Table Tennis —Olympics: Table tennis is among the most popular sports in the world. Table tennis has emerged as a major sport played by numerous players all over the world. Earlier table tennis was popularly known as “ ping pong” . Even today the recreational game is described by this name. There is a marked difference between the Olympic level table tennis and the home recreational table tennis . The Kill , the Hit , the Chop are names of some shots played in table tennis . These names suggest the level of aggressiveness involved in table tennis .
Table Tennis in the Summer Games: Table tennis was included in the Summer Games ' schedule in the 1988 Summer Games . Since then table tennis has been a regular event in the Olympics . There are four events included in the Olympics table tennis competition . The events are men's singles, men's doubles, women's singles and women's doubles . Table tennis matches are generally best-of-five games .
Table Tennis at the 2008 Summer Games: At the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing, China , the table tennis events will be held from 13 th August to 23 rd August . The finals are scheduled on 17 th , 18 th , 22 nd and 23 rd August . The table tennis events will be held at the Peking University Gymnasium, Peking University in the Haidian District . The number of gold medals in contention for the Olympic table tennis competition is 4 .
China and Korea are the leading nations in the field of table tennis . Ryu Seung Min, Wang Hao, Wang Liqin, Michael Maze, Finn Tugwell, Wang Nan, Zhang Yining, Yang Ying and Guo Yue are some renowned table tennis players who will be seen in the Beijing Summer Games in 2008.
