World
Table Tennis Day, the annual celebration of the sport taking place
every 6th April, as organised by the ITTF Foundation and
supported by the ITTF, traditionally sees a full programme of social
gatherings, casual table tennis activities and charity events taking
place across the globe.
While the COVID-19 pandemic
prevented physical activities from happening this year, it provided
an opportunity to celebrate like never before. Physically distanced,
but socially united, fans were fully engaged across the digital and
social media channels of the ITTF and ITTF Foundation for 2020 World
Table Tennis At Home Day!
24
HOURS OF NON-STOP TABLE TENNIS!
Fans
have had their eyes glued to the ITTF’s digital channels on
6th April 2020, with 24 hours of wall-to-wall table tennis
playing since 00:00 GMT+8 on the ITTF’s
Facebook, YouTube and Weibo channels,
as well as on Zhibo.TV, the
ITTF's streaming partner in China.
That’s
24 hours of original, never seen before, archive footage, all in HD,
taking you on a trip down memory lane to revisit a bucket list of
classic, unforgettable matches from the past and many of the greatest
legends to ever play the sport!
In between matches,
special features were aired, ranging from sustainability projects run
by the ITTF
Foundation,
the story of Ping
Pong Diplomacy: United Korea,
the Hugo
Calderano feature film and
more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcpmAG2E3GY&feature=youtu.be
Information from ITTF
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