
After the unanimous success of the 2024 Olympic Games at the Paris Sud Arena, table tennis is already looking towards Los Angeles with appetite. The sport will take up residence in the city center in 2028, at the Convention Center, which should also host fencing, judo, taekwondo and wrestling. Petra Sörling, president of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), however, has a reservation regarding the site chosen by the COJOP.
"We believe that our room is too small. It's a good problem.", she said during an exchange with the press, as reported by Inside the games. “The location is excellent, but I am sad to say that we will only be able to accommodate 7 people maximumWe fill venues bigger than that. Let's see what we can do, there's still time."
« The momentum we saw after Paris is just the beginning. It's not just in China; it's also the case in other countries. We have never seen what we are facing Today, we see sites that sell out in less than 20 minutes. " she insists. COJOP has every interest in finding a way to add seats!