So, this summer, as the top table tennis players take to the court during the 2024 Olympics, make sure to remember that it's table tennis, NOT ping-pong. Unless of course, you're Forrest Gump.

So, this summer, as the top table tennis players take to the court during the 2024 Olympics, make sure to remember that it's table tennis, NOT ping-pong. Unless of course, you're Forrest Gump.

However, ping-pong was actually invented in London. Near the end of the 19th century, the Victorian game of Lawn Tennis (what we now know as tennis) was becoming quite popular across Great Britain.

Olympic hopefuls are training to represent the U.S. at this summer's games in London. Among them is a 17-year-old table-tennis player with his sights set on the games.

Fast-paced sessions of badminton, ping-pong, taekwondo and fencing all require concentration, hand-eye coordination and precision, but that's not why they can help keep the brain sharp. All also ...

So, this summer, as the top table tennis players take to the court during the 2024 Olympics, make sure to remember that it's table tennis, NOT ping-pong. Unless of course, you're Forrest Gump.

📺 Watch News4 now: Stream NBC4 newscasts for free right here, right now. Confused? NBC Olympics breaks down the history of table tennis, and why you might have called it ping-pong.

So, this summer, as the top table tennis players take to the court during the 2024 Olympics, make sure to remember that it's table tennis, NOT ping-pong. Unless of course, you're Forrest Gump.

Get to know Team USA Olympians ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics In 1901, the Table Tennis Association was formed in England, and just four days later, the Ping Pong Association was founded. Two ...