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Confidence, consistency, mental toughness and belief – those are the attributes Paul Drinkhall says he and his team-mates are adding to their world-class technical skills.
Liam Pitchford says winning gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games has to be the next target after helping to deliver Team GB’s best Olympic performance.
Sam Walker cemented a growing reputation as a big-match player in Rio and is now targeting more of the same as he looks to the next Olympic cycle.
Tom Jarvis says his Rio Olympic experience has made him even more motivated to qualify for Tokyo 2020.
Paul Drinkhall has climbed to a new personal high of No 32 in the world rankings and Team GB’s other players have also made signifiant strides.
Singles champion Ma Long showed why he is the world’s best player as his double helped China complete a clean sweep of gold medals after Japan had threatened an upset in the Olympic men’s team final.
China made it three golds out of three in Rio as their women’s team swept aside Germany in the team final.
China and are on course for a clean sweep of Rio gold medals after booking their place in the men’s team final with victory over South Korea.
Team GB’s table tennis stars are backing themselves to push on from their impressive Rio displays and continue to make waves on the biggest stage.
Team GB’s Rio Olympic odyssey is over after a 3-0 defeat to China in the team quarter-finals – but the scoreline obscures a superb performance by Liam Pitchford, Paul Drinkhall and Sam Walker.
Focus and belief helped Sam Walker to turn around an amazing match against Simon Gauzy to put Great Britain into the Olympic team quarter-finals.
Sam Walker saved three match points on his way to defeating world No 17 Simon Gauzy as Great Britain defeated France 3-2 to reach the Olympic team quarter-finals.
Ma Long completed the set of major titles as he defeated compatriot and defending champion Zhang Jike in the Olympic men’s singles final.
Listen to Paul Drinkhall talk about his epic match against Vladimir Samsonov in the men’s singles in Rio.
China’s Ding Ning is the Olympic women’s singles champion, avenging her 2012 final defeat to Chinese compatriot Li Xiaoxia.
The Olympics table tennis singles competitions are down to the last four – with Paul Drinkhall’s conqueror Vladimir Samsonov the only non-Asian still in the competition.
Paul Drinkhall says he couldn’t have done any more in his quest to reach the Rio Olympics quarter-finals and has no regrets.
Paul Drinkhall’s brilliant run at the Olympics was ended by Vladimir Samsonov in the last 16 – but not before Drinkhall had saved EIGHT match points.
Liam Pitchford found No 9 seed Youngsik Jeoung of Korea too hot to handle as his Men’s Singles bid came to an end in Rio.
Paul Drinkhall showed his class after a nervy opening two games to book his place in the second round of the Olympic Men’s Singles in Rio.