Paris Olympic Games 2024

[turbozed]

Not sure if it was a toilet break. He actually changed his shirt. Coach was carrying the sweaty one.

Could've been both I guess.

But now my official head canon is that Harimoto was too sweaty but has an irrational phobia of taking his shirt off in public and needed to go behind closed doors to do it.

 

[zeio]

MS R32
Redzimski 3-4 Lind (-10, 6, -6, 6, -9, 9, -6)

 

[AutomaticBackhand]

Could've been both I guess.

But now my official head canon is that Harimoto was too sweaty but has an irrational phobia of taking his shirt off in public and needed to go behind closed doors to do it.

Ma Long und Fan Zhendong once did the same.

In a Singapore Smash final.

They both went into the locker room to change their shirt, one after another.

 

[driversbeat]

Could've been both I guess.

But now my official head canon is that Harimoto was too sweaty but has an irrational phobia of taking his shirt off in public and needed to go behind closed doors to do it.

He changed shirts during mixed doubles at the benches.

 

[AutomaticBackhand]

He changed shirts during mixed doubles at the benches.

There was Hayata next to him...

 

[andzejgolot]

Nothing against Harimoto, but I want Lind to win and make another video about his progress in the Olympics.

No way. Harimoto is on another planet.

 

[zeio]

well only Zhang Yining has been able to overcome the spare racket handicap so I can't blame Wang CQ. Truls played well this time, more agressive and willing to stay in the rally and it worked well for him

In the post-match interview, WCQ said it had to do with his poor performance, making too many errors, and brushed the incident away.

 

[Sali]

Have just watched the match back, Truls was ON IT this morning!!! Great decision making, short game, accuracy, made WCQ look very ordinary.
WCQ very gracious in defeat, it was a good moment between players after it finished. Great match!

could you please give the link to the match?

 

[matzreenzi]

How does WCQ loss against foreigner rank up against the casualties of CNT of the past in terms of how big the "sin" is and the impact of the loss on CNT and the player himself/herself?

The list is only from 2003 till now:

(1) 2003 WTTC - Wang Liqin and Kong Linghui (Werner Schlager) and Ma Lin to Joo Sae Hyuk (Last non-China world champion)
(2) 2004 Athens Olympics Gold Medal Match - Wang Hao loss to Ryu Seuing Min (Last non-China olympic champion)
(3) 2005 WTTC - Hao Shuai loss to Michael Maze
(3)2005 World Cup - Wang Liqin, Ma Lin and Wang Hao all loss to Timo Boll
(4) 2009 World Cup Semi Final - Ma Long loss to Vladimir Samsonov
(5) 2010 WTTTC Final - Ma Long loss to Timo Boll
(6) 2010 WTTTC Final - Liu Shiwen loss to Wang Yuegu and Feng Tianwei (Last non-China women team world champion)
(7) 2011 Team World Cup - Wang Hao loss to Dimitrij Ovtcharov
(8) 2012 London Olympics Semi Final Team Event - Zhang Jike loss to Timo Boll
(9) 2013 WTTC - Ma Lin loss to Kenta Matsudaira
(10) 2014 WTTTC Final - Zhang Jike loss to Dimitrij Ovtcharov
(11) 2016 Rio Olympics Final Team Event - Xu Xin loss to Jun Mizutani
(12) 2017 WTTC - Zhang Jike loss to Lee Sangsu
(13) 2017 Asian Championships - Ding Ning, Zhu Yuling and Chen Meng all loss to Miu Hirano
(14) 2017 World Cup - Ma Long and Lin Gaoyuan loss to Timo Boll
(15) 2018 WTTTC Final - Liu Shiwen loss to Mima Ito
(16) 2019 WTTC - Xu Xin loss to Simon Gauzy (resulting in no all Chinese final since 2003 Paris WTTC)
(17) 2022 WTTTC - Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin loss to Tomokazu Harimoto
(18) 2024 WTTTC - Ma Long loss to Lee Sangsu, Wang Chuqin loss to Jang Woojin, Sun Yingsha loss to Ayhika Mukherjee, Chen Meng loss to Hina Hayata
(19) 2024 Paris Olympics Round 16 - Wang Chuqin loss to Truls Möregårdh (resulting in no all Chinese final since 2004 Athens Olympics)

Feel free to add if I left some impactful losses by the time frame or even pre 2003

 

[driversbeat]

Yuan Jia Nan keeps French hopes alive with 4-1 over fellow forehand pip slapper Zhang Mo. Paris crowd is absolutely amazing. Hirano Sayaka also commented that the crowd has been supportive of even the losers at this tournament.

Things are really heating up after this round. Pavade has every right to be upset as you can't really ask for a better path to semifinals than this.

 

[Gozo Zyreruna]

Lol same. I've seen it happen so may times where CNT member gets in trouble but still find a way to pull through. Seems like different rules apply in the Olympics. Now pressure is on FZD to take home the gold and excited to see how he responds.

Now FZD will be banned by CNT management to even watch or listen to Taylor's song or video.

 

[driversbeat]

Khanak vs Gionis 3-0 > 3-2

 

[mikeytt]

Gionis on a comeback here after jha took the first 3 games quite comfortably

 

[turbozed]

Kanak working himself into a bit of trouble here dropping games 4 and 5. This BO7 format proving to be more of a marathon as Jha now looking a bit less energetic than he did when he easily won the first 3

 

[d3nium]

Kanak is tired, he's carrying too much muscle.

 

[turbozed]

Now FZD will be banned by CNT management to even watch or listen to Taylor's song or video.

The China ban on South Korean K-pop now makes a lot of sense.

 

[backspacer]

Could've been both I guess.

But now my official head canon is that Harimoto was too sweaty but has an irrational phobia of taking his shirt off in public and needed to go behind closed doors to do it.

Kanak did the same earlier, but the umpire went with him. I'm so confused. He did change his shirt at the bench after returning.

 

[Brs]

I'm sure this was posted in he first 36 pages, but where is best to stream using VPN?

NHK, or french tv? Canada?

 

[Brs]

Would like to see Diaz vs the PRK player. They only come out once in four years, will be first and last chance to see.

 

[backspacer]

I'm sure this was posted in he first 36 pages, but where is best to stream using VPN?

NHK, or french tv? Canada?

Discovery+ has all of the Games and you can choose commentary or none when available.