Men's Table Tennis 🏓 Final at Athens 2004

Let's take a look back at the exciting Gold Medal match between South Korea's Ryu Seung-min and China's Wang Hao of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens (Greece)!

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[Olympics]

What is your favorite Olympic moment of all time? Let us know below and it might be featured in the next #ThrowbackThursday!

[hanshuang]

A real beast Ryu Seung Min, running and attacking like a chetah. Him and Ma Lin really got all the best things we could expect from traditional penholders. Respect!

[탁조아-wx]

영광의 2004아테네올림픽 탁구 단식 금메달 리스트 유승민 ! 몇 번을 다시 봐도 대단합니다 ~ 후배들이 그 영광을 재현해주길 기대합니다 ~!

[dmitrikonnov]

I've seen this match about 10 times, but this is the fist time I saw the victory ceremony.

[울산갈매기-vu]

저 당시 김택수는 대표팀에 뽑혔지만, 34세였던 나이가 부담되었던 지 후배들에게 자리를 양보했고, 22살의 유승민의 코치로 합류하게 되었죠.

[BBQ_olive]

중국은 탁구 정말 잘하죠.
이때 중국대표가 왕하오, 왕리친, 마린이었으니... 게다가 아테네 올림픽에는 발트너, 삼소노프, 티모볼 같은 쟁쟁한 서양 선수들도 있어서

다시봐도 유승민 진짜 대단하네.

[jeangueneron]

J'ai vu jouer Ryu au club d'Hennebont pendant 3-4 ans, il avait un coup droit et un déplacement fantastiques !! Il avait, entre autre, comme partenaire Kreanga avec un revers jamais égalé !!! Quelle équipe

[TheFeilong]

Poor Wang Hao. Never a gold medal in Singles Olymics. A three time silver medalist. Nevertheless, a great achievement. It is good to see him still active with his old team. Coaching the new generation of want to be Olympians.

[loewe-]

6게임 9대9로 동점이 된 상황에서 유승민의 2구 리시브가 기가 막혔죠. 어쩜 그거 때문에 왕하오가 더욱 당황하며 쫓기는 계기가 된 듯 합니다.

[capricious-agent-]

What an amazing match and even better celebration. 🎉🎉

[diogo]

Ryu Seung Min foi o último grande caneteiro (J-penholder) do tênis de mesa, infelizmente é um estilo morto, pouco presente em campeonatos de grande importância. Talvez Cazuo Matsumoto seja o último que tenha atingido bons desempenhos jogando do mesmo modo. Ademais, Ryu possuía o melhor Forehand e Footwork dentre todos os caneteiros da história, apesar de ter um Backhand aquém do seu nível, servindo apenas para rebater. Complemento dizendo que Kim Taek Soo foi o caneteiro mais completo em todos os sentidos, Cazuo foi o caneteiro com melhor backhand da história e Hugo Hoyama fez seu papel auxiliando na popularização do esporte na América.

[ヨシ-hj]

The ultimate pen holder✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

[washnery]

O último j-pen campeão olímpico, isso já faz 20 anos!

[trissilo]

Luar biasa Wang Hao main tenang banget 👍👍

[drmchillchristianbeats]

Table tennis for some reason is more entertaining at times. Probably because they have less space to move around and the more complex the return the more enthralling. Some of the Chinese players have swazzz lol

[shodiqsetyowati]

Ryu Seung min mempunyai pergerakan kaki yang menakjubkan

[ЛопсонЗарбаев-хи]

Очень приятно когда выкладывают видео с церемонией награждения)))

[occultdestroyer]

The greatest J-Pen player ever. He was my inspiration to play traditional J-Pen ❤

[ManSha]

20 years ago, I watched this match live, first time in history I see korean win gold over china.

[kiddspooo]

王那時候都不敢台內擰拉 接發球一直冒高 給前三板 後面就沒信心了, 最愛柳承敏的全台正手跑動, 看了真的好熱血啊