23 Russian Paralympians to Compete at International Table Tennis Tournament in Beijing

23 June 2026

From June 24 to 28, the international table tennis competition "ITTF World Para Elite Beijing 2026" will be held in Beijing, China.

Twenty-three Russian Paralympians will compete for medals:

17 athletes with physical impairments (locomotor disabilities): Malyak Aliyeva (Moscow Region), Galina Gorokhovatchenko (Republic of Tatarstan), Yevgeny Ryazantsev (Republic of Bashkortostan), Elena Tikhonenkova (Moscow), Rasul Nazirov (Republic of Dagestan), Maxim Nazarkin (Moscow), Elena Litvinenko (Saint Petersburg), Gulmira Gonobina (Orenburg Region), Dmitry Chubarov (Samara Region), Safira Fayzutdinova (Chelyabinsk Region), Yuri Nozdrunov (Moscow Region), Dmitry Lavrov (Republic of Bashkortostan), Eva Kuts (Sverdlovsk Region), Irina Voronina (Chelyabinsk Region), Timur Khusnullin (Chelyabinsk Region), Ivan Karpov (Chelyabinsk Region), Artyom Yakovlev (Saratov Region).

6 athletes with intellectual impairments: Anastasia Egorenkova (Smolensk Region), Alexey Kudryavtsev (Moscow), Victoria Minayeva (Saint Petersburg), Omar Musayev (Republic of Dagestan), Elena Prokofieva (Republic of Bashkortostan), Tatiana Snegireva (Kurgan Region).

Detailed information about the competition is available on the website of the International Table Tennis Federation: https://www.ittf.com/tournament/3438/ITTF-World-Para-Elite-Beijing-2026/

Table tennis was first included in the program of the I Paralympic Summer Games in 1960. Athletes with physical impairments (locomotor disabilities) and intellectual impairments compete in two categories — wheelchair (classes 1–5) and standing (classes 6–10). Men and women compete individually, in doubles, and in team events. The Paralympic program includes individual and doubles competitions. A match consists of five games, each played to 11 points, and the winner is the athlete or pair that wins three out of five games. At the XVII Paralympic Summer Games in Paris, France, Russian table tennis players won silver and bronze medals.