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It's a compliment to Harimoto, not an insult to Truls IMHO.

Yeah that Kanak result was a relative surprise at the time. Kanak is a year older and is a technically solid player so he does have those surprises when the "better" player is off. For Hugo though, I don't think it was just the extra day, I think Felix and coach worked out how they wanted to...

English is unlikely to be your first language but since I was the guy who wrote about boring match, it was my prediction which Harimoto exceeded beyond my expectations. And it was clear after that everyone had a right to make fun of my prediction and many did.

You probably weren't watching the English commentary with Bobrow when you posted that lol. Captain Obvious.

He isn't just exaggerating he is blind.

Don Parker put it best - only 2 Europeans have won silver in the Olympics singles, Waldner and Gatien. Truls is the third. And no silly asterisk about beating Chinese players either.

Truls shows that 4 years can make a difference even if the result is still the same.

One example - when lots of commentators were calling Fan predictable and boring, Don Parker was the commentator who said that Fan is the most consistent player he has ever seen. And it made me realize that rallying is a superpower for Fan. And he is far less predictable now as well.

I hear you. Like I said I learned a lot from him so when I hear people speaking as if his commentary works for no one I add my perspective. I used to do the same thing when people said Bobrow was bad in his early days. I will take Don Parker commentary over no commentary any day. Even over...

After this match, any discussion of the Wang Chuqin racket fiasco being the biggest reason why he lost should die a nice death.

His personality is not uncommon in Britain or Europe. I resonate with it.

They recognized them but they probably didn't mention them. Everyone's commentary style Is defined by what they think the crowd is interested in and not everyone has Adam's combination of exposures or interests.

I am a fan of Don Parker, I don't get the hate. He actually played coached and understands table tennis and is familiar with the history as a participant. A bit too positive on younger talents but always great to get his insights.

The moratorium on Truls criticism should last a year. This is phenomenal table tennis.

IMNSHO, Hugo's serve game is extremely lazy.

Not necessarily, you can play only 2 events with the right team configuration (Xu Xin didn't play singles). Playing 3 is events is a country's choice, but in that case, maybe scheduling should be a bit more favorable. SYS has beaten Chen Meng more times in the last 2 years than Chen Meng has...

Kinda sad, his coach had done a great job working on aspects of his game but other holes still remained to be exploited. And the failure to call timeout in the SF in game 1 is going to be a forever missed opportunity. But it is likely more a momentary thing, Munier has been with him for life...

He showed up, the problem is that when people come up with tactics to play you, you have to have solutions and he didn't have any. He still hasn't solved his tendency to back off the table and this gives his opponents time and angles to exploit if they can handle his quality. Felix takes the...

He dealt with players who had tactics that threw him off and the skill to control his power.

The rule that whoever beats Hugo wins the bronze will now be going for the third consecutive Olympics.