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Swedish table tennis has been a great success in the Olympics.
With both finals in singles and finals in the team game.
Now the national team captain Jörgen Persson sends a neat pass to the icon Jan-Ove Waldner.
That advice big ping pong fever at home in Sweden. After the complete success of the Summer Olympics in Paris with double Olympic finals.
Sweden in the Olympic final
Swedish table tennis has really returned to the top of the world again and is reminiscent of the old days as a major power in the sport. The national team captain Jorgen Persson has done a fantastic job with the national team and above all brought out a new big star in Truls Möregårdh.
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The 22-year-old became the first Swede to reach an individual Olympic final in a full 24 years and salvaged a much-deserved Olympic silver. Now Möregårdh is together with his teammates Christian Karlsson and Anton Källberg reached a new Olympic final.
The giant China is once again the opposition and a huge crowd pressure is expected during Friday’s final match. King Carl XVI Gustaf are in Paris to follow the drama but two icons who have not come are former major players Jan-Ove Waldner and Mikael “The Apple” Appelgren.
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Jörgen Persson doesn’t want them in the stands either and now sends a neat pass.
– No, I think it’s better if they stay at home, actually. If they have not been here for the entire Olympics, it is better if they are at home. It has worked well for us, Persson tells Sportbladet with a laugh.
– They send me congratulatory messages all the time. It has worked very well. So we are not changing routines now. They stay at home!
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The national team captain is also not particularly nervous before the Olympic final, but has managed to keep his composure, as usual.
– You feel great. It’s a dream come true. We will face the best team in the world. It feels very classic, he says to the evening newspaper.
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