ping pong". A number of sources indicate that the game was first brought to the attention of Hamley?s of Regent Street under the name "Cossima". The name ping pong was in wide use before English manufacturer J. Jaques & Son Ltd trademarked it in 1901. The name ping pong then came to be used for the game played by the rather expensive Jaques equipment, with other manufacturers calling theirs table tennis. A similar situation came to exist in the United States where Jaques sold the rights to the ping pong name to Parker Brothers.

The next major innovation was by James Gibb , an English enthusiast of the game, who discovered novelty celluloid balls on a trip to the U.S. in 1901 and found them to be the ideal balls for the game. This was followed by E.C. Goode who in 1903 invented the modern version of the racket by fixing a sheet of pimpled, or stippled, rubber to the wooden blade. Table tennis was growing in popularity by 1901 when table tennis tournaments were being organized, books on table tennis were being written, and an unofficial world championship was held in 1902. In 1921 the Table Tennis Association was founded in England, and the International Table Tennis Federation followed in 1926. London hosted the first official world championship in 1927. Table tennis was introduced as an Olympic sport at the Olympics in 1988. In the 1950's rackets that used a rubber sheet combined with a underlaying sponge layer changed the game dramatically, introducing greater spin and speed. These were introduced to England by the sports goods manufacturers S.W. Hancock Ltd. and the Hancock bat gave Johnny Leach the edge when he became World Champion in 1949. The use of speed glue increased the spin and speed even further, resulting in changes to the equipment to "slow the game down".

Toward the end of 2000, the ITTF instituted several rules changes aimed at making table tennis more viable as a televised spectator sport. First, the older 38 mm balls were officially replaced by 40 mm balls. This increased the ball's air resistance and effectively slowed down the game. By that time, players had begun increasing the thickness of the fast sponge layer on their paddles, which made the game excessively fast, and difficult to watch on television. Secondly, the ITTF changed from a 21 to an 11 point scoring system. This was intended to make games more fast-paced and exciting. The ITTF also changed the rules on service to prevent a player from hiding the ball during service, in order to increase the average length of rallies and to reduce the server's advantage.

Variants of the sport have emerged. "Large ball" table tennis uses a 44 mm ball which slows down the game significantly. This has seen some acceptance by players who have a hard time with the extreme spins and speeds of the 40 mm game.

There is a move towards reviving the table tennis game that existed prior to the introduction of sponge rubber, Classic table tennis or "Hardbat" table tennis players reject the speed and spin of reversed sponge rubber, preferring the 1940-60s style of no-sponge, short pimpled rubber of play which makes defense less difficult by decreasing the speed and eliminating any meaningful magnus effect of spin. Because hardbat killer shots are almost impossible to hit against a skilled player, hardbat matches focus on the strategic side of table tennis, requiring skillful maneuvering of the opponent before an attack can be successful.

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I had neck pain when I turn my head with small headache, I was rubbing the neck muscle when noticed a small lump at the base of my head. thought it was bug bite, next day noticed larger bump where I wear my bandana around my head at work. What do you think it is? No cancer history.

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Table tennis became an Olympic event at the 1988 Summer Games in Seoul.

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David Nalbandian.
Historically, Guilermo Vilas was probably the best we've seen

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Professional players usually glue their own special rubbers on each side of the racket and different rubbers have different effects on the ball. Its regulation to have a black rubber on one side of the racket and red on the other side so that the opponent can tell what kind of rubber the player hit the ball with. (Players usually inspect their opponents rackets before the match begins to determine what kind of rubber is used on each side of their racket)

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Yes, the ball is in play and the runner is not delared out. See Rule 5.07(f) in Official Major League Baseball Rules.

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The expedite rule is a rule which is designed to make games finish quicker.

Because games were becoming longer and longer in the 1930s, the expedite rule was introduced in 1936.

It has been changed several times since it was introduced, but it now says that if a game is unfinished after 10 minutes' play, the expedite rule comes into force.

Using the expedite rule, players serve alternately, and the onus on winning the point is with the server because if the receiving player or pair makes 13 returns, the receiver will win the point.

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The top 5 table tennis players in Asia are all chinese.

As at January 2011 they are MA Long, WANG Hao, ZHANG Jike, MA Lin and WANG Liqin.

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The World Champion in 2009 was Wang Hao (China).

The next World Championships for individual events is in 2011.

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