All coaches and participants united around Ambassador Huang Changqing; Credit: MSP

As part of China Table Tennis College Europe's (CTTC-E) activities, 40 young people (U13-U15) from 12 EU countries, as well as from China and Hong Kong, attended a national course from 26 August to 3 September 2018 at the Sport Institute (INS) in Luxembourg-Cents.

The youngsters were supervised by their respective association coaches and top Chinese coaches under the leadership of four-time Olympic gold medalist Zhang Yining.
The Chinese ambassador to Luxembourg, Huang Changqing, also visited the training camp on Saturday 1 September 2018 and exchanged a few balls with the teenagers under the eyes of the Olympic champion.

In the course of the academic programme of the CTTC-E, which is supported by Luxembourg's Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Sport, Dr. Ing. Thorben Hülsdünker, in cooperation with LUNEX and the Sport University Cologne, examines the visio-motor response times of young table tennis players.

Luxembourg's Minister of Sport, Romain Schneider, attended for a short time and talked to Dr. Thorben Hülsdünker, Olympic champion Zhang Yining and the young talented player from German, Sisi Pan, who just underwent their tests.