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All is fair in love and war between teammates in an Olympic final. This is the rule I tell you,..

I kid you not, the first time I head a noise, I was like where is that coming from - it can't be Dima...

Didn't become timid - took more risks and didn't convert. After someone has beaten you so badly so often, it becomes a form of Stockholm Syndrome.

Most of the "Ma Long is not the GOAT" arguments before this were largely trolling or emotional or based on the belief he is competing in a significantly weaker era. By the numbers, there really is no argument. But he took Dima's best and that is the best Europe had to offer no doubt. The two...

This is going 7.

Yes. The one thing that people often point out when describing Dima or contrasting Dima and Boll is that Dima spehds a lot of hours training hard at the table. You can't doubt his hustle.

This is why it is best of 7... Fan is always nervous when these things start...

My prediction was wrong - Dima is a legend in his own right.

As we can see, Silent Assassin is not so silent. No one would fault him for doing it in a bronze medal match. Not every time he plays his pet teddy bear in competition.

Is it me, or does this table have weird bounces?

It's because he struggled with Dima and other players, but I think others may not appreciate how much the rest of the world has improved during the pandemic. I think the most obvious issue is that he is not defending the backhand down the line well enough against all these players and Fan...

I get the belief and Sun is a special talent, but the lesson of Zhu Yuling, Liu Shiwen and the pandemic is that don't act too much like there is something other than the present.

She isn't going to win in November. I think one of her teammates will get her, likely Wang Manyu.

All is fair in love and war between teammates.

They had to rush their approach to developing him. The footwork and forehand issues are still real - that will be his battle for the next 2-3 years. But he has skills that are unteachable on defense, but he needs to be able to impose his game and not just counter. That's part of his game that...

Wow wow wow wow....

Game 7! Does Ma Long have a chance?

Dima is in a zone.

Can we get two classic game 7s in one day at the same Olympics?

Dima can legit win this.