



A big announcement from the International Table Tennis Federation today as the Mixed Doubles event officially becomes a medal event at the Olympic Games. The event will debut in the next Olympics in Tokyo 2020. The ITTF have been working hard to secure more medals at the Olympic Games and, following the election of Thomas Weikert and a visit to the Dusseldorf World Table Tennis Championships by IOC President Thomas Bach, the application to include mixed doubles has been approved by the International Olympic Committee.



So look forward to more exciting table tennis events in the Olympics in the future as Mixed Doubles joins the prestigious event!