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I'm also not a fan of the depressing bat cave appearance and how the black table top blends in with the black flooring.

Before winning gold in mixed doubles, Mizutani/Ito pull off a miraculous comeback against Germany after being down 2-9 and 6-10 in the 7th in the XD semi-finals. Pink hair Minnie Soo Wai Yam beats two German stalwarts she's never beaten before, Shan Xiaona and Han Ying, to anchor Hong Kong to a...

Mizutani shut down JWJ's forehand game. He made it a game of spin variation, placement, and touch and picking his spots to attack. So much respect for Mizutani for anchoring the Men's team and great mixed doubles partner for Mima.

Mizutani's excellent over the table play and Niwa's shot making takes doubles. Harimoto going all out takes 1st singles match and puts Japan up 2-0. Need 1 more for bronze.

I don't hate China. You can believe what you want to believe. I'll do the same.

I want to see Mima Ito develop a mid rally twiddle before Paris 😁

Hina Hayata should be there in Paris. I'm also high on ZYL killer, Miyu Nagasaki. I watched some of her Asian Champs qualifier matches. Her strokes are fluid, efficient, and can generate a ton of power when needed. She went through Hitomi Sato without breaking a sweat.

Apparently, LSW elbow not too "injured" to prevent her from clapping in the stands.

Minnie Soo Wai Nam is the heroine of this bronze medal! Like Yu Mengyu, somewhat unheralded player and had to play two difficult styles. Congrats HKG and Minnie Soo Wai Nam. Fantastic!

Minnie Soo is the LYJ of the fast, long serve. Fearless!

Interesting that S Korea put the weakest player at the top player position to play 2 singles matches. I guess the team wanted to secure the doubles, which they did, but JJH is a very strong player in singles and that would most likely be 2 wins vs. 1. Shin Yubin is a gem and some day will be S...

So if Chen Meng or Ma Long does it, it's okay, but if Harimoto does it, it's not? I've watched a lot of Harimoto matches, and in every single one he's either choing to the side, turning away from his opponent when he choes, or looks at his coach when he's choing. Never once has he stared down...

LYJ is 1 in 7 billion. When his body catches up to his mind, he will be unstoppable. His game is so fluid it's beautiful to watch. It's a shame he didn't get a bronze (full credit to Dima), but we'll be seeing him for at least 3 more Olympics.

USA women taking a chance and using their top two players in doubles versus Taiwan. Tied up 2-2 at the moment. Edit: Close one, but Taiwan takes it 11-8 in the fifth.

China taking no chances. Using the P-Card 'injury' backdoor.

LSW 'injured'... replaced by WMY. Hmmmm. https://worldtabletennis.com/description?artId=523

Kasumi can redeem herself by help winning doubles w/ Hirano. Mima needs to win one of her two matches. She lost focus after being up 9-3 in the 2nd vs SYS but who knows what would have happened if she got that game so it's still possible to win a best of 5 with one of them. My hope is for...

You may be right, but if Miu Hirano gets paired w/ LSW in a singles matchup, I'm hoping a combination of fresh legs, best of 5 format, and the added power she's developed since they've last played is enough to get one in the win column for the Japanese women. A win in doubles is an absolute...

Walder won Gold in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. In that Olympics, he beat France's Gatien in the Finals, S. Korea's Kim Taek Soo in the Semis, and Germany's Jorg Rosskopf in the Quarterfinals: https://www.olympiandatabase.com/index.php?id=9464&L=1 Not to take anything away from him. He's one...

Those 3 were at the 2004 Athens Olympics, but that doesn't mean he played all three and beat them. He did beat Ma Lin. Then he lost to Ryu Seung Min, the eventual gold medal winner. He also lost to Wang Liqin in the Bronze medal match.