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If they were not allowed to play with the German flag and exhibited neutrality, yes. If they went around pushing for Nazi supremacy and saying their victories was evidence of superiority, of course not. For some reason, people think that once you use Nazi in an argument, logic must be...

Then give him his influence, and over time, he can do the right thing as he gets older. Influence is not with young people who are usually poor. IT is with older and richer people usually or those with military/political rank.

Protesting a war publicly in the face of a dictatorship. That is the kind of thing a normal person only does when things are so bad for them they have nothing to live for. Not everyone has a death wish or a proclivity for violence. That is for the specialists/experts/mercenaries, not for...

They were initially banned, the CAS overturned the ban because ETTU couldn't demonstrate that it had analyzed the risk of doing so and found the risks unmanageable. IT is just as important to note that the athletes could be banned from many of the leagues they play in.

No one does. Being part of a country doesn't make you influential. As you or someone else said, nothing has changed in 25 years with respect to leadership. So why blame an athlete who is younger than 25 for what the leadership is doing?

Such things get people killed. It's one thing to engage in political activism when you are older and have done the important things you want to do, another when you are in your twenties and are yet to live life. It is perfectly normal for such things to be addressed by older and more...

Why is Wang not listed???

Wow... they need to fix Wang before the Euro Smash?

If I felt/knew that Sidorenko could do something, I would feel differently. In just about every country I know, he elections are determined by funding and news propaganda, I would feel said to be blamed for the actions of any government of a country of which I am a citizen.

So how would you expect any of the athletes to fix a problem that has not been fixed for the last 25 years?

IMVHO, I think it is just common sense that athletes have a limited ability to influence things like this. That the athletes have left the country to participate in leagues in Germany, France etc. almost speaks for itself. I get why people feel strongly about it, but the main solution in...

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Other than *maybe* the example of Fan Zhendong, who wasn't even allowed to play the Olympics when he was around the same age as Matsushima, I remain confused when people talk about the mental game of players like Matsushima as something worth discussing. You just continue to work with it because...

One can only win so many smashes before his ranking becomes too full lol...

For people who want to discuss whether Sidorenko should be allowed to play, the thread is here: https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/topics/russian-players-should-not-be-on-tour-during-the-war.39636/ If I am in a good mood and I see relevant posts here, I will move them there. If I am not in...

Read into Kanak Jha's suspension. There is a full testing protocol including random tests for all top athletes in tennis ans table tennis that are eligible to compete at the Olympics.

Harimoto is going to lose about 1000 points next week when last year's Smash drops off - so Sora might end up #2.

They were like heavyweights - I was so surprised that both players could hit the ball so hard, have it land on the table and then surprised when the opponent sometimes actually returned the ball with even more quality - insane stuff. Poor ball...

His finalist points should put him in the top 20 so as long as he stays healthy, we will see him on the tour for a year in all the premier events.

So we will get to see him at Champions events - that's one of the best things for this year. And maybe Harimoto and Shinozuka can seek vengeance...