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I’ll rephrase this. Mask is a valid line of defence if you happen to walk through suspended vapours of droplets. It is the last line of defence in a crowed/enclosed space. Also if a carrier coughs in your path, or you’re yourself a carrier. There is also a greater risk if you remove the...

Flu & Covid19 are not transmitted airborne but via contact with surfaces contaminated by droplets. Why are, disproportionately, so much discussion just on masks? They’re a last line of defence, and ONLY if the proper masks are used, and wore PROPERLY, and handled intelligently. (btw the...

The dream you see alone is only a dream The dream you share with someone is reality Mima "finally found someone" Hayata "Should we get married?"

An estimated 1 million foreign visitors will converge on Tokyo for 2 weeks in tightly clustered groups of close contacts. They’ll be packed into enclosed areas in extremely high concentrations. Public transportation like trains and subways use are encouraged during the event. After this...

I don’t recall a CNT woman losing 0-11, and 0-4 to a non-Chinese player, specially a TOP player. The only instance that comes to mind was the Ma Lin vs CCY match, but Ma Lin won that match, and it was a very long time ago. Also I don’t recall China has ever sent a 30 yr old woman to the...

Come to think of it, haven’t seen her make funny faces lately. Still, a very cute/pretty otenba (tomboy) !

Allow her to rest up and recover from injury. She’s not going anywhere anymore, got in the WTTC already, and basically out of the Olympic race. The points are not so important now. I think she should stay out of the limelight (Hirano too), dig deep to practice and fix her techniques like Ito...

Mi (美 beauty/pretty) is a very common first part given name for Japanese girls. e.g. MI-u(宇), MI-ma(誠), MI-yu(優), MI-yuu(柚), MI-zuki(月), MI-saki(咲), MI-ka (香）etc...

This is so weird. She’s a National Champion, also the highest ITTF ranked Korean woman, has been in Korea since age 16(2011), naturalized, qualifies for, and with Olympic and multiple WTTC experience, even knocked off Chen Meng in T2, but not chosen for the National team. Not even in the Opens...

Entry restrictions from China is increasing internationally. CNT is in Qatar now, they may not wish to go back to China immediately after, not wanting to be locked in.

The SARS epidemic began in Nov 2002 and wasn’t until July 2003 before WHO declared it contained, with still 200+ cases in hospitals. Taiwan (400+ miles distance) was the first taken off the affected list same month.

Only what the Top officials think is best for China to gain Gold. LSW was ITTF ranked #1 from Nov 2015-Sept 2016 (11 months straight), but didn’t get chosen for WS Singles for Rio 2016. ITTF rankings or World Tours results don’t mean very much to China.

That’s not necessarily a bad thing. Hirano, Ito and now Hayata had used her as a springboard to launch themselves. Her previous eminence lends legitimacy to the throne. By 2024 Ishikawa would be 31, with stamina and agility on a downward slide, a nuisance Ishikawa may be, a threat - no. Even...

excerpts from Hayata's run through the Semi and Final matches. https://youtu.be/NFg6wuQ498k

Shibata's top spin FH can be LETHAL :) video excerpt https://youtu.be/c0TQFKZHpGI

https://www.butterfly.co.jp/takurepo/tournament/detail/013725.html Everything has gone unreadable blue....let's try the translation again :( What do the tears mean at the moment you win? Ishida Daisuke was with me on the side, the Daisukes are like parents to me who have been teaching & taking...

Hayata's tears https://www.butterfly.co.jp/takurepo/tournament/detail/013725.html 優勝した瞬間の涙の意味は？...

This marks the first time Hirano and Hayata actually qualified for the WTTC by winning the Trials. Congratulations specially to Hayata, one year of tough climbing and hard work, traveling all over the world, even to Paraguay, the farthest point on earth from Japan to polish/prove her strengths...

Hirano had NO CLUE & can’t think on her feet, resorting to slugging it out like in a training session. Her “what just hit me” look is no longer cute, it’s pathetic.

Not watching the Juniors, but Yuna lost in R3.