(SPO) WORLD TABLE TENNIS PROS COMPETE OVER BOSPHORUS.ISTANBUL, Jul 27, 2009 (TUR tur: see ibex. ) -- The Bosphorus bridge The Bosphorus Bridge, also called the First Bosphorus Bridge (Turkish: Boğaziçi Köprüsü or 1. Boğaziçi Köprüsü) is a bridge in Istanbul, Turkey spanning the Bosphorus strait (Turkish: Boğaziçi). over Istanbul Strait, which unite the continents of Europe and Asia, hosted a table tennis show match between former world champion Austrian Werner Schlager Werner Schlager (born September 28 1972) is a successful and former world champion table tennis player from Austria. Schlager began playing table tennis when he was 6 years old, learning from his father and brother who were also top Austrian players, making them ideal and Hong Kong's top-player Chinese KO Lai Chak Ko Lai Chak (born 10 May 1976) is a table tennis player from Hong Kong, China. He won a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the men's doubles alongside Li Ching. . The show match brought together Sunday former World Champion Schlager and Olympic silver medal winner Ko, right in the middle of the Bosphorus Bridge in the glamorous opening of "Euro-Asia All Stars Series" which will be hosted in Istanbul on November 10-11. The Bosphorus Bridge was partially closed to the traffic for half an hour to allow the special exhibition between table tennis players
An international hall of fame exists at the This is not an image, but rather a PDF file. . representing the two continents. The show match which was organised for the promotion of "Euro-Asia All Stars Series?, brought together senior table tennis officials. European Table Tennis Union President Stefano Bosi said "Istanbul is a magical city. I believe this organization will bring a momentum to the table tennis sport." Schlager said he attended a similar organization in Brazil and the one in Istanbul had been much better. (THROUGH ASIA PULSE) |
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