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\"JeanBrussels: Just over an year after announcing his international retirement as a player, Belgian Jean-Michel Saive has announced his willingness to run for the presidency of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).<\/p>\n

“Having announced my intention to run for the ITTF presidency, I have received an impressive amount of positive feedback from the table tennis world and the sport community in general. This encouraged me to formally announce that I am running for the presidency of the ITTF for the period 2017-2121,” the 47-year-old told Xinhua news agency on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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“China is a country I visited enormously. I hope in the future, I will have good permanent contacts with the Chinese Table Tennis Federation to continue to evolve and grow ping,” he said.<\/p>\n

The 7-time Olympian put an end to his international career at the end of 2015. He then continued to play in club Logis Auderghem in Brussels.<\/p>\n

The ITTF will select the new president on the sidelines of the World Championships in Dusseldorf on May 31.<\/p>\n

Current president, German Thomas Weikert officially announced last October his intention to run again. Qatari Khalil Al-Mohannadi, vice president of the ITTF, also announced his candidacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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