In the table tennis competition in 2023, the only gold medal that China lost was the women's doubles, and the winners were Tian He and Shen Yubin of the Korean team. Sun Yingsha/Manyu Wang and Chen Meng/Wang Yidi, two popular table tennis teams in China, lost to Japanese and Indian teams respectively. In 2023, Tian and Shen Yubin won the women's doubles gold medal in the table tennis competition; In the women's doubles final on the evening of the 2nd, the score was 4: 1( 1 1-6,1-4,10-2,12.
Tian and Shen Yubin shed tears of joy and revealed hidden tension after the game, but they didn't lose their composure until the Taiji flag was raised.
The origin of table tennis
Table tennis originated in England. 19 The day ended, and it was sultry in London. After watching Wimbledon, two young people went to a fancy restaurant for dinner. They used cigar boxes as fans and excitedly discussed tennis skills and tactics. It's not enough to talk. They use cork bottle caps as balls, tables as tables, a thread as a net in the middle and a cigar box as balls.
The waiter saw this scene and cheered again and again. When the female shopkeeper heard this scene, she couldn't help but blurt out: "Table tennis". The English name of table tennis came from this and has been used ever since. At first, table tennis was very popular among British college students, and then it gradually penetrated into all parts of Britain.
Later, British engineer James Gibb brought the hollow celluloid ball from the United States to Britain, replacing the original solid ball. The hollow ball invented by Heyart in the United States will make a "ping" and "pong" sound when it touches the racket and table. A British sporting goods company registered the word "ping-pong" as a trademark. 189 1 year, an Englishman, Charles Balster, applied for table tennis as a commercial patent, and obtained the permission of 19070.