Paris Olympic Games 2024

[NextLevel]

Broadly speaking, no sport is safe, especially when you're pushing for human boundaries like elite athletes. One could argue Zhang Jike's techniques are near perfect, but he had really bad back injuries during his career as well.

I wouldn't argue Zhang Jike's techniques were near perfect at all, at least for the modern ball. But everyone can debate technical issues and some say that he had congenital issues.

But in addition to things like bracing the spine or relying more on power from the legs etc., there is a lot of stuff that one has to do to make sure that the spine resists bending when trying to hit powerful strokes or carry large loads. These are just as technical as they are self care. IMHO. People who lose their backs to these things are sometimes over using spine bending technique. Of course, without knowing the specifics of Nina's case, I could be completely wrong. But one should be generally careful when practicing using technique that requires the spine to bend (which some people do when looping chop for example).

 

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Well, I have finally commentary on Discovery+. Thanks for the tip to change the audio, but I think I might stick to the German commentary.

 

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[AndySmith]

Well, I have finally commentary on Discovery+. Thanks for the tip to change the audio, but I think I might stick to the German commentary.

I don't speak or understand German but I've joined you....

 

[M51]

Haha. If that is the best you can do, then we can consider this closed. Thank you.

Indeed, Kallberg is cheating, umpires are incompetent and you don't know the rules the game.

 

[zeio]

XD Bronze Medal Match
LJH/SYB (3) 4-0 WCT/DHK (4) (5, 7, 7, 12)

XD F
WCQ/SYS (1) 4-2 Ri Jong Sik/Kim Kum Yong (16) (6, -7, 8, 5, -7, 8)

 

[gospodindark]

WCQ is very emotional today, even on 1 point of the game.

 

[NextLevel]

Indeed, Kallberg is cheating, umpires are incompetent and you don't know the rules the game.

Lol. Sure. What I actually said was that both players have largely dodgy serves and that making it sound like Kallberg is a sinner while Felix is a saint is a distorted view of table tennis. If you could produce a picture that makes it clear that Felix is serving very cleanly, I would sympathize with you more. But right now, it seems to me that you just want Kallberg's reputation to follow him while refusing to accept that illegal serving is a pandemic in the sport. Even Ma Long largely serves illegally yet for some reason ypu want to pretend that Kallberg is some outlier.

 

[nablaz]

XD Bronze Medal Match
LJH/SYB (3) 3-4 WCT/DHK (4) (5, 7, 7, 12)

XD F
WCQ/SYS vs Ri Jong Sik/Kim Kum Yong

You sure that's the correct score? 😜

 

[gospodindark]

says the russian haha
thats how moscow works?

anyways, The PRK team was "spotted" training in Beijing in May.

Truls also spotted. So what?

 

[andzejgolot]

What is it about? Table tennis is just an unsafe sport?

rocco siffredi, big Italian Hope, had a lot of back surgeries and he is now only amateur table tennis player.

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

This North Korean pair combination of disruptor and finisher works really, really well!

 

[Sali]

That's why they are called test matches. Fanbo Meng also beat them in test matches. Should we have sent Fanbo Meng as well?

Of course no. Patrick not only beat them all, but he has the higher international ranking and also beat chinese players not long ago. His form is quite decent for some time while Dima is far from that, Timo is post prime.

 

[NextLevel]

This North Korean pair combination of disruptor and finisher works really, really well!

It's a common doubles pairing, the execution here is stellar.

 

[NextLevel]

Of course no. Patrick not only beat them all, but he has the higher international ranking and also beat chinese players not long ago. His form is quite decent for some time while Dima is far from that, Timo is post prime.

He got the higher ranking after the team was selected. Dang and Dima were #1 and #2 at the time of selection. Timo was the player that most people had issue with but for me, Franziska has been a bit unreliable in his career. But that said, I like objective criteria and I do feel Franziska should have gone over Timo and the team was being largely built that way before Timo maybe showed some things that made them change. But whether we agree or disagree, let us not turn this into Ma Long in 2012 where people start forgetting the facts when discussing the issue.

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

Truls also spotted. So what?

You obviously have no interest
Chinese fans are trying to track where the PRK trains in China.

So tell me, when was Truls spotted in China???

 

[Gozo Zyreruna]

NK is team CNT+.

Now instead of sending only one team per country, CNT gets to send 1.5 team for XD.

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

3.5 with Hong Kong and Taiwan

 

[Cordell]

Never thought I'd root for North Korea in anything but here we are.. I don't have any streams available here, I'm following along the points in text, but it seems like they're hanging on for now!

Well heck I jinxed it 😂