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2016 Arnold Table Tennis Challenge News and Results

2016 Arnold Table Tennis Challenge News and Results

2016 Arnold Table Tennis Challenge News and Results

2016 Arnold Table Tennis Challenge
March 4 – 6, 2016
2016 Arnold Sports Festival
Columbus, Ohio
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2016 Arnold Table Tennis Challenge - Mishel Levinski, U2500 Champion

Mishel Levinski Wins U2500; Austin Preiss Surprise U2400, U2300 Champion

by Barbara Wei

Play concluded at the 2016 Butterfly Arnold Challenge on the third day of competition with the U2500 event, where Mishel Levinski avenged his Open Singles quarter-final exit by winning the event in style. Dropping only 2 games en-route to the championship title, Mishel dominated the competition with his heavy serves and powerful attacks.  Read More

 

Alexander Bu

Canada’s Alexander Bu Stuns in Open Event
by Barbara Wei

In the Open Singles preliminary round robin, 13 year old Alexander Bu (2331) caused one of the biggest upsets in the tournament, beating 4th seed Zirui Zhao (2625) 3-0 and rightly earned himself a place in the quarterfinal. The 13 year old then faced Mississippi College’s Cheng Li (2555), 2015 National Collegiate Team Champion, in an exciting match which started with Alexander taking the first game 11-9. Read More

 

Defender Jian Li

Defender Jian Li Wins
by Barbara Wei

Last minute entry Jian Li (2639) from New Jersey won the championship Open event at the 2016 Butterfly Arnold Challenge in impressive style, beating second seed Jishan Liang (2640) in 4 straight games in the final. Working as private coach in New Jersey, Jian Li primarily competes in local NYC/NJ area tournaments such as the monthly 4-star… Read More

Congratulations Li, Jian!

Open Final: Li, Jian def. Liang, Jishan 4-0 (11-9, 11-6, 11-7, 11-2)
Semifinal 1:  Li, Jian def. Zhang, Ki 4-3 (13-11, 10-12, 9-11, 11-8, 4-11, 11-4, 11-6)
Semifinal 2: Liang, Jishan def. Li, Cheng 4-1 (11-7, 11-8, 5-11, 14-12, 11-9)

Event First Place Second Place Third Place Fourth Place
Butterfly Open Singles RR Jian Li Jishan Liang
Under 2500 RR Mishel Levinski Micaiah Skolnick
Under 2400 RR Austin Z. Preiss Ahmed Hendawi
Under 2300 RR Austin Z. Preiss Artur Kurek
Under 2200 RR Filip Cajka Chelsea Edghill
Under 2100 RR Xiaohuan Zhu Roger Liu
Under 2000 RR James Hamilton Henry Polecki
Under 1900 RR Kevin Choo Tien Nguyen
Under 1800 RR Evan Gordon Kort Kron
Under 1700 RR Ben Hadden Joe Ciarrochi
Under 1600 RR Oleg Frolov Kalina Kron
Under 1500 RR John Byler Lisa Huang
Under 1400 RR Debabrata Ghosh Kevin Good
Under 1200 RR Zane Harris Brian Dillon
Under 1000 RR Michael Godlewski Glenn S. Escape
Under 800 RR Austin Ford Michael Godlewski
Unrated RR Mohd Rahman Xianghong Wu
Juniors 18 & Under RR Alexander Bu Roger Liu
O Tiered RR Mishel Levinski Samson Dubina
2300T RR Roger Liu Artur Kurek
2000T RR Aydin Aykanat Evan Gordon
1700T RR Sarah Jalli Pawel Zych
1400T RR Aryan Mahajan William Reuter
Over 40 RR Men Paul David Jerry Dydynski Mariusz Pieniazek Douglas Fajardo
Over 50 RR Men Vadim Korneev Femi Kolawole
Over 50 RR Women Yiqing (Linda) Liu Natasha Field Anne Fish
Over 60 RR Men Terrence Brown Mark Attenberger Richard Beer Steve Slaback
Hard Bat RR Dave C. Fullen Wally Green
41 Point Handicap SE Steven Hamilton Anwen Harris
Family Doubles RR Shing Dat Yu / Shing Yook Yu Alex Averin / Sergey Averin
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DAY 3 PHOTOS

2016 Arnold Table Tennis Challenge - Jian Li
2016 Arnold Table Tennis Challenge - Jian Li
2016 Arnold Table Tennis Challenge - Jishan Liang #1
2016 Arnold Table Tennis Challenge - Jishan Liang #1
2016 Arnold Table Tennis Challenge - Jian Li #2
2016 Arnold Table Tennis Challenge - Jian Li #2
2016 Arnold Table Tennis Challenge - Jishan Liang #2
2016 Arnold Table Tennis Challenge - Jishan Liang #2
2016 Arnold Table Tennis Challenge
2016 Arnold Table Tennis Challenge
2016 Arnold Table Tennis Challenge
2016 Arnold Table Tennis Challenge
2016 Arnold Table Tennis Challenge: Lindenwood University
2016 Arnold Table Tennis Challenge: Lindenwood University
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2016 Arnold Table Tennis Challenge
2016 Arnold Table Tennis Challenge - Control Desk
2016 Arnold Table Tennis Challenge - Control Desk
2016 Arnold Table Tennis Challenge - Alexander Bu #1
2016 Arnold Table Tennis Challenge - Alexander Bu #1
2016 Arnold Table Tennis Challenge
2016 Arnold Table Tennis Challenge
2016 Arnold Table Tennis Challenge - Angela Guan #1
2016 Arnold Table Tennis Challenge - Angela Guan #1
2016 Arnold Table Tennis Challenge - Angela Guan #2
2016 Arnold Table Tennis Challenge - Angela Guan #2
2016 Arnold Table Tennis Challenge - Alexander Bu #2
2016 Arnold Table Tennis Challenge - Alexander Bu #2
2016 Arnold Table Tennis Challenge - Angela Guan #3
2016 Arnold Table Tennis Challenge - Angela Guan #3
2016 Arnold Table Tennis Challenge
2016 Arnold Table Tennis Challenge
2016 Arnold Table Tennis Challenge - Alexander Bu #3
2016 Arnold Table Tennis Challenge - Alexander Bu #3

DAY 2 PHOTOS

2016 Arnold Table Tennis Challenge:  (left to right) Open Winner Li Jian, Runner-up Liang Jishan & Tournament Director Ed Hogshead
2016 Arnold Table Tennis Challenge:  (left to right) Open Winner Li Jian, Runner-up Liang Jishan & Tournament Director Ed Hogshead
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