The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has released the official media guide for the Table Tennis event at the 2nd Youth Olympic Games (YOG) to be held in Nanjing, China on 17-23 August 2014 at the Wutaishan Gymnasium.
The 60-page media guide outlines everything that the media attending the Table Tennis event at YOG, and the countless off-site media covering the event, need to know.
32 men and 32 women born between 1996-1999 will fight it out for 3 gold medals in Nanjing: men's singles, women's singles, and the mixed teams event which consists of one man and one woman who have qualified for the singles event. Teams can be composed of players from different National Olympic Committees (NOC) where only one man or woman qualified in singles.
The media guide which can be downloaded electronically by clicking here, and is available in hard copy in Nanjing, includes:
ITTF Overview
History of Table Tennis
YOG Table Tennis event schedule and location
YOG Playing System
Qualification Process
Table Tennis Key Facts
YOG Athlete Role Model Profiles
Mixed Teams Composition
Player Profiles
YOG table information
Basic Table Tennis Rules
2010 YOG Medalists
Current World Junior Champions
Media Tools
ITTF Media Contacts
Throughout the Table Tennis event at the Youth Olympic Games, the ITTF will be offering the following media tools to assist off-site media in covering the event:
Interesting stories concerning the upcoming matches
Daily flash quotes
Upcoming schedule
Previous day's results
Press release after the gold medal matches
Editorial photos
Video interviews
Table Tennis is one of only 10 sports to be shown live on TV and online at the 2nd Youth Olympic Games. Find out when and where you can watch the best under 18 Table Tennis players in action by clicking here.
For more information on the Table Tennis event at the Youth Olympic Games, please contact ITTF's Promotion Manager Matt Pound: mpound@ittfmail.com.
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