European Games 2019

[Michal_Z]

Funny to see a German player win and hear the player speak Chinese with the German coach.
This whole women's semi final bracket is kinda hilarious

I wonder - do the other European players use their respective countries language? I.e. Portuguese for Yu Fu etc

There you have answer for yoass..
Are they european or CHINESE??
They still SPEAK CHINESE!!!
After all those years here, they ARE STILL CHINESE!
And - to me - that is not funny at all..
Chinese found a way how to take medals at european competitions too..

 

[NextLevel]

Groth seems to be playing lights out TT as well. He may actually be on equal terms in the final given he usually plays Timo well.

 

[yoass]

Nationality only exists if you let it. To me, there’s no such thing.

I speak seven languages, give or take, in varying levels of fluidity. My place of birth is not where I live, and I don’t speak the language of my place of birth. My parents descended from dutch and german commoners, and some lower aristocracy tracing back to the French huguenot exile. A few steps before that Attilla and Dzjengis (and I don’t speak Old Hun or Mongol either), and a few steps before that Mother Mary from the savannah.

And all that is irrelevant. I greet Li Jie in English or Dutch when meeting her (the odd ni hao aside), and she’ll respond in either. And that’s irrelevant too.

The nation, nationality: I just don’t care.

 

[Beep-Beep]

Agree, Groth has never played better than he does right now.

Think it's gonna be a tight final.

 

[Konrad Bak]

Groth plays mizutani or spirit sport?

 

[zeio]

The German-speaking Chinese German Jie Schöpp has said in another interview that she speaks German to team members.

 

[PingLevels]

Timo will beat Groth comfortably i think. Up the Germans !

 

[zeio]

55 years young!

 

[BlipBlop575]

Timo will beat Groth comfortably i think. Up the Germans !

I don't think so. Groth has beaten Timo a few times in the bundesliga before. I still think that Timo will win, but not easily.

 

[Michal_Z]

Nationality only exists if you let it. To me, there’s no such thing.

I speak seven languages, give or take, in varying levels of fluidity. My place of birth is not where I live, and I don’t speak the language of my place of birth. My parents descended from dutch and german commoners, and some lower aristocracy tracing back to the French huguenot exile. A few steps before that Attilla and Dzjengis (and I don’t speak Old Hun or Mongol either), and a few steps before that Mother Mary from the savannah.

And all that is irrelevant. I greet Li Jie in English or Dutch when meeting her (the odd ni hao aside), and she’ll respond in either. And that’s irrelevant too.

The nation, nationality: I just don’t care.

This is off topic, so my last comment.
I know there are people without national feeling. I find that pretty sad.
But I understand that kind of thinking, its something needed here, for the african imigrants to take over, to make Europe a muslim land.
To only have stupid kind of people with no national feeling, because without national feeling you are easier to control, to manipulate.
I am proud to be a Slovakian, despite of all the bad stuff our country does, that our president is a fraud and other stuff..
Still proud to be a Slovakian, I think that will never change.
aaand howgh

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

NI is happy like it was her first win !!! a medal at 55 years old is nothing short than amazing !!! very inspiring !!!!

How long ago was her last medal ???

 

[NextLevel]

This is off topic, so my last comment.
I know there are people without national feeling. I find that pretty sad.
But I understand that kind of thinking, its something needed here, for the african imigrants to take over, to make Europe a muslim land.
To only have stupid kind of people with no national feeling, because without national feeling you are easier to control, to manipulate.
I am proud to be a Slovakian, despite of all the bad stuff our country does, that our president is a fraud and other stuff..
Still proud to be a Slovakian, I think that will never change.
aaand howgh

National pride is like family pride or team pride, it has its good side and its bad side. Unfortunately those who see evil in it make it all about the bad side. It makes you wonder if they have children or want to raise children.

 

[NextLevel]

NI is happy like it was her first win !!! a medal at 55 years old is nothing short than amazing !!! very inspiring !!!!

How long ago was her last medal ???

Unlikely to be at the European games, since this is only rue 2nd one ever.

 

[dajdosta]

...because without national feeling you are easier to control, to manipulate...

Quite the opposite!

 

[yoass]

Quite the opposite!

You’re just saying that because the great Muslim-African Hordes control your mind. That must be it.

That must be it. It’s not like you can whip the masses into a frenzy and lead them onto the path of hate and war using easily exploitable stereotype enemies to fuel an us against them rage, right? That would be inconceivable.

Love your country? Now go and kill. Nah. Never happened.

 

[zeio]

NI is happy like it was her first win !!! a medal at 55 years old is nothing short than amazing !!! very inspiring !!!!

How long ago was her last medal ???

She's the European Women's Singles Champion in 1998 and 2002.

She's also the Mixed Doubles Champion with Guo Yuehua in 1983, representing China. Many players in this European Games were not even born.

 

[igorponger]

55 years young!

[size=+1]Either Gold, Silver or Bronze medal is to secure an Olympic ticket for you.
The old ledy came off an Olympian right now, the oldest one. [/size]

 

[Michal_Z]

Chinese veteran women games..

 

[zeio]

Poor European women...

 

[yoass]

Poor European women...

Well, that’s a wide category. My wife and daughters seem unaffected, and Ni Xialian seems quite happy with the state of affairs vis a vis yurpeen womanry at present.