Global game celebrates centenary event in London as players of all ages showcase their skill, style and speed
“Table tennis is very good for the mind as well as the body, whatever age you are,” says 73-year-old Wang Qi, the oldest competitor at the Table Tennis Team World Championships in London.
Incredibly the Fiji player, who hails from China, is 61 years older than the youngest player, Enya Hu, from Switzerland. Age is evidently no barrier in this increasingly popular sport.
Qi and Hu are among 380 men and women representing their nations inside the Copperbox and Wembley Arenas, where extraordinary reflexes and dexterity are showcased by all.
This year’s tournament marks a century since the first world championships and comes when the sport is in the global limelight, buoyed up by the Hollywood movie Marty Supreme, starring Timothée Chalamet.
