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Harimoto and Ito make the top 5 of "male/female athletes expected to play an active role next year", coming in 5th and 2nd, respectively. Ito also ranks 4th in the "female athletes playing an active role this year". Ishikawa ranks 5th in "refreshing/sweet athletes"...

China is like "no, don't come." Table tennis is fortunate that China is willing to take on the burden. Qualification events for other sports that were supposed to take place in China have been canceled one after another, with the latest one for wrestling delayed and moved to Kazakhstan...

That point fits in neatly with Ito's interview before the WWC. Ito is seriously trying to beat China, whereas the rest of the world is after her. https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/showthread.php?23956-Return-of-International-TT-Matches&p=328463&viewfull=1#post328463 I also want to beat...

Who do humans turn to when worse comes to worst? Kami-sama. https://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2020/12/24/kiji/20201224s00048000274000c.html Chairman Mori explained the simplification of the Games such as cost reduction and measures against corona, but pointed out that "there are a lot of...

Ishikawa-senpai: Missed CTTSL season 2012 over Diaoyu Islands. Just needed a signature on the contract. Had to give up WWC 2012 in Huangshi, China as well since the organizer couldn't guarantee her safety. Missed CTTSL season 2017 over Hirano. Like last time, she got the contract down, and...

One Japanese columnist can't help but writes about the "100% accurate Olympic curse" of the PM stepping down in the Olympic year. https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/6abc0051739a488442104ab1359bf88544c2b845

And with the scaled-down Olympics, the original team of 7 for the opening and closing ceremonies has been disbanded and replaced. They were invited onboard in July, 2018. https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/olympic/2020/20201223-OYT1T50066/ https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/olympic/2020/20201223-OYT1T50139/...

Added Uda to the men's ranking as he'll likely be the reserve player. Leaving out Jin and Morizono for now, coming in 5th and 6th on the JNT, respectively, as they're over 700 points behind and there will hardly be any events in 2021.

Feels so '90s.

With the way slow-growing Kiso Hinoki(~300 years) getting chopped down and used for such "consumption" purpose, I honestly feel relieved the J-pen style is falling into oblivion. Not all that different from Blue Whales getting hunted down in the name of "scientific research"...

Spent hours to get the men's ranking up. Ovtcharov is a true workhorse for a European. Thanks to Ishikawa's 1st round exit at the ITTF Finals, CIC is pulling away in the battle for the 4th seed at Tokyo 2020. The gap from WTTC 2018 will be hard to fill at the upcoming (gloomy) WTTC 2020.

Looks like Rhyzer Pro on FH. https://documentstore.ittf.com/documents/40-034_JOOLA_Rhyzer%20Pro%2050_picture.jpg https://documentstore.ittf.com/documents/40-035_JOOLA%20RHYZER%20PRO%2045_picture.jpg

Day 1 of WTT Macau 5k version https://www.flickr.com/photos/ittfworld/50644572422/sizes/5k/ Screenshots of 1080p source

Greater weight in the head, and with that, greater swing weight. After a certain point, the gain in speed due to greater weight/swing weight gets cancelled out by the loss in stiffness the farther your hits are from the center of the head, for example, during a loop stroke. Yet, the loss in...

Told ya(also check out Post #18). :p

Matsu-ken tested positve. https://www.daily.co.jp/general/2020/11/29/0013900756.shtml https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20201124/k10012729261000.html Mima Ito, a table tennis player who has been appointed as the representative of the Tokyo Olympics, returned from China, where the international...

More numbers. Spring Sponge rubbers took a cumulative 37% hit in Q2 2020. As a side note, in the Oct 2020 ranking, the Innerforce Layer ALC has risen to the top again after last doing so in Dec 2019, with the Swat sharing the 2nd place with the Petr Korbel.