2016 Arnold Table Tennis Challenge News and Results
2016 Arnold Table Tennis Challenge
March 4 – 6, 2016
2016 Arnold Sports Festival
Columbus, Ohio
Player’s List
Mishel Levinski Wins U2500; Austin Preiss Surprise U2400, U2300 Champion
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Canada’s Alexander Bu Stuns in Open Event In the Open Singles preliminary round robin, 13 year old Alexander Bu (2331) caused one of the biggest upsets in the tournament, beating 4th seed Zirui Zhao (2625) 3-0 and rightly earned himself a place in the quarterfinal. The 13 year old then faced Mississippi College’s Cheng Li (2555), 2015 National Collegiate Team Champion, in an exciting match which started with Alexander taking the first game 11-9. Read More |
Defender Jian Li Wins Last minute entry Jian Li (2639) from New Jersey won the championship Open event at the 2016 Butterfly Arnold Challenge in impressive style, beating second seed Jishan Liang (2640) in 4 straight games in the final. Working as private coach in New Jersey, Jian Li primarily competes in local NYC/NJ area tournaments such as the monthly 4-star… Read More |
Congratulations Li, Jian!
Open Final: Li, Jian def. Liang, Jishan 4-0 (11-9, 11-6, 11-7, 11-2)
Semifinal 1: Li, Jian def. Zhang, Ki 4-3 (13-11, 10-12, 9-11, 11-8, 4-11, 11-4, 11-6)
Semifinal 2: Liang, Jishan def. Li, Cheng 4-1 (11-7, 11-8, 5-11, 14-12, 11-9)
| Event | First Place | Second Place | Third Place | Fourth Place |
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| Butterfly Open Singles RR | Jian Li | Jishan Liang | ||
| Under 2500 RR | Mishel Levinski | Micaiah Skolnick | ||
| Under 2400 RR | Austin Z. Preiss | Ahmed Hendawi | ||
| Under 2300 RR | Austin Z. Preiss | Artur Kurek | ||
| Under 2200 RR | Filip Cajka | Chelsea Edghill | ||
| Under 2100 RR | Xiaohuan Zhu | Roger Liu | ||
| Under 2000 RR | James Hamilton | Henry Polecki | ||
| Under 1900 RR | Kevin Choo | Tien Nguyen | ||
| Under 1800 RR | Evan Gordon | Kort Kron | ||
| Under 1700 RR | Ben Hadden | Joe Ciarrochi | ||
| Under 1600 RR | Oleg Frolov | Kalina Kron | ||
| Under 1500 RR | John Byler | Lisa Huang | ||
| Under 1400 RR | Debabrata Ghosh | Kevin Good | ||
| Under 1200 RR | Zane Harris | Brian Dillon | ||
| Under 1000 RR | Michael Godlewski | Glenn S. Escape | ||
| Under 800 RR | Austin Ford | Michael Godlewski | ||
| Unrated RR | Mohd Rahman | Xianghong Wu | ||
| Juniors 18 & Under RR | Alexander Bu | Roger Liu | ||
| O Tiered RR | Mishel Levinski | Samson Dubina | ||
| 2300T RR | Roger Liu | Artur Kurek | ||
| 2000T RR | Aydin Aykanat | Evan Gordon | ||
| 1700T RR | Sarah Jalli | Pawel Zych | ||
| 1400T RR | Aryan Mahajan | William Reuter | ||
| Over 40 RR Men | Paul David | Jerry Dydynski | Mariusz Pieniazek | Douglas Fajardo |
| Over 50 RR Men | Vadim Korneev | Femi Kolawole | ||
| Over 50 RR Women | Yiqing (Linda) Liu | Natasha Field | Anne Fish | |
| Over 60 RR Men | Terrence Brown | Mark Attenberger | Richard Beer | Steve Slaback |
| Hard Bat RR | Dave C. Fullen | Wally Green | ||
| 41 Point Handicap SE | Steven Hamilton | Anwen Harris | ||
| Family Doubles RR | Shing Dat Yu / Shing Yook Yu | Alex Averin / Sergey Averin |
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