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China’s top table tennis official has heaped praise on the country’s paddlers after they swept the singles titles at the World Championships in Doha, but said challenges remained in improving the men’s game. At the Lusail Sports Arena on Sunday, Wang Chuqin won his first world title in the men’s singles, while compatriot Sun Yingsha defended her crown from two years ago. Wang and Sun also won the mixed doubles event, while Kuai Man and Wang Manyu won the women’s competition.

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A Chinese paraglider who cheated death after a cloud carried him to the same height as the cruising altitude for aircraft, has been banned from flying for six months, authorities said on Wednesday. Peng Yujiang found himself at 28,208ft (8,598 metres) above sea level after his equipment malfunctioned and he was lifted to a height equivalent to almost summiting Mount Everest.

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Raj Gurung joined an elite group of Hong Kong residents this month, after successfully reaching the top of Mount Everest. Despite only taking up climbing three years ago, the 53-year-old bar owner summited the world’s highest mountain on May 18. Gurung’s journey took two attempts spanning nine days, and forced him to pass six dead climbers, sometimes having to stand on their hair, during a “traffic jam” near the summit. “I’ve been preparing for the last three years,” Gurung said.

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13 hours agoSeb Bouin Climbing Wolf Kingdom 5.15cIn November last year, Seb Bouin made the first ascent of Wolf Kingdom 5.15c (9b+) in Pic Saint-Loup, France. The route adds a 5.14d into the …20 hours agoThey Inhaled a Gas and Scaled Everest in Days. Is It the Future of Mountaineering? A group of British men went from London to the summit of Everest and back in less than a week with the help of xenon gas. Mountaineers and the Nepalese government weren’t pleased.