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Deng Yaping: Too Small to Fail — How China's Shortest Champion Reinvented the Game
The story of the Chinese table tennis player rejected for being 1.50m tall, who won four Olympic golds, reigned eight years as world No.1, earned a Cambridge PhD — and spent a lifetime outgrowing the measurement that was supposed to end her.
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Ma Long: The Dictator — How the Greatest Player in Table Tennis Outwaited a Generation
Ma Long won six Olympic golds, more than any Chinese athlete, yet was told his forehand wasn't powerful enough. He answered by outwaiting a generation and becoming the most complete player.