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Table Tennis

Two athletes playing a game of Table Tennis.
Athletes

Breaking Boundaries with Sport

Mariam Sylla powerfully smashes the table tennis ball across the table. She looks extremely concentrated and focuses all her energy on the game.
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Petra Sörling and Mary Davis shaking hands with one another.
In the News

Special Olympics and the International Table Tennis Federation Foundation Sign MOU at Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023

Special Olympics and the International Table Tennis Federation Foundation (ITTF Foundation) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Saturday June 17 at the Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023, in an effort to better athletes all around the world through the sport of table tennis.
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Young men dressed in red and white football kits and wearing gold medals line up with arms around each other smiling in front of promotional poster for Special Olympics Malta Invitational Games 2022.
In the News

Malta Hosts First International Special Olympics Event in Europe Since Pandemic

Welcoming athletes to compete in six different sports disciplines: aquatics, athletics, bocce, bowling, football, and table tennis.
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Xu with a medal around his neck.
Athletes

Healthy Athletes Gives Xu Better Footing for Sports, Life

Xu has always been ready to try—even if things get tough. He was born with cerebral palsy, so sometimes it took him a little longer to reach his growth milestones. But Xu, who was born in Inner Mongolia, didn't give up.
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Khadija standing with her paddle in had ready to play.
Athletes

Khadija Zen Al Abdeen Breaks Barriers for Women at World Games

Khadija isn’t just competing at Special Olympics World Games Abu Dhabi 2019, she is breaking barriers.
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Chutipa smiling and holding a table tennis paddle.
Athletes

Meet the Determined: #MeetChutipa

Watch the inspirational story of Chutipa reuniting with with the mother she never knew making it possible for Chutipa to go to Special Olympics World Games Abu Dhabi 2019.
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Chutipa in a blue, red, and white team shirt playing table tennis.
Athletes

Inclusion Can Change Lives

A life-changing experience that reunited me with my long-lost mother.
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A young athlete is playing table tennis during 2018 Special Olympics East Asia Unified Camp. He is wearing a red and white Special Olympics jersey and a blue watch. He has a ping pong paddle in his right hand and balancing a ball on top which he is intently staring and consecrating on.
Athletes

2018 Special Olympics East Asia Unified Camp

2018 Special Olympics East Asia Unified Camp was held in Fujian Normal University from July 1st to July 6th.
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Athletes

Khadija Zen Al Abdeen from Mauritania, the First Female Athlete ever to be sent to Compete outside Her Home Country

The twenty-three-year-old joined Special Olympics Mauritania in 2006 and competed in table tennis at the 2018 MENA Regional Games in Abu Dhabi.
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