Did anybody watch the mens singles final?

That was an amazing spectacle. Very, very high quality match.

I thought penhold grip was dying out but both finalist were using it.

I caught the last game, and I agree it was brilliant, went right down to the wire. I also thought the scoring system worked well, it kept you interested all the way through.

great match! I've noticed that the Chinese although using penhold grip, have been using the back of the bat to hit/spin the ball regularly.

I am pissed right now!!! :D China loses both MS in badminton and now in table tennis. Overall, Wang Hao has better technique and bigger variety of useful shots but Rye Seung Min is known as a fighter. If he was able to control Wang's distinct powerful backhand drives (from a penholder that is amazing) and play smarter strategically than Wang then he definitely has the ability to win, and now he has done it.

This loss is definitely going to dissapoint the population!

However, China can only use this loss as a learning lesson -- in last year's World championships, Chinese MS players lost to Werner Schlager (Austria) and Joo Se Hyuk (Korea). After the loss, they begin analyzing their own weakness, that of their opponents, and how to conquer them. Since then, the top Chinese players have not lost to either opponent.

I agree with you that it sucks that china loses both mens singles, but as for table tennis, RYU just wanted it more and he went all out. He took all the chances and he earned the gold :cool: . To me Wang Hao just looked flat, didn't even looked like he really got into the game till it was too late. I'm sure he would have won if it went to the 7th game, but he should have played better and took more chances, it shouldn't have been close...Still can't believe it wasn't Ma Lin or Wang Liqin in final :crying: ...this tournament just sucks for top seed men. Ma Lin what a dissappointment, strongest forehand loops, need more mental training...can't beat old fart J.O. :crying:

although this is badmintonforum, not tabletennisforum, is there any interest in sharing the olympic table tennis videos around? i've got a few of the matches on tape in between the badminton matches.

although this is badmintonforum, not tabletennisforum, is there any interest in sharing the olympic table tennis videos around? i've got a few of the matches on tape in between the badminton matches.

I've got a fair amount of TT vids, but most have been removed from my hard drive and burned onto CD-Rs as my HD is extremely small for today's standards!! Many of the Chinese bt sites/forums will have a sports section and tt vids are always around. The site that cwong posted ...www.kanqiu.com has all the Olympic tt matches involving China and there's also several Chinese sites dedicated to tt and has many videos. Only problem is getting connected to their servers is extremely hard as they have so many Chinese users daily.

Give me a shout if you want any of these URLs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68kn1UBIoUA&feature=related

smashing video
good sound track too

holy cow that video is :O

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68kn1UBIoUA&feature=related

smashing video
good sound track too
For some youtubey reason:
"This video is not available in your country" ;)

cooler, I presume this is actually on table-tennis :D

..it's on table tennis, 2004 Olympics..:)
*I thought you guys, in Asia, could see/access youtube??..hmm:confused:

http://www.eprice.com.hk/mobile/talk/?prod_id=2992&tid=20560

This is table tennis! Click on the bruce lee ad on bottom :eek:

http://www.eprice.com.hk/mobile/talk/?prod_id=2992&tid=20560

This is table tennis! Click on the bruce lee ad on bottom :eek:

Quite clearly just an ad. Beside that fact that the actor does not look like Bruce Lee, there is also no way to produce such top spin with nun-chucks.

Quite clearly just an ad. Beside that fact that the actor does not look like Bruce Lee, there is also no way to produce such top spin with nun-chucks.
They should get this guy to act....

http://www.jaymesnelson.com/images/brucelee.jpg

For some youtubey reason:
"This video is not available in your country" ;)

cooler, I presume this is actually on table-tennis :Dcould u try it again? it is weird that u cant see this youtube video but ok for others.

could u try it again? it is weird that u cant see this youtube video but ok for others.
I hit the same error message too.

I hit the same error message too.

try it from the uploader's library
http://www.youtube.com/user/reverters Ko Lai Chak : The Attacker

try it from the uploader's library
http://www.youtube.com/user/reverters Ko Lai Chak : The Attacker
still the same error i 've got here:(

still the same error i 've got here:(

try this link
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=Ko+Lai+Chak+%3A+The+Attacker&emb=0&aq=-1&oq=#

try this link
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=Ko+Lai+Chak+%3A+The+Attacker&emb=0&aq=-1&oq=#
Your search - Ko Lai Chak : The Attacker did not return any results.
:(

it's about 9MB, i'll try to upload to mediafire or equivalent

it's about 9MB, i'll try to upload to mediafire or equivalent
ok, thanks in advance:)

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=d2b5cf4eb810981dd2db6fb9a8902bda

hope this work, my 1st upload in bf:D

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=d2b5cf4eb810981dd2db6fb9a8902bda

hope this work, my 1st upload in bf:D
Lol..its doesnt works men!:p
what the heck!:D
tsk tsk, just joking..
it works :)

wow, truly lin dan of tabletennis:D:p
i was in funny and shock mood when seeing this video:p:D

wow, truly lin dan of tabletennis:D:p
i was in funny and shock mood when seeing this video:p:Dwell, i dont watch table tennis video much at all but when i saw that one, it was interesting because of his intensity. Rarely does an opponent clap hands to appreciate your effort. No, interesting to watch sometime doesn't mean he's the best player. Sometime top top players look quite routine and follow basic tactic, like JJS/LYD;) I like watching sudket in XD but he isn't the winningest player tho;)

For some youtubey reason:
"This video is not available in your country" ;)

cooler, I presume this is actually on table-tennis :D

could u try it again? it is weird that u cant see this youtube video but ok for others.
Oops, I should have told you this earlier...
...I managed to watch it using another site :p

Thanks anway :)

Oops, I should have told you this earlier...
...I managed to watch it using another site :p

Thanks anway :)
watch using another site??
which site do you go to watch youtube video, oldhand?

watch using another site??
which site do you go to watch youtube video, oldhand?
For youtube videos, I go to youtube itself (of course).

This promotional video was originally put out by Nokia.
That's how I got to it :)

There are much better videos of TT out there on youtube. KLC is not a bad player but his skills are much lower than the top Chinese players. The points in the videos are just average points. If you guys want epic matches, look for Ma Lin vs Wang Li Qin on youtube. The 2007 WTTC final was particularly amazing. For pure entertaining... go watch Joo See Hyuk games as he is a chopper so you get your shares of the long rallies...

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=d2b5cf4eb810981dd2db6fb9a8902bda

hope this work, my 1st upload in bf:D

Thanks, I really enjoyed it.
The only player to who he lost the rally was Yu Seung Min of Korea. :)

ms lin is amazing - tt amazing reaction times :O!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nAKBy3BNI8

at approx 1:50 its amazing