Ma Long vs Mizutani Jun - Men's Table Tennis Semi-Final at Rio 2016 | Throwback Thursday

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Let's take a look back at the Men's Table Tennis Singles Semi-Final from the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio! The Chinese player Ma Long faced Mizutani Jun from Japan in this decisive match. Only one could make it to the final and fight to claim the Gold Medal at Rio 2016. Watch the full replay and find out who made it!
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What is your favorite Olympic moment of all time? Let us know below and it might be featured in the next #ThrowbackThursday!

[@irisho4178]

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[@lauchangsing5849]

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[@fruitful3993]

Women's Volleyball, thank you!

[@yimchitang8699]

@@irisho4178 .p...p_i

[@nishanbhattarai007]

Glad that they uploaded in 2020. I was expecting in 2050.

[@user-tj3ch8lu4i]

lol

[@yogadarmawan3051]

Hahaha HAX!

[@audiomanmik]

Haha

[@PerhapsLove]

LOL

[@kittenmeows]

It would've been, if without the pandemic. --.--

[@user-pr3qo7oo5x]

Best rally 9:29 10:29 15:54 16:26 17:06 19:21 24:32 41:02 49:33 1:04:31 1:06:35 1:08:32 1:11:09

[@yogadarmawan3051]

Wow! Thank you! You deserve to win comment medals!

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Olympics! pin this comment

[@GRUPOSAPIENS0912]

i love you

[@komodojablay3514]

Thanx for ur effort 🙏

[@marshaloga3047]

Thanks a lot

[@SwazzerProductions]

1:04:29 One of the best points ever!

[@propppoo246]

@henry t huh？

[@arindammishra8544]

Thxs

[@jackzhang5705]

Agreed

[@liarthur6389]

Concurred

[@wuhui]

Incredible

[@christophergolfer]

Ma Long is a beast

[@simonwong2738]

Not a beast, a goat.

[@JustinajustinaJustina]

I don't like ma long I love mizutani even he lost he The Best and strong.

[@knn211]

@@JustinajustinaJustina pui

[@JustinajustinaJustina]

@@knn211 ma Long rude, Jun mizutani cooler friendy hamble.he 🔥🔥🔥

[@Randomdude260]

@@JustinajustinaJustinanah ur just mad that Ma Long beat him (Not saying i hate Mizutani)

[@davidamadolce]

1:04:29 the super highlight of this match!!! 可以说是引爆全场了！

[@locarxd5471]

This semi final is easily the best match in this tournament so many intense rallies

[@user-ps8cd5ky7f]

They both got gold this year. Congrat!

[@user-cd8nn5zj8b]

but shame in jpn

[@obiwan88]

@@user-cd8nn5zj8b The real shame is your comment.

[@Sdhc546]

@@obiwan88ナイス

[@TuanPham-st2zv]

What a match, Rio 2016 is a remarkable time for Ma Long which makes him legend

[@chiensg]

I feel Ma Long has the best hairstyle here through the years. 🤭

[@fruitful3993]

Agree, haha! 😅

[@erlinar825]

Yes!!! 🤩

[@user-sh5qk2wm9o]

马龙真帅

[@Mischgi]

There are only 3 options when facing off against Ma Long, The Goat: 1. Getting rected hard and fast 2. Getting rected soft and slow 3. Play to his forehand and get instant-rected Mizutani really fought well though

[@yeagerist977]

Better than ZJK in the finals lmao

[@bai60]

@@yeagerist977 I mean he was injured and still made it into the final. Can’t blame him.

[@audiomanmik]

Zjk in his uninjured prime is ma longs daddy.

[@hyaciiiiin_8455]

@@audiomanmik no,he only has a 27 percent win rate against malong in his entire career

[@audiomanmik]

@@hyaciiiiin_8455 I did say "uninjured", check you stats before he started getting back and ankle injures. So I repeat, Zhang Jike in his UNINJURED prime is, was, and shall forever be Ma Long's DADDY.

[@nishanbhattarai007]

The acknowledgement at 1:12:16 was 💖💖💖💖🏓🏓🏓

[@MeatBunFul]

Meh. Standard

[@hirah13]

Ma Long 👏👏💯💯

[@andrenagayoshi6571]

Muito bom. Excelentes jogadores.

[@Sophia-pk6rk]

love ma long

[@samding4328]

no...no you love me

[@kon4447]

Me too

[@tianxie5933]

19:41 He said to himself: It's all accidents, it's okay!

[@mmd_ra]

really?

[@zyzzsslave2166]

Wow thanks

[@user-cd8nn5zj8b]

MMD - yep im chinese and he said so

[@VARMOT123]

@@user-cd8nn5zj8b about what ?. His opponents play ?

[@eddiechoi2131]

la r

[@abdullahghumman358]

Ma Long is my favorite player

[@yimingwang750]

Rio is Ma Long's peak, the balance of flow, power, attack, defense, etc. Definitely not Tokyo Olympics.

[@yanyeh0325]

Wow great game!!

[@Kat-zj5kd]

Ma Long awesomest ever Mizutani Jun surprisingly played a great match . he s future champion. Fab match

[@benjiejamon4560]

He already announced his retirement.

[@MegaWarmwind]

Legendary match! 伝説の試合！

[@sunshine7453]

This is the best table tennis you can get! Both deserve it.

[@user-kt4fj7xd3c]

It's very exciting!

[@spencergoh5077]

Very entertaining matches

[@user-dr7cv6dh5v]

卓球じゃない…殴り合いの…ボクシングの用な試合😢 見れただけで…幸せです🤣

[@aungaung1764]

ma long

[@GabrielOC000]

Que determinação desse cara! Inspirador!!!

