Table tennis guide

Hugo Calderano wins a gold medal in Lima 2019. Table tennis players want their third title in Santiago 2023 (John Rorrez/COB)

Table tennis at the Pan American Games Santiago 2023

Regarding men, Brazil wants to expand Santiago-2023 Its dominance in table tennis at the Pan American Games, while in the women’s game the country is trying to prevent Puerto Rico from celebrating as it did in the Lima 2019 edition. Among the men, Hugo Calderano, fourth in the world rankings, is considered the favorite to win a third gold medal at straight. Among women, Bruna Takahashi wants to displace Puerto Rican Adriana Diaz, tenth in the world rankings.

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Eric Guti and Vitor Ishi, along with Hugo Calderano, will aim to restore Brazilian power as a team in Santiago 2023. Team champions in seven of the ten editions of table tennis at the Pan American Games, Brazil won a bitter bronze medal in Lima 2019, while winning The United States won the title over Argentina.

On the other hand, in the women’s category, the silver medal in Lima-2019 equaled the result of Toronto-2015 and the team consisting of sisters Bruna and Julia Takahashi and Bruna Alexander wants to climb another step on the podium in Santiago-2023. The current champion, Puerto Rico starts as the favorite and main opponent for the Brazilians.

In doubles, Brazil should keep the same lineup as at the last Pan American Championships with Eric Guti/Vitor Ishii in the men, Bruna Takahashi/Julia Takahashi in the women and Vitor Ishii and Bruna Takahashi in the mixed doubles.

In Lima 2019, the men’s pair won the tournament with Hugo Calderano and Gustavo Tsuboi, who also won silver alongside Bruna Takahashi in the mixed doubles. In the women’s race, Bruna played with Jessica Yamada and won the bronze medal.

Table tennis medalists in men’s singles

Table tennis medalists in women’s singles

Table tennis medalists in men’s doubles

Medalists in women’s doubles table tennis

Medalists in women’s doubles table tennis

Men’s table tennis medalists

Table tennis medalists on the women’s team

Pan American Games table tennis medal table

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Hey table tennis It was invented in the United Kingdom, specifically in England in the nineteenth century, where it was known as… Ping pongUntil it became a registered trademark and that is why the name was changed in Europe to table tennisthe name is Ping pong Currently used for entertainment purposes only. It is one of the most popular sports in the world in terms of the number of players.

A table tennis match is played with the best single sets. Usually, national tournaments are played in best of 5 sets and international tournaments in best of 7 sets, which means that the player or pair who wins, respectively, 3 or 4 sets wins the match. To win a set, a player or pair must score 11 points, or in the event of a tie at 10 points, gain a two-point advantage over their opponent.

The match begins with one of the competitors serving according to the order of serve chosen by the winner of the lottery for this purpose. Each player has the right to serve twice in a row, regardless of the score he obtained. In doubles, the serving order is alternated between doubles and between players so that each of the four players serves.

Table tennis is very popular in China, being the second most popular sport. The country has about 10 million federal practitioners. This popularity is a result of the popularization promoted by Communist leader Mao Zedong due to the adaptation of the sport to low-lying spaces, ideal for the most populous country in the world.

In the world, it is estimated that there are 300 million casual practitioners ^{and about 40 million federal practitioners, Distributed among 186 federations affiliated with ITTF, the International Table Tennis Federation.}

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