All of them are here at their own expense (yes, even the JNT players [top 5 for this year], the others are JNT Reserve players). Other than Sakamoto who is coaching for Miki House players (Odo and Takamori), the others didn't bring one.
First and foremost, that's what Odo said.
I noted back in 4/2024 that the level displayed by Odo and Yokoi up to that point wouldn't be enough for LA 2028 and boom, Odo lost to Batra in straight games in WT SF of ATTC 2024, her first continental competition (and not to mention the XD). Odo...
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Odo said as many Miki House players as possible for LA 2028. Odo and Yokoi shared their thoughts of each other.
【ジモト魂 #90】 大藤沙月(卓球)
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That's why I used "essentially" and not "exactly". As I wrote in my previous post, "the closer to the core the less effect", and the two blades are grouped relatively close by TTGearLab, closer than other Innerfiber blades by Butterfly, which have different compositions...
LXX: Hold my award.
Song Yu: Hold my award.
Eileen Gu: Hold my award.
CHN: Hold my award.
https://www.anocolympic.org/anoc-awards/1st-anoc-gala-awards-dinner/
https://www.anocolympic.org/anoc-awards/the-anoc-awards-2017/
https://www.anocolympic.org/anoc-awards/the-anoc-awards-2022/
The constraints of weight and stiffness. You have to strike a balance between those two, and on top of that you have to consider the feel. Plies of different density and thickness are combined to accomplish that but the range of manipulation is rather narrow, and the closer to the core the...
Matsushima is actually the worst offender in terms of stats for 2024.
Togami is similarly bad.
Shinozuka is not bad.
Tanaka is actually decent.
Uda is best overall but he's played only 1 CNT player (and won).
Yoshiyama is still better than Matsushima and Togami with his 2 wins out of 3 over CNT...