Beijing, Dec 3 (Ians) India’s Achanta Sharath Kamal and China’s Liu Shiwen were elected as joint International Table Tennis Federation (Ittf) Athletes’ Commission chairs ahead of the Ittf Summit in Amman, Jordan on Friday.
It is the first time that the Ittf Athletes’ Commission has two chairs – one woman and one man – elected to lead the body, which is regarded as the voice of table tennis athletes in the federation.
“Having strong, diverse voices for our athletes is so important in keeping our federation in the lead in keeping athletes at the heart of the sport movement,” said Ittf president Petra Sorling, reports Xinhua.
Liu, 31, was a member of China’s gold medal winning team at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and took silver in mixed doubles in Tokyo 2020. She also won the women’s singles title at the Budapest 2019 World Championships, 13 singles titles on the Ittf World Tour and...
It is the first time that the Ittf Athletes’ Commission has two chairs – one woman and one man – elected to lead the body, which is regarded as the voice of table tennis athletes in the federation.
“Having strong, diverse voices for our athletes is so important in keeping our federation in the lead in keeping athletes at the heart of the sport movement,” said Ittf president Petra Sorling, reports Xinhua.
Liu, 31, was a member of China’s gold medal winning team at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and took silver in mixed doubles in Tokyo 2020. She also won the women’s singles title at the Budapest 2019 World Championships, 13 singles titles on the Ittf World Tour and...
- 12/3/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
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