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LSS: I think this will be my last Olympics... https://www.chosun.com/sports/sports_general/2021/03/22/MI74676DLNHFPPYLLAKYSDBN7E/ “I will fight with ambition… China would rather be burdened.” [Tokyo Countdown] Lee Sang-soo, Jung Young-sik and Jang Woo-jin are aiming for gold in table tennis...

ITTF statement "hidden" under "Latest News" on the official website. https://www.ittf.com/2021/03/22/statement-ittf-executive-committee/

No wonder it took them forever to announce the dismissal of Khalil Al-Mohannadi. The executive committee took things into their own hands and reinstated him. https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/showthread.php?23328-ITTF-Coup&p=342265&viewfull=1#post342265

As if the WTT isn't chaotic enough, here's the latest stir within the ITTF. https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1105733/ittf-executive-committee-weikhert

I'd argue it's much earlier than that. The BH punch was still dominant with the one-off big wind-up BH loop mixed in back then, but transitions between BH punch and BH loop in the middle of a point(which called for a shorter stroke) started appearing probably sometime in the late 80s to early...

No overseas spectators, after all. https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-and-ipc-respect-and-accept-japanese-decision-on-overseas-spectators

Interestingly enough, that report is not available on the Korean and Chinese editions of the said South Korean newspaper(1 of 3 biggest), which means it's aimed specifically at the Japanese audience. On a related note, RSM has bigger problems at hand, namely the hugely indebted KTTA due to the...

https://www.ittf.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2020_AQT_Prospectus_Draft_FINAL_V4.pdf https://www.ittf.com/tournament/5280/2021/asian-olympic-qualification/ KNT: Reserved pair... 2 weeks, 2 finals, 2 runner-ups.

That reminds of the following.

https://japanese.joins.com/JArticle/276598 <Table Tennis> President of the Korea Table Tennis Association "Korea's Women's National Team Threatens Japan" Ⓒ Korea JoongAng Daily Japanese version 2021.03.16 12:05 Ryu Seungmin, president of the Korea Table Tennis Association, expressed his hope...

Khalil Al-Mohannadi has been dismissed? That's new! https://directory.ittf.com/#/individual/228?type=officials

Revealing 2-part interview with Yoshihito Miyazaki on the selection system reform in light of WTT and the JTTA's stance on the matter as well as frustration with the ITTF. https://rallys.online/person/2021miyazaki01/ Table tennis world swayed by WTT | Director Miyazaki of Development...

https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/showthread.php?24778-Cheers!!-We-did-it&p=337168&viewfull=1#post337168

From Ito's online interview with TV Tokyo, she actually wants to play the CNT ASAP. 新ツアー初タイトルの張本智和「3.11から10年ということを胸に刻んで戦っていた。優勝を届けられて嬉しい」 https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/tabletennis/news/2021/03/017178.html 2大会連続Vの伊藤美誠 「中国人選手と早く試合がしたい」五輪ぶっつけ本番でも「自信はある」...

February ranking out, compiled from only 4 stores without explanation. Tenergy 19 in 10th place. Lower than expected. Spectol S2, S3 and Spinpips D2 in their respective places as expected. Victas: We do long pips right.

Ito's 2-part interview. 伊藤美誠“単10連勝”で負けなし帰国　「ドーハ2大会総括」「隔離期間の予定」を会見で語った https://rallys.online/topic/international/20210314wtt-mima-kikoku1/ 世界ランク2位、伊藤美誠　“世界一”見据えた「フォルト対策」と「中国研究」の方法とは https://rallys.online/topic/international/20210314wtt-mima-kikoku2/ Harimoto's interview with Rallys with some...

Given the T19 and T05 weigh the same, the difference between them comes down to how that same mass is distributed. Butterfly is basically playing with the shape factor of the pips here. The slenderer pips of T19 should have a smaller shape factor than those of T05, which would make them easier...

More numbers. Spring sponge rubbers are still down by 33% for Q3 2020 but are on a recovery trend as competitions resume.

https://rallys.online/topic/international/20210314wtt-hirano-kikoku/ Miu Hirano returns from international competition for the first time in a year, responding to pairing with Kasumi Ishikawa 2021.03.15 On the 14th, Miu Hirano(Nippon Life Insurance Company), appointed as the women's...

LGL has stressed multiple times since 2019 that he has to prepare for the worst case scenario and must have a back-up plan. From the entries for the World Tour in 2019 and the Tokyo 2020 Simulation last year, there are likely at least 2 extra pairings in consideration for Tokyo 2020: 1. XX/LSW...