Olympians' Equipment: Play Like the Pros with Paddle Palace

olympians-small 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:

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

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
olympians-small 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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