@@hoenircanuteSweden didn't? They lost both single and team matches took silver. Truls had a surprise win over one of their players (WCQ) in earlier round. It happens once every so often one of the top Chinese player looses to a non Chinese player. Not very often though. But he was soundly beaten by Fan in singles final. Lightning didn't strike twice!
Well deserved silver for the North Korean players. They played on an extremely high level nobody expected . You could feel the immense pressure on Wang and Sun as in the last Olympic Games the first Mixed Doubles title went not to China which was like a national tragedy. So due to the pressure to have to win the Chinese pair didn't play their best TT but still deserved the title. Congrats
Oh watch out when the two talented North Korean players are playing in the singles. They have the right attitude for this game. I'm impressed. The Chinese pair did play well but so did the North Koreans who rightfully deserved their Silver medals.
No surprise, actually they cherish every occasion to assure themselves of their brotherhood of Koreans ... Each time they compete it's like a national unification on both sides ... they are not enemies just two different political systems.
Just WOW! Very exciting, very intensive and very professional plays!! Huge gratulations for the finalist teams, they both deserved their achieved top ranks.
Sorry, but Adam's comments a not technical enough, often entertaining but ... he is a show-commentator trying to imitate Michael Buffer in Boxing. But Michael Buffer is just announcing and not commenting
Is it a fair assessment to make that the reason North Koreans are this good at table tennis is because they get to train in China? Considering how isolated North Korea is as a country and there's only one North Korean player listed in the ITTF rankings, where else would they be able to get the best training and experiences in the world?
There were really some points which were pure cinema. Congrats to the North Korean team which withouth international competition won against the powerful japanese team and reached the final. Absolutely incredible.
@@vrejbedrossian5959 not to mention Kim had Rodman there, and only he can enjoy western enterteinment while the citizens are living in 1960 in their head
One advantage might be the two's height difference. Both players see the game constantly, and at no point do they block each other's visibility. This allows them to fully concentrate only on the game and the ball. (0:46)
Ah yes, i happened to watch it on the telly live. It was truly spectacular, that female Korean player was top notch. Did she also take part on the singles?
No she didn’t qualify because she is not even in the top 500 in the world because they don’t participate in normal tournaments these pair got the olympic tickt in the qualification tournament not like other team witch they got it through the ranking system, no one thought ever that they will reach the round of 16 let alone the final, the knockout the 2ed seed from Japan in the first round it was total shock a team witch got the Olympic tickt through the qualification tournament beat the all top 4 teams no one believed it it would have been the craziest thing if they won the gold, it would have been the weakest team wins the gold but unfortunately the Chinese are wayyy to strong to take down.
All bosses from Volleyball, Handball international federations etc should see this perfect contrast - a ball vs table, floor colours... Rare a common sense there...
So sad to see these two going back to North Korea.. they belong on the table tennis tour and not in that horrible horrible place... heartbreaking really
The North Koreans won my heart. They are - just like the South Korean Team btw.- harmonic, positive and humble and you can see their team spirit ... Both players Ri Young Sik the machine and the sweet and witty little Kim Kim Yong were unafraid and played terrific ... Unfortunately Ri Young Sik didn't participate in the mens singles. I think he is a true machine
So conflicted about seeing N.Korea to the Olympics, seeing it in to fases... Just hope the athletes and their families have a good life and don't risk anything if they loose... At least not in this friendly competition with China
Weird how comments like this never appear when European or North American countries play. What has North Korea ever done to be excluded from the Olympics??
@@PACourtesy He meant nothing about NK being deserving of being in the Olympics. Its just a fact that NK punishes their people harshly for minor infractions to their laws, with punishments given to someone's family for GENERATIONS. so stop acting like he or anyone's concerns of the same are unjustified.
@@jaimecarrillo6100actually, if they can leave the country I belive they are probably from the ’’elite’’ of the country. So, the upper class close to the power. I don’t actually belive they risk something here.
ja das ist sehr komisch mit diesen Menschen . Obwohl laut europäischer Behörden ihr ganzes Leben lang eingesperrt , sind die im Ping Pong und in verschiedenen Wasserdisziplinen herausragend . und sie schauen immer sehr glücklich aus .
Naja, die Normalbürger dort dürfen das Land halt nicht verlassen. Ich würde auch glücklich gucken, wenn ich besonders genug wäre, dass ich doch mal raus darf.
@@andreasabels589 Woher wissen sie , das die nicht raus dürfen ? vielleicht wollen die auch garnicht raus . Sebstverständlich brauchen die auch das nötige Kleingeld Mal ehrlich : welcher zivilisierte Chinese tut sich freiwillig dieses völlig verwahrloste Amerika oder Europa an ?
