Paris Olympic Games 2024

[Lazer]

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Apparently it was a reporter, that really sucks

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Cheers
L-zr

 

[zeio]

NK is team CNT+.

Now instead of sending only one team per country, CNT gets to send 1.5 team for XD.

Hmm. No matter how I see it, it's Korea that gets to send 2 teams for XD. Look what they did at WTTC 2018 and then the IOC's introduction in the opening ceremony...

I mean, PRK and KOR (thanks to the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the US, in which China had nothing to do but caught in the crossfire) is more like SGP and MAS. Would you say SGP is team MAS+?

https://youtu.be/bXPYk1cxi4c?t=5

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

C'mon, all top rubbers is factory boosted. Do you think Timo plays commercial rubber from the store or it's very special directly from factory?

he thinks timo uses dry boosting, like those russian table tennis players at the olympics

 

[Kopp]

Could Kim Kum Yong and Ri Jong Sik have won many WTT Tournaments if they participate?

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

So Lim now officially avoids military service with his OG medal

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

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Cheers
L-zr

damn good strategy too.
get rid of a gold medal blade, and also mental warfare set in, eve of 10am match the next day
hahahaha

 

[zeio]

3.5 with Hong Kong and Taiwan

France, Monaco and Senegal aren't doing too bad, either.

US and Puerto Rico aren't that far behind.

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

France, Monaco and Senegal aren't doing too bad, either.

US and Puerto Rico aren't that far behind.

British Empire or USSR basketball team
we can go on for ever

 

[mcfly]

New guess where is the ball game.


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under the table!

 

[zeio]

So Lim now officially avoids military service with his OG medal

Lucky him as their government is considering removing the waiver.

 

[andzejgolot]

Wang Chuqin always hide serves with his big head. Ma long hides serve too.
Liang Jingkun, his service is tutorial how to hide service

 

[NextLevel]

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Could Kim Kum Yong and Ri Jong Sik have won many WTT Tournaments if they participate?

When you play many events, you also lose the element of surprise and people learn to do what works against you. But it is an interesting question for sure.

 

[zeio]

XD Bronze Medal Match
LJH/SYB (3) 4-0 WCT/DHK (4) (5, 7, 7, 12)

XD F
WCQ/SYS (1) 4-2 Ri Jong Sik/Kim Kum Yong (16) (6, -7, 8, 5, -7, 8)

In the post-match interview, WCT/DHK said they lost the initiative and praised LJH/SYB for responding quickly to their adjustment in tactics in the subsequent games.

Li Ching said the pair was psychologically drained after the loss to RJS/KKY and failed to regroup. He further stated that LJH/SYB had an easier time to regroup after their loss to WCQ/SYS (which the pair also agreed they stood little chance).

 

[zeio]

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Could Kim Kum Yong and Ri Jong Sik have won many WTT Tournaments if they participate?

As NextLevel noted, they may win a few times initially but after that, the other teams will adapt.

Asian Games 2022
Started from R32
R16 Ri Jong Sik/Pyon Song Gyong 1-3 Wong Chun Ting/Doo Hoi Kem (-9, -8, 6, -10)
Started from R64
R16 Ham Yu Song/Kim Kum Yong 2-3 Jang Woojin/Jeon Jihee (6, -5, -8, 6, -11)

 

[backspacer]

I re-watched most of the gold medal match and the celebration because I was too tired earlier and fell asleep for a bit and paid attention to the blade incident now. When Xiao Zhan left to let photos get taken of SYS and WCQ holding the flag the blade was already broken. Photographers were storming the bench and he tried to keep them away from the players' stuff holding the blade so not anything else got broken. It was then when WCQ realized what happened and the happiness was gone from his face. Man had no words when he went to Xiao Zhan. While he was packing his things Xiao went to a few officials standing close by visibly pissed. Meanwhile the CNT watching in the crowd noticed something was going on and just looked confused. The stream switches to a view of the city then. What a way to sour a moment of joy.

 

[Sali]

Sure but the perspective of Rosskopf, and the German establishment, is that Dima tends to rise to big occasions and that is why he has two bronze medals - anyone remember that lots of top players have struggled with Kiril this year but Dima still managed to win. But I have made my opinions elsewhere and I don't want to make it sound like I am not a Franziska fan, but the gap between the expectations they had for him from his junior days to his current performance is probably still working against him. He just shrunk away from the big moment so much that people lost confidence in pushing him for the big moments. I sometimes point to how Franziska played during the Teams tournament in Busan.

Dima has Felix next so he has already performed to seeding. Hopefully they will clean up the criteria but Germany has a very tough bar to hurdle in men's teams.

I also think that Dima has a lot to say in German TT association and probably this is also his last Olympics, so they let him go. The gap between him and Franziska is not that big to make him exclude from singles. Anyway this is just my opinion that Franziska could perform better.

 

[zeio]

kinda hope PRK reach the finals, goddamn it Kim open your country for these talents to compete more

And I hope the US government would lift the sanctions and stop the provocation through its neighbors South Korea and Japan. However disliked he may be to some people, Trump did ease the tension (however little) with North Korea.

https://www.politifact.com/factchec...nctions-against-cuba-tougher-they-are-north-/

For starters, the United States’ unilateral sanctions against North Korea are just a piece of the puzzle. The bigger economic weapon against Kim Jong Un’s regime comes from a network of sanctions that involve countries other than the United States.

"North Korean sanctions have a broad, vital multilateral component empowered by a series of increasingly strong United Nations resolutions," DeThomas said. "The key to successful sanctions there is to get the multilateral sanctions tightened."

By contrast, the rest of the world essentially ignores the United States’ sanctions against Cuba.

https://youtu.be/-ugJZhL-cbc?t=33

https://youtu.be/uEpgG_WP_mY

 

[igorponger]

Waldner teaching how to destroy Wan Chuqin's composure.

 

[iammaru]

I also think that Dima has a lot to say in German TT association and probably this is also his last Olympics, so they let him go. The gap between him and Franziska is not that big to make him exclude from singles. Anyway this is just my opinion that Franziska could perform better.

Not exactly the same, but it’s a bit like Ronaldo (cr7) was selected to play for Portugal at Euro when he was 39 and had declined significantly. He’s the living legend, so people couldn’t or didn’t have the courage to leave him out.

Ovtcharov and Boll are table tennis legends, it’s hard to leave them out when they still can compete at a high level. And Franziska is just performing a little better than them, it’s not that clear.
They are close. At this time, Franziska may have higher ceiling, but he could also flop. Actually, 4 top German players are at similar level at the moment. You can’t be sure Franziska will do better than the other 3. It’s tough for him, but it’s an understandable decision by Germany.
Question: if Boll is injured in a match and Germany still wins, can Franziska replace him in the next rounds? If that is the case, then it even makes more sense to select Boll.

 

[Free bird]

My favorite golfer the world #1 Scottie Scheffler got his rude awakening yesterday after watching onsite Jang vs Groth. “I think at one time I would have considered the table tennis that we played elite. I'm pretty sure it's far from it [now]. ”. Ping pong is popular among elite golfers