Well, a big reason they could play into their 40's is because there are no newcomers. One could argue Europe is in this poignant state more or less because these players "broke the curve" and encroached on the era of the next generation or two, when already a decade past their prime. To put it...
Not really shorter. It's just that Wang Nan and Wang Hao happened to be the rare cases, competing in the singles event in 3 back-to-back Olympics.
Zhang Yining only played in Athens and Beijing, missing out on Sydney to Sun Jin. As strong as she was later on, she was actually consistently...
LGL tried the skinhead at Sydney 2000. Didn't work against Waldner.
Big eyes JYS went for the skinhead at Asian Game 2018. Didn't work either.
Same fate for skinhead Oshima.
Verdict: Table Tennis is not Track & Field(or Swimming or Cycling).
Zhang Qiang OUT!
Li Jie had 2 match points but He Zhuojia saved them to extend it to the decider. Li got faulted at 3:3 and refuses to play.
Narrow escape to die another day.
"We trail Japan in innovation. Losing is no accident. The time has come for women’s table tennis to reform" said Yin Xiao in an interview 2 days ago.
For those unfamiliar, Yin Xiao is a former CNT coach, LGL, KLH and ZJK were once under his guidance and he helped ZJK get back to the CNT after...
On that, through the Table Tennis World, the CTTA announced an adjustment to that roughly a week ago.
https://www.weibo.com/1498760141/H0amY1gAO?from=page_1002061498760141_profile&wvr=6&mod=weibotime
PS Official announcement: In view of the fact that athletes are frequently involved in the...
Very interesting match b/w Xue Fei and CCA. It shows how sideline coaching could work against your player when the opposing player understands the advice.
Xue Fei OUT!