Diese Sportler gehören mit Sicherheit selber zur nordkoreanischen Elite und werden wohl auch nach China zum Training geschickt. Also mich wundert das absolut nicht. Kim jong-un meinte ja, dass er aus seiner Nation eine Sportnation machen will. ^^
@@hartmutthomas989 als einer von extrem wenigen der mal aus dem Land darf.. natürlich. Wenn du dich vor internationalen Medien negativ über das Land äußern würdest müsstest du außerdem wahrscheinlich sehr harte Konsequenzen tragen.. Klar gibt's da die Elite die von klein auf nichts anderes Macht. Ein schönes Leben führen selbst die wahrscheinlich dennoch nicht. Über den Durchschnitts-Bürger brauchen wir gar nicht reden.
When you see China table tennis team struggle, you know how good their opponents are.
HOw can a swede beat that army of ping pong players? Can u explain that?
@@hoenircanute because every single swede grows up with table tennis
@@hoenircanuteSweden didn't? They lost both single and team matches took silver. Truls had a surprise win over one of their players (WCQ) in earlier round. It happens once every so often one of the top Chinese player looses to a non Chinese player. Not very often though. But he was soundly beaten by Fan in singles final. Lightning didn't strike twice!
Well deserved silver for the North Korean players. They played on an extremely high level nobody expected . You could feel the immense pressure on Wang and Sun as in the last Olympic Games the first Mixed Doubles title went not to China which was like a national tragedy. So due to the pressure to have to win the Chinese pair didn't play their best TT but still deserved the title. Congrats
Oh watch out when the two talented North Korean players are playing in the singles. They have the right attitude for this game. I'm impressed. The Chinese pair did play well but so did the North Koreans who rightfully deserved their Silver medals.
"This is slowmotion by the way..."
Now that's gold!
That's why we don't see people in North Korea streets. They are indoors playing table tennis every day.
Better than sitting at home playing candy crush all day or animal crossing lol
@@body187j3x1 of course
Mysterious and powerful
But as Chinese we saw them, they accepted training in China.
I don't think that's the reason.
North koreans played pretty well and they even shook hands with the south koreans at the award ceremony. 👍
Actually in a way the North Korean players are more likeable than the South ones.
matter of fact, there even is a picture with the south and north korean team
Surely there is a lot of normal people there. Just their "leaders" are what they are...
No surprise, actually they cherish every occasion to assure themselves of their brotherhood of Koreans ... Each time they compete it's like a national unification on both sides ... they are not enemies just two different political systems.
@@muratkavak6152 not enemies...
Try to watch it at 0.75 speed. You can actually see what's happening and enjoy every point!
vry hlpful
really？
Now change it to 2x and enjoy Benny Hill
Then, drink 3 beer, and put it 1.25 LOLOL
@@Doug.Dimmadome Alcohol is bad. Try HHC-P
This is completly insane. What a performance of skill both sides.
well said
Tischtennis ist und bleibt ein toller Sport. Hab ich 50 Jahre gerne gespielt. Zuletzt in Rom bei der Weltmeisterschaft der Senioren.
Darf man sie fragen wie alt sie sind senior ?
Top mec.Severno korekci su odlicni.Ali kinezi su malo sigurniji i bolji.
Cestitke za obe ekipe.
Iz Srbije.
Great highlight and not spoiled in the title! Good job!
Just WOW! Very exciting, very intensive and very professional plays!! Huge gratulations for the finalist teams, they both deserved their achieved top ranks.
Congratulations to the four players- they are amazing! Greetings from Ireland!
0:35 what was that frog jump move! holy shizzle! xD
hahahhhaahaahah Wang is a skilful player xd
Just some bodyenglish. He felt it's going to the net.
Was rooting for the N-Koreans, its nice to see them join the olympics they played very good in this match hopefully they get a warm welcome back home
5:05 best table tennis rally ever
Not even close
It was fantastic but not the best
The best male commentator of all time! (and Adam Bobrow). I love his voice. Bring him back ITTF!
is Adam doing commentary during the Olympics?
Sorry, but Adam's comments a not technical enough, often entertaining but ... he is a show-commentator trying to imitate Michael Buffer in Boxing. But Michael Buffer is just announcing and not commenting
Is it a fair assessment to make that the reason North Koreans are this good at table tennis is because they get to train in China? Considering how isolated North Korea is as a country and there's only one North Korean player listed in the ITTF rankings, where else would they be able to get the best training and experiences in the world?
There were really some points which were pure cinema. Congrats to the North Korean team which withouth international competition won against the powerful japanese team and reached the final. Absolutely incredible.
If you watch until the end of the video there's a small commentary about this match.
