Hot! London 2012 Table Tennis

London :Swedish table tennis frequent Jorgen Persson has claimed he can certainly not remain competitive within the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics soon after his / her seventh attempt for you to win an Olympic honor was thwarted inside the London Games.

Persson dropped his or her second-round go with 0-4 in order to Croatia's Andrej Gacina in the gents singles, Xinhua reports.

"I probably will not at the next Olympics. If you can not excrete the next spherical here, it will have no prospect with regard to Rio. The game's becoming speedier in addition to speedier along with every little thing offers to come for you to a good end. And this really is the end," Persson said.

During that 28-minute match, Persson could rarely face up to Gacina's intense attacks, losing 5-11, 6-11, 7-11 as well as 4-11.

"He put the demand with me personally plus sadly I would not switch your game. It has been their sport all of the way. He achieved it difficult pertaining to me," Persson said.

Persson provides competed during each Games since ping pong grew to be an Olympic sport activity at Seoul 1988. The 1991 World Champion overcom Segun Toriola of Nigeria in the first around Saturday.

Persson stated he / she still enjoys playing family table tennis, but he or she hasn't worked out what when called he'll perform next. "Maybe I'll play your little league meets throughout China."

Another seven-time Olympian, Jean-Michel Saive regarding Belgium as well lost inside minute round. He has been usual by simply Kalinikos Kreanga of Greece.

The nearly all senior female paddler around London , Luxembourg's Ni Xia Lian was overcome by simply 16-year-old American Ariel Hsing.

The merely veteran that managed nicely Sunday ended up being Spain's He Zhiwen. The 50-year-old participant trailed 0-3 however argued back back, relying his complex skills and great experience. He conquered Polland's Wang Zengyi 4-3.

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