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Table Tennis

September 19, 2000

The first event I attended was Table Tennis, aka Ping Pong. If you think this is the kind of ping pong you played with your sister or brother as a kid, don't believe it! These people take it very seriously and that ball is moving when they play - remember Forrest Gump?

The USA isn't particularly strong in this sport. From what I could see, the Asian countries were dominant, though the best match of the day was Sweden vs. Belorus.

On the second table, Miao Miao in the yellow shirt from Australia defeated F. Osonaike of Nigeria.

The blonde on the left from France easily defeated her opponent to the delight of the French fans sitting behind me.

Video Clips (MPEG)

France takes a point from Russia (2.1MB)