Çin bu işin uzmanı. Tebrikler çin. 🇨🇳
2:04 I know this was a let but if it wasn’t, how could the umpire believe it was North Koreas point?!
The umpire awarded the point to the Chinese but the Chinese corrected the umpire by telling her that it was net
@@cocochocko3783Nope check the scoreboard
Sun and wang focused on mixed and therefore lost in single 😂
funny how NK is isolated but participates at the olympics
And they had fans there I’m so confused
@@vrejbedrossian5959 not to mention Kim had Rodman there, and only he can enjoy western enterteinment while the citizens are living in 1960 in their head
@@vrejbedrossian5959They are part of the North Korea goverment😂
When your leader is psychopath, better to hide in your humble home and pray to God for grace and mercy.
Kim is a better leader than Biden
It's all in the serve; all that focus.
Wonder if we'll ever see those two again.
yes pretty much all of the DPRK their olympic athletes have played after losing or even getting last its not like you get excecuted for losing
07:06 "The load of their shoulders off their chest" Wtf is this commentary 😂
I'm pretty sure she said "The load off their shoulders, off their chest"
Wow, NK is surprisingly doing well here! gotta give credits when its due !
I didn't know North Korea competed in the Olympics... they're kinda good
kinda?
Kinda? They are at the very top level. Besides North Korea has always participated in the Olympics
Incredible table tennis
One side play for the gold medall and the others for life
😂🤭
how in the actual f are N korea allowed whilst russia is not
Because of its invasion of Ukraine.
The real question is why are Americans allowed
Einfach Respekt. So krass.
Северокорейцы не выиграли золото на олимпиаде и будут теперь добывать его на рудниках😢
А вы серёзно так думайте?
This takes insane skill
6:17 Ma Long: good! what a... normal point
Does mixed means there are boys and girls playing?
Yes!
All hail Supreme Leader!
North Korea has a great performance.
LONG LIVES NORTH KOREA AND CHINA ! VERY GOOD TABLE TENIS OF BOTH ! BRAVOOOO !GREETINGS FROM SRBIJA ! C C C C
One advantage might be the two's height difference. Both players see the game constantly, and at no point do they block each other's visibility. This allows them to fully concentrate only on the game and the ball. (0:46)
великолепная игра мастеров!
и наши неплохо сыграли бы
жаль, не увидели
China number one
Maverick: -Someone's not coming back from this one.
Ah yes, i happened to watch it on the telly live. It was truly spectacular, that female Korean player was top notch. Did she also take part on the singles?
No she didn’t qualify because she is not even in the top 500 in the world because they don’t participate in normal tournaments these pair got the olympic tickt in the qualification tournament not like other team witch they got it through the ranking system, no one thought ever that they will reach the round of 16 let alone the final, the knockout the 2ed seed from Japan in the first round it was total shock a team witch got the Olympic tickt through the qualification tournament beat the all top 4 teams no one believed it it would have been the craziest thing if they won the gold, it would have been the weakest team wins the gold but unfortunately the Chinese are wayyy to strong to take down.
How are they even able to see the ball with such a small eyes. That is so CRAZY YO!
Ikr, imagine if they had bigger eyes
it really took me 5 and a half minutes to notice that there are women involved in this... (yes I didnt notice the tile either...)
nort korea playing like ther life depends on it 😅
I wonder if they are physical specimens? Could they lift more than few kg?
ALL REGIME FINAL 🫡
WELL DONE NORTH KOREA !!! VIVE LA FRANCE !!!
What does the Chinese audience chant at 0:24?
jia you en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiayou_(cheer)#:~:text=The%20term%20is%20popularly%20used,'t%20give%20up!%22.
It just means “let’s go” in Chinese basically
05:06 WTF
Idk why but I was rooting for North Korea. The whole stadium was filled with Chinese supporters and you feel for North Koreans
Jawohl Polcanova 😊👍🇦🇹
USA Team is not the same without Forest Gum
I was thinking that I don't like to watch doubles, until ...
Who did the live commentary?
does anyone know where we can watch all the table tennis matches? even if its necessary to pay
HBO max
Discovery plus. Just 7 euros per month for subscription. Get a month subscription and cancel
I didn't have much time these days, but Eurosport Player might have all the matches. This one was there on cable
In China all live olympic matches are free to watch.
