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The problem for Dima is that he won bronze in 2012 and 2020 and nothing in 2008 and 2016. So the pattern tells you he is not due this year... Dima always tights though and that is what I respect him for.

Xiao Zhan is notorious for overtraining the players he coaches.

If you say so. The truth is that strength (not necessarily hypertrophy) helps in table tennis, no one knows the right balance of muscle and flexibility requiried, and whether Kanak is above or below the right amount is purely hypothetical in the absence of research that gives a certain result.

Xiao Zhan will ruin him over time, I would bet on someone else at this point.

When you play a chopper, it is standard to move around the table with only forehand. You know this right? And it is completely normal for a match be 3-0 or 3-1 and any combination of factors changes the match trend. And the winner wins for.a reason as does the loser, did Gionis win a medal...

And now we can put a moratorium on the stagnation of Truls comments. At least until his next loss lol.

He had injuries in the last tournament he played. Fan Zhendong alluded to this. But it doesn't matter. He played and lost.

Seriously?

Max is also decent. You get individual tables.

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.

The funny thing is that the PRK pair always stand that way, even when the guy is receiving. So it was very likely not visible to the receiver.

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...

He got the higher ranking after the team was selected. Dang and Dima were #1 and #2 at the time of selection. Timo was the player that most people had issue with but for me, Franziska has been a bit unreliable in his career. But that said, I like objective criteria and I do feel Franziska...

It's a common doubles pairing, the execution here is stellar.

Lol. Sure. What I actually said was that both players have largely dodgy serves and that making it sound like Kallberg is a sinner while Felix is a saint is a distorted view of table tennis. If you could produce a picture that makes it clear that Felix is serving very cleanly, I would...

I wouldn't argue Zhang Jike's techniques were near perfect at all, at least for the modern ball. But everyone can debate technical issues and some say that he had congenital issues. But in addition to things like bracing the spine or relying more on power from the legs etc., there is a lot of...

What is it about? Table tennis is just an unsafe sport?

That's why they are called test matches. Fanbo Meng also beat them in test matches. Should we have sent Fanbo Meng as well?

Clearly something is going on with top German females and back issues. They had better fix their technique from a younger age or continue to lose them early.

Haha. If that is the best you can do, then we can consider this closed. Thank you.