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The Swedish table tennis successes only continue in the Olympics.
On Tuesday evening, the men’s team produced a fantastic performance.
But then King Carl XVI Gustaf surprises with the strangest words.
There is great ping pong fever throughout Sweden during the Summer Olympics in Paris. The Swedish hit man Truls Möregårdh has really brought the dormant superpower back to life and now everyone is talking about table tennis again.
Swedish Olympic success
The 22-year-old charmed his way into all blue-yellow hearts by reaching a successful Olympic final as the first Swede in 24 years. Even though it was “only” Olympic silver, he is still seen as a winner in everyone’s eyes.
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Since then, the table tennis success has continued even further at the Olympics, where the ladies impressed by defeating Hong Kong in the team play but then unfortunately went out against South Korea. The men’s team does not want to be worse, and after an opening victory against Denmark, an absolutely fantastic performance was delivered on Tuesday evening.
Writing history
Truls Möregårdh, Christian Karlsson and Anton Källberg crushed the big nation Germany with a whopping 3-0 in the quarter-finals and is now on to the semi-finals. It is the first time ever that Sweden has come this far in team play at an Olympics.
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They also did it in front of the Swedish royal couple King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia.
– It was fun to celebrate in front of them and to meet the royal couple, admits Karlsson to Sportbladet.
The King’s Play
But His Majesty also surprised the blue and yellow table tennis heroes with a very strange act after its great success match.
– The king said we did it very exciting and nervous, reveals Källberg and shrugs his shoulders:
– Yes… 3-0.
– I don’t know what we should do differently!, says Karlsson about the statement.
– We must win exactly all the balls in the semi-finals then…, Källberg answers again.
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For Möregårdh in particular, it was long-awaited to be able to play in front of the King, as he did not get that opportunity in the individual Olympic final.
– Better late than never! He is passionate about sports. He was nervous when he checked, he said, and it feels funny that he chooses to look at the table tennis. Nice that we could deliver such a dream match!, says Truls in the interview.
– He congratulated me on it (the Olympic silver) and thought it was cool and fun done by me.
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