Hbo max, just subscribe for a month
All bosses from Volleyball, Handball international federations etc should see this perfect contrast - a ball vs table, floor colours... Rare a common sense there...
two men against two men
Who knew north koreans were nice like that on the table tennis
Seriously who is this woman speaking as a speaker? No feeling whatsoever
Rocket man: Boys, it's time to load the rockets
Toupet man need to dodge bullets better lol
0:35
Whoever wins will live 😂
fenomenal strugle
Halfway through the video I realized it’s a guy and a woman playing together on both sides, thought it was one dude and one young boy each side
So sad to see these two going back to North Korea.. they belong on the table tennis tour and not in that horrible horrible place... heartbreaking really
North korea players survive when they comeback in pyeongang? 😅
They are lucky Kim Jung Un did not participate in the olympics and take gold in every single category, I hear his breakdancing is legendary.
The North Koreans won my heart. They are - just like the South Korean Team btw.- harmonic, positive and humble and you can see their team spirit ... Both players Ri Young Sik the machine and the sweet and witty little Kim Kim Yong were unafraid and played terrific ... Unfortunately Ri Young Sik didn't participate in the mens singles. I think he is a true machine
Where is the North Korea crowd?
I don't even wanna know what happenes to them poor north korea guys in their country when they lose a game
Wtf did I just see?! 🤯
has to be weird for the nk athletes to see europe, the technology and wealth while they have to suffer so bad at home
Probably the last time we see this two brave north koreans
get a grip buddy
@@damianodonnell5844 you should search what happened to the north korean football team after 2010 world cup
They won silver, why would they be persecuted for it lol maybe for the selfie that they took after with the South koreans.
Western propaganda sucks. Greetings from the west.
Get a buddy, grip@@damianodonnell5844
Overcapacity on both sides.
Сумашедшие скорости! Это не люди, а машины)))
5:27 far left .. Its kim WTF 😶
XI VS KIM
Man these athletes are quick.
When will xbox games or play station be an olympic competition???????????????????????????????????????????????
Juusto pöytä on katettu!
eli simons
Want to see how it is played kids .....
North korea ♥
Like kids at the christmas gathering playing to see who is better?
7:25 ????
😂😂😂
So conflicted about seeing N.Korea to the Olympics, seeing it in to fases... Just hope the athletes and their families have a good life and don't risk anything if they loose... At least not in this friendly competition with China
Weird how comments like this never appear when European or North American countries play. What has North Korea ever done to be excluded from the Olympics??
this isn’t their first time
@@PACourtesy He meant nothing about NK being deserving of being in the Olympics. Its just a fact that NK punishes their people harshly for minor infractions to their laws, with punishments given to someone's family for GENERATIONS. so stop acting like he or anyone's concerns of the same are unjustified.
they are not that much bro
@@jaimecarrillo6100actually, if they can leave the country I belive they are probably from the ’’elite’’ of the country. So, the upper class close to the power. I don’t actually belive they risk something here.
Where are the Northkorean fanss???😂
中国🇨🇳❤👍🏻👏👏👏
kim yung here, wtf is this guys?
I thought watching man doubles match
Kim Jong Un is happy
has north korea have an other sporters :( ?
Ofc they have
ja das ist sehr komisch mit diesen Menschen . Obwohl laut europäischer Behörden ihr ganzes Leben lang eingesperrt , sind die im Ping Pong und in verschiedenen Wasserdisziplinen herausragend . und sie schauen immer sehr glücklich aus .
Naja, die Normalbürger dort dürfen das Land halt nicht verlassen. Ich würde auch glücklich gucken, wenn ich besonders genug wäre, dass ich doch mal raus darf.
@@andreasabels589 Woher wissen sie , das die nicht raus dürfen ? vielleicht wollen die auch garnicht raus . Sebstverständlich brauchen die auch das nötige Kleingeld Mal ehrlich : welcher zivilisierte Chinese tut sich freiwillig dieses völlig verwahrloste Amerika oder Europa an ?
Diese Sportler gehören mit Sicherheit selber zur nordkoreanischen Elite und werden wohl auch nach China zum Training geschickt. Also mich wundert das absolut nicht. Kim jong-un meinte ja, dass er aus seiner Nation eine Sportnation machen will. ^^
natürlich sind die glücklich. die gehören zu den wenigen nordkoreanern die du außerhalb ihres heimatlandes gesehen hast
@@hartmutthomas989 als einer von extrem wenigen der mal aus dem Land darf.. natürlich. Wenn du dich vor internationalen Medien negativ über das Land äußern würdest müsstest du außerdem wahrscheinlich sehr harte Konsequenzen tragen.. Klar gibt's da die Elite die von klein auf nichts anderes Macht. Ein schönes Leben führen selbst die wahrscheinlich dennoch nicht. Über den Durchschnitts-Bürger brauchen wir gar nicht reden.
The real and fair table tennis won ! Not the clown racket playing.
NB!
After the game,The Koreans were last seen heading to the Korean leader's palace.
i m sorry but they are look so funny and cute. i can't take serious
less money for Kim Jong-un