Ping Pong

Forget swimming.. Table Tennis is the big deal here. So much so that a ticket to the Peking University Gymnasium costs twice as much as the Water Cube. I was lucky enough to nab one. I saw Austria play (which is the closest Australia will ever come to the finals) and this fierce Japanese women who did a Hewitt style 'come on' after each shot.



The cutest little kid was sitting behind us. I'm pretty sure he knows more about the rules of ping pong then I do.



It took the first few sets to work out how the game works and after that I was right into it. The Doubles are the funniest.. you think they could stretch to a bigger table. The other matter is how you decide you're good at ping pong - do you practice in your backyard and then suddenly realise you could go to the Olympics? Perhaps there's hope for me yet.