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Eight Gold Medals for China
At the IPC Table Tennis World Championships, a total of
319 athletes, 224 male and 95 female players, from 45
countries participated in the open singles, class singles
and team events, which took place from August 13 to
23 2002 in Chinese Taipei. The outgoing Vice-Chairperson
and Technical Delegate, Řivind Eriksen, described the
successful event as “the best IPC World Table Tennis
Championships ever”. The highly competitive Championships
had participants full of great spirit.
The final medal tally confirmed China, France and Korea as
the top three countries in the world of Table Tennis. China
won eight gold medals, one gold medal more than France,
but France had the highest number of medals in total: 16
(China totalled 12). Korea achieved third place regarding
gold medals (5) with a total of 11 medals all in all.
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Players in action at the Championships in Chinese Taipei
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During the World Championships, the IPC Table
Tennis Sports Assembly was held. Among the
main decisions taken were:
- to continue investigating a closer working relationship with our able-bodied counterpart, the International Table Tennis Federation,
- to accept amendments proposed to the classification system for standing players
- to allocate more ranking points for doubles matches to encourage this exciting form of the game
- to add rules about dress, the use of belts and corsets, to clarify the rules for players touching, moving and/or using the table and additions to the wheelchair structure
- to encourage tournaments for juniors and women specifically
The International Paralympic Table Tennis Committee
would like to thank the Chinese Taipei Paralympic
Committee for hosting such a successful event as well
as the referees, umpires, classifiers and, in particular,
the volunteers for making the IPC Table Tennis Family
feel so welcome in Chinese Taipei.
Alison Burchell
IPC Secretary General Table Tennis
  
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