who invented ping pong
It is difficult to trace the inventor of table tennis back to a single individual, but it can be traced back to England in the late 19th century, when a group of university students took tennis indoors and used a dining table as a table, books as a net and parchment as a paddle to create the game. Table tennis originated in England at the end of the 19th century, and was originally known as “the game of golf”, played indoors with makeshift equipment by members of the upper classes. Inspired by the sport of tennis, a game called “miniature indoor lawn tennis” became popular in England, and this was the early form of table tennis.
Table tennis takes its name from the hollow celluloid ball brought back from the United States by Gibb, a famous English cross-country runner, around 1890. The ball made a ping-pong sound on a wooden racket, hence the name, and in 1891, Baxter of England applied for a commercial patent for table tennis, and in 1900, the world's first table tennis match was held in London, England.
The development of table tennis saw the invention of the rubberized paddle in 1903, which increased the elasticity and friction of the ball, and the establishment of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in 1926, which decided to hold the first World Table Tennis Championships. Table tennis gradually gained global popularity and development in the 20th century, and in 1988 it was included in the Olympic Games.
The development of table tennis in China has also been remarkable. Since 1959, when Yung Kuo-tuan won his first world championship in table tennis, the Chinese table tennis team has flourished in the world of table tennis. The rise of the Chinese table tennis team signifies the widespread spread of the game and the increase of its influence around the world.
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