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Szocs: Born on the wrong continent. SYB, 4th place at Paris 2024? Pure fluke.

Gerassimenko: They must've have forgotten my nickname, but I thank them for giving me so many teammates this time!

ML: Better luck next life, Dima. ML vs Ovtcharov G1 911 G2 99, 910, 1210 G3 109, 1011, 1311 https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/topics/wtt-star-contender-doha-2024.32659/post-439692

Very unlikely to be Shore A. Folks can't just take at face value the stated hardness values and "reverse-engineer" the hardness scale by eyeballing which one they fit in.

The arena lighting is so red-light district... The first night is so boring.

JTTA's bonus for ATTC 2024: MS Harimoto: 1 million yen WT Harimoto/Hirano/Ito/Odo/Hayata: 1 million yen/5 WD Odo/Yokoi: 1 million yen/2 For comparison, the bonus for ATTC 2017: WS Hirano: 5 million yen ５０年ぶりアジア選手権Ｖの張本智和らに“副賞”で報奨金１００万円　日本協会、規定なしも打倒中国の快挙に全会一致「異議なし」...

It appears things are not going well for the management of JTTA, with Baba being reluctant to announce the new head coaches when asked. Now we have to wait until 1/2024. 日本卓球協会、日本代表新監督「お願いしているが現段階では発表できない」 https://world-tt.com/blog/news/archives/234707...

When asked, Deng Yaping said Miwa is a greater threat than even Ito was to the CNT. Best MS player Zhou Yu: F. Lebrun Deng Yaping: Harimoto Zhou Guanda: Matsushima Chang Xinyu: Moregard Best WS player All: Harimoto

【全场回放】（年终总结）（邓亚萍、周雨、常新宇、周冠达） https://www.miguvideo.com/p/live/120000531385 Gotta get this out of the way. Migu Video ran a post-tournament analysis at the end of the final day, with Deng Yaping, Zhou Yu, media worker Chang Xinyu and host/media worker Zhou Guanda (well-trained in table tennis...

Can't agree more. I will add that the most ridiculous example in recent years has got to be the CTTTA treating World Champion CCY as the villain, and to make things worse, the meeting minutes were written in Simplified Chinese that you associate with the CCP. LMAO at "Anyways, since your...

I guess they aren't interested in the various leagues in Europe. OTOH, Hirano played in the CTTSL season 2016 and Ito played in the Jia A season 2017. AFAIK, the ban on foreign players has been lifted since 2018 after LGL was reinstated (see 2nd link below). Given Matsushima, Miki, Nagamine...

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Decades later, I get to find out why Seoul 1988 had a round-robin format for the group stage. 1981/10/1 The International Olympic Committee Thursday decided to add tennis and table tennis as Olympic sports for the 1988 Summer Games in Seoul, South Korea...

Oh Kwanghun has resigned after Paris 2024. Hayata has finally registered for T.League season 2024/2025 but KONNO Noboru questions her state. KONNO Noboru criticizes the development headquarters of JTTA for its silence over the selection system going forward 5 months after a poor showing at...

The secret behind Odo's explosive growth - [Asian] squat. 卓球パリ五輪代表選手も認める20歳・大藤沙月　今年の国際大会6勝、急成長を遂げた強さの秘密は“スクワット” https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/-/1610319?display=1

Zhang Cheng is attending university, which is why he's been absent from the bench. Ironically, Hirano plays better without him... 平野美宇、大藤沙月に国際大会のリベンジで10戦全勝 　言及した“対若手選手”への心構え「相手を崩すようなイメージ」【Tリーグ】 After the match, Hirano honestly stated, "We lost as a team, but as an individual, I feel happy and...

It appears South Korea was more concerned about North Korea than anything else. 1985/7/16 Report by International Olympic Committee Vice President on his Trip to North Korea...

1971/3/30 Biennial Meeting and Minutes of the International Table Tennis Federation, 1971. https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll23/id/20/rec/43 1975/2/8 Biennial Meeting and Minutes of the International Table Tennis Federation, 1975...

1937/1/31 and 1937/2/5 Annual Meeting and Minutes of the International Table Tennis Federation, 1937. https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll23/id/0/rec/30 1938/1/23, 1938/1/28 and 1938/1/29 Annual Meeting and Minutes of the International Table Tennis Federation, 1938...

Having reviewed the minutes of the AGM/BGM, the role of KTTA seemed minimal, if not negligible, as there had been literally zero mentions of them. On the other hand, it appears table tennis was going to be included in the 1988 Olympic Games no matter what, as the ITTF actually requested the...