China has lost at the World Team Table Tennis Championships for the first time in 26 years. The last defeat came against Sweden in the World Championship final in 2000. Now South Korea has repeated the feat.
SportsJan-Ove Waldner, 60, is back at the competition table. The table tennis icon played a Division Four match with his brother, Kjell-Åke.
SportsOn Friday, Truls Möregårdh began his quest for revenge after last year's final loss in the European Championship Top 16. In the quarterfinals, the world number seven advanced – despite a tough start.
SportsAfter the Olympic silver in the team event, it is clear that Sweden for the first time ever takes double Olympic medals in table tennis. And legend J-O Waldner believes that it was far from the last success for Swedish table tennis. It looks good for Sweden ahead, he says.
SportsJ-O Waldner is almost invincible in China, after having dominated the world of table tennis for several years. Now the table tennis legend believes that Möregårdh's status in the sport's "Mecca" will become similar. Once you've beaten a Chinese player, they have an incredible respect for you, he says.
SportsTruls Möregårdh only managed to tear down half of the Chinese wall in Paris. Fan Zhendong was too tough in the Olympic Games final. But the Olympic silver in table tennis can't be taken away from him. This is the biggest thing that will happen in my life, says Möregårdh.
SportsVictory against the Chinese world champion Wang Chuqin – in an Olympic tournament. Table tennis legend Jan-Ove Waldner holds back nothing when he puts Swede Truls Möregårdh's triumph in Paris into a larger perspective. This is the biggest upset in Olympic history, says Waldner.
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