To defeat China's table tennis masters in a team final is almost impossible. Jörgen Persson has done it three times. Now the Swedish Olympic Games team wants to copy the national team captain's achievement. Imagine if we could do it? It would be like tearing down the wall, says Anton Källberg.
SportsWill the blue-yellow table tennis heroes take Olympic Games gold in the team competition, the trio Truls Möregårdh, Anton Källberg, and Kristian Karlsson must achieve a rarely seen feat. In Friday's final, the powerhouse China awaits.
SportsJan-Ove Waldner and Mikael Appelgren praise the Swedish table tennis players after the heroic turnaround in the team semifinal against Japan in Paris. The biggest thing that has happened here in the Olympic Games for Sweden's part. Actually even bigger than Truls' final, says Appelgren to Aftonbladet.
SportsThe hours in Arena Paris Sud, Anton Källberg will never forget. And who does? Heroics, thrill, incredible drama. All three cover the sensational Swedish turnaround against Japan. Now the Olympic Games final awaits on Friday. It's a fantastic evening that I will remember for the rest of my life, says Källberg.
SportsSometimes it takes 24 years between Swedish Olympic Games medals in table tennis. Sometimes just a few days. After one of the most incredible Swedish comebacks of all time, it's clear that the men's team will bring home at least one silver medal. It's hard to find words, says national team captain Jörgen Persson.
SportsKing Carl XVI Gustaf missed Truls Möregårdh's latest Olympic Games final. He can get a new chance on Friday. Yes, that's our thought. We would like to give him another final so that he doesn't miss anything, says Möregårdh after the table tennis men's quarterfinal victory over Germany.
SportsHe had hardly slept a wink, the poor guy. The day after the Olympic Games silver, Truls Möregårdh still managed to help Sweden's table tennis men to the quarterfinals in the team competition. Sleep and a bit of food would have been great now, he says after 3–0 in matches against Denmark.
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