Olympians' Equipment: Play Like the Pros with Paddle Palace
When the best in the World battled in Rio, each used the combination of equipment that gave them the best chance to win. Each has a different combination (likely taking their sponsors into account), often mixing rubber types and even mixing brands. Find your personal best combination at Paddle Palace. Click on the links below for additional equipment information from these six medalists:
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MA LONG Forehand: DHS Hurricane 3 Neo Backhand: DHS Hurricane 3 Neo Blade: DHS Hurricane Long |
ZHANG JIKE Forehand: DHS Hurricane 3 Neo Backhand: Butterfly Tenergy 64 Blade: Butterfly Viscaria |
JUN MIZUTANI Forehand: Butterfly Tenergy 64 Backhand: Butterfly Tenergy 80 Blade: Butterfly Mizutani Jun Super |
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DMITRIJ OVTCHAROV Forehand: Donic Acuda S1 Backhand: Donic Acuda S1 Blade: Donic Dima Speedstar |
XU XIN Forehand: DHS Skyline 3 Neo Backhand: DHS Hurricane 3 Neo Blade: STIGA Intensity |
TIMO BOLL Forehand: Butterfly Tenergy 05 Backhand: Butterfly Tenergy 05 Blade: Butterfly Boll ALC |
When the best in the World battled in Rio, each used the combination of equipment that gave them the best chance to win. Each has a different combination (likely taking their sponsors into account), often mixing rubber types and even mixing brands. Find your personal best combination at Paddle Palace. Click on the links below for additional equipment information from these six medalists
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