2024-04-05 07:25:30
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[Tilu News]Two containers full of table tennis tables specially designed for the Paris Olympics departed from Shanghai, China on Tuesday (2nd) and will soon be delivered to France to prepare for this quadrennial event. The International Sports Festival is put into service.
This year is also the seventh time that Mainland brand Double Happiness has provided event equipment for the Olympic Games since Sydney in 2000. According to reports, Double Happiness has a deep connection with Paris. In 1961, it became the first equipment for the World Table Tennis Championships; in 2000, Sydney provided equipment for the Olympic Games for the first time; in the 2003 World Table Tennis Championships in Paris, it was the first time that Double Happiness tables were used in out-of-town events. Come on stage. After more than 20 years, the rainbow table once once more came to the Paris Olympics, which is also a symbol of friendship for the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France.
The table design for the Tokyo Olympics is very simple. (Picture: Body Road Database)
Brand manager Lou Shihe introduced the highlights of this Olympic table tennis table: “The Paris rainbow table adopts a three-dimensional design scheme, and the five-ring logo on the frame and chassis is three-dimensional to strengthen and highlight the Paris element. In order to prevent players and The shirt and pants were injured by friction during the game, and the three-dimensional logo was smoothed; the table also uses a variable lighting system with its own chip, and the lighting changes can be controlled through a mobile phone or remote control device; in addition, in order to take into account both the Olympic and Paralympic Games For use in this competition, the bottom structure of the table is specially designed to be retracted to release more space for wheelchair players to move.
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The Paris Rainbow Table also reflects the fusion of “technology and romance”. During the two-year preparation process, the manufacturer provided the Paris Organizing Committee with two solutions, namely the curvaceous Rainbow Table and the modern-style W Table. The two structures were configured with a variety of color combinations. In the end, the Paris Organizing Committee chose a rainbow table plan with black as the main tone and pink as the color scheme. The color configuration also received special approval from the ITTF. “The Paris Arena is the highest competitive stage, presenting the highest level of competition. The equipment allows high-level athletes to have sufficient room for performance.” Therefore, the surface technology of the table also needs to be carefully modified, and has been compared with different tables around the world. At the same time, In cooperation with the ITTF, athletes from around the world were also invited to try it out.
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In addition to table tennis tables, Double Happiness will also provide badminton-related equipment, including referee equipment and athlete auxiliary equipment. This is the fifth consecutive time that Double Happiness badminton equipment has appeared in the Olympic Games following its debut at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
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The Paris Olympic Table Tennis will be held from July 27 to August 10, and will produce gold, silver and bronze medals in five events: men’s singles, women’s singles, mixed doubles, men’s team and women’s team. So far, the Hong Kong team has a women’s team (including two women’s singles) that has definitely won the ticket. The remaining events still need to work hard to grab points in order to catch up with the last train and improve the seed ranking.
The Hong Kong team is currently competing in the WTT Croatia feeder event. World No. 7 Wong Chun Ting/To Hoi Chin defeated the Singaporean team 3:0 in the first round of mixed doubles. In men’s doubles, Wong Chun Ting/Ho Jun Kit and Chen Haohua/Yao Juntao also defeated France. and Romanian opponents entered the second round; Huang Zhenting, He Junjie and Chen Haohua also successfully broke through the first round of the men’s singles.
In the women’s team, Li Haoqing/Zhu Chengzhu and Lin Yinuo/Ng Yonglin defeated the Croatian and Ukrainian combinations in the first round; in the women’s singles in the first round, Li Haoqing, Du Kaiqin and Zhu Chengzhu all passed, but Wu Yonglin lost to South Korea’s Kim Ha Neul and Lin 1:3. Yinuo also lost to Liang Xiayin 2:3, and both teams stopped.
This article is written by “Sportsroad“Originally published in”Paris Olympics｜Ping Pong Rainbow Table Revealed: Huang Du and Croatia Pass the First Level」
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