After the end of the 4th PingPongParkinson World Championship, there have been some movements at the top of the perpetual leaderboard. With his renewed three-pack, Thorsten Flues has clearly taken the lead with now six titles. He has never won anything other than a gold medal in his two World Championship appearances. The same cannot…

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Thorsten Flues remains undefeated at Parkinson World Championships

Thorsten Flues remains undefeated at Parkinson World Championships

On the last day of competition at the 4th PPP World Championships in Wels, Thorsten Flues (GER) dominated all three finals almost at will. After marching through the mixed competition alongside Silke Kind (GER) and through the doubles alongside Thorsten Boomhuis (GER) without losing a…

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Six players still in the race for three titles

Six players still in the race for three titles

The fourth competition day of the PPP World Championships started in Wels with very sad news: The oldest of the 286 participants, 84-year-old Italian Antonio Perrone, had died in the hotel on Friday night. On Tuesday and Wednesday, he had still taken part in the…

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Thorsten Flues and Ilya Rozenblat continue their winning streak

Thorsten Flues and Ilya Rozenblat continue their winning streak

On the third tournament day of the 4th PingPongParkinson World Championships in Wels, the wheat was separated from the chaff. In the singles, almost half of the participants have been eliminated after the group phase of the main and consolation rounds.They had to finish in…

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Rie Koyama and Thorsten Flues remained without losing a game in the doubles and mixed

Rie Koyama and Thorsten Flues remained without losing a game in the doubles and mixed

The second day of the tournament in Wels started in the morning of Wednesday with the doubles matches in the three men’s and women’s classes. In the seven preliminary round groups of Men I, the three top-seeded pairs Peter Derheld/Jesper Jerslund (GER/DEN), Hamid Ezzat-Ahmadi/Ilya Rozenblat…

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First match day ended with a few surprises

First match day ended with a few surprises

After the end of the accreditation, the final number of participants in the 4th PingPongParkinson World Championships in Wels is now known. After some players cancelled their participation in the last days, 286 players from 23 TT associations finally started – 199 men and 87…

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Will the men’s final be between Flues and Rozenblat?

Will the men’s final be between Flues and Rozenblat?

A broad field will compete for the title in the men’s I singles. All the previous individual world champions will be competing here. Hamid Ezzat-Ahmadi, Ilya Rozenblat (both USA) and Holger Teppe (Germany) have won in Pleasantville in 2019, where a different class division was…

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Draws, fixtures and results

Draws, fixtures and results

The tournament programme website has now been activated. It can also be accessed via the link “Draws & Results” on the menu bar:  Here you will find the draws, the match schedules and the results of the PingPongParkinson World Championship during the tournament. The players…

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Strong competition for Margie Alley in the women’s 1 singles

Strong competition for Margie Alley in the women’s 1 singles

In the women’s main class, Margie Alley from the USA, the winner of the first tournament in 2019, is certainly the top favourite, but there are no less than seven other women who can also play at the top. Like Margie Alley, Silke Kind from…

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Who is the best at juggling or with the Rubik’s Cube?

Who is the best at juggling or with the Rubik’s Cube?

In table tennis, the brain and body are challenged at the same time so that the ball can be returned correctly. This is probably one reason for the success of table tennis in the fight against Parkinson’s disease. But there are other challenges for brain…

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