25 Russian para-athletes to compete at the ITTF World Para Elite Taipei City 2026 international table tennis competition

From May 17 to 21, the international table tennis competition 'ITTF World Para Elite Taipei City 2026' will be held in Chinese Taipei. More than 200 athletes from 22 countries are expected to take part. The tournament will feature singles, doubles, and mixed doubles events.

Twenty-five Russian para-athletes will vie for medals:

21 athletes with physical impairments: Malyak Aliyeva, Dmitry Chubarov, Safira Fayzutdinova, Gulmira Gonobina, Galina Gorokhovatchenko, Olga Gorshkaleva, Artyom Yakovlev, Ivan Karpov, Timur Khusnullin, Anastasia Kostenevich, Eva Kuts, Dmitry Lavrov, Elena Litvinenko, Maxim Nazarkin, Rasul Nazirov, Yury Nozdrunov, Nadezhda Pushpasheva, Evgeny Ryazantsev, Elena Tikhonenkova, Vladimir Toporkov, Irina Voronina;

4 athletes with intellectual impairments: Maria Galkina, Alexey Kudryavtsev, Viktoria Minayeva, Tatiana Snegiryova.

Detailed information about the competition is available on the International Table Tennis Federation website: https://www.ittf.com/tournament/3434/ITTF-World-Para-Elite-Taipei-City-2026/

Table tennis was first included in the program of the 1st Summer Paralympic Games in 1960. Athletes with physical and intellectual impairments compete in two categories — wheelchair (classes 1–5) and standing (classes 6–10). Men and women compete in singles, doubles, and team events. The Paralympic program includes singles and doubles competitions. A match consists of five games, each played to 11 points, and the winner is the athlete or pair who wins three out of five games. At the 17th Summer Paralympic Games in Paris, France, Russian table tennis players won silver and bronze medals."