[@jorgealvites8351]

Un espectacular encuentro , muy buenas jugadas; y con mucha emoción...saludos desde Perú..

[@user-hz6dj2vb5h]

hola

[@ahmedtamer7293]

Ma long 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳

[@user-ur5pq7es9s]

歴史に残る名勝負

[@haru-ut7oj]

水谷のなかで一番好きな試合！

[@sangerli4122]

not on the same level....but a good game

[@manshachhantyal4059]

My fav ma long ❤️❤️

[@user-po5of4ox5k]

马龙很棒！👍👍👍

[@liam6169]

malong is fxxking awesome with his hair style

[@wailam510]

马龙最帅，头髮超有型。

[@agaspalee4939]

Ma Long is tactical discipline in his servings...that's his secret against his opponents

[@rhyzekarnage7154]

what does that mean

[@agaspalee4939]

@@rhyzekarnage7154 What i mean is that; when he serves, is difficult for the opponent to get much points...but his opponents loses much points in their turn and that's called tactical discipline

[@rhyzekarnage7154]

@@agaspalee4939 thanks

[@gab5012]

It's no secret, every player aims for that, Ma Long is definitely one of the best at it

[@ldong6942]

This just shows why Ma Long is the GOAT!

[@jackzhang5705]

Chinese table tennis is the best

[@sukhvinderverma4215]

If you please upload 2004 olympic final table tennis

[@RYU-zp9ty]

Not gonna happen until 2050

[@roifrancois1319]

いい相手は自分の力の源です。respect for 水，I come from China

[@kukekehihihi]

同感です。この試合での両者の素晴らしいプレーの連続が、馬龍のプレーのレベルをさらに引き上げ、決勝では誰も手が付けられないところまで行ってしまったような感じですね。

[@yellowsheeps]

Ma Long's facial expression reminds me of Boris Becker in his prime (1985-1989)...overpowering and confident.

[@luxiqin3390]

I LOVE MA LONG!!!!

[@suhaeriliu5082]

from indonesia go china malong

[@samuelattias972]

Mr. And Mrs. Rio 2016

[@IqbalKhan-eg9fc]

Congratulations to Ma long China

[@chia-tanghsu4895]

If Mizutani and Zhang Jike met each other in Rio, who would win?

[@Cumshotdaddyfuckgaming]

I think jun cuz zhang had a back injury

[@rungsankaewrueang2746]

หม่าหลงทำทรงผมหล่อเลย

[@jerry17432]

ทำผมทรงไหนก็หล่อ เรามาดูปิงปองจริง ก็เพราะโควิด ติดโอลิมปิกปีนี้แหละ ชอบ นักปิงปองชาย หญิง ทุกคนเลย เก่ง

[@kon4447]

My love ma long❤️❤️❤️

[@liamcannon9617]

One of mizutanis best matches ever. If he was in the semis against zhang jike he couldve gone to the finals

[@simonwong2738]

China should have sent Fan instead of Zhang.

[@liamcannon9617]

@@simonwong2738 probably , but zjk plays like 100% better at large tournamnets

[@JM-jc8zd]

He doesn't stand a chance against Zhang either. Chinese players are all on a different level

[@simonwong2738]

@@JM-jc8zd zjk is a short timer, ML is the GOAT.

[@JM-jc8zd]

@@simonwong2738 I agree but I am just saying this guy doesn't stand a chance against Zhang either

[@whuang03]

Ma Long's hair already won gold before the match.

[@Mason-rt5kf]

China🇨🇳

[@youji8516]

_What happened exactly after 3rd game?_ Well, the Japan guy heard the Golden Wind Ost

[@householdproductbusiness58]

1:04:29 is the best rally ever.

[@tosuto.official]

I still think it's crazy that in every set Ma Long won, the score was 11-5

[@RivendyRamadhan]

MizuKi Uonoki

[@amyliu3120]

Ma long!!!!!

[@MasterNeoRNCP]

This is the real final of RIO. ZJK was lucky to be in other side of the draw.

[@mehmeh6924]

In Olympics, the world ranked no.1 and no.2 will be separated so that, if both players won their half, they would meet in the final. The Chinese PingPong team always participated in more games before the Olympics, to secure no.1 & 2 and to ensure that their players could meet in the final. From London 2012 to Tokyo 2021, they always did (Wang Hao vs Zhang Jike; Zhang Jike vs Ma Long; Ma Long vs Fan Zhendong). It is not about Zhang Jike being lucky to be in the other half, it was designed and planed to be.

[@mehmeh6924]

All players tried their best in every game. It would be meaningless to claim "other side of the show" was easier. ZJK won all the way to meet Ma Long at the end. He deserved to be in the final. He would have done the same if you flip the two Chinese players. Ping Pong is about tactics but also about mental. In the final, Ma Long is on the rise, ZJK was burdened by injury and the upcoming men's team match. ZJK didn't recover from the first game's defeat and Ma Long won. But it was still a great game.

[@mehmeh6924]

TBH, just like you, I was also a bit disappointed in how the Rio final turned out. ZJK and ML had more interesting games in 2012-14. In the Rio final, feels like ZJK didn't give it all out like he used to do. I can understand that he placed a higher priority on securing the team's match that would come after, his injury would not allow him to recover if he had an all-out game with ML, and he might still lose even if he tried. But, probably just like any audience, I want to see more tense games. The half finals, ZJK vs Samsonov + ML vs Mizutani were all great games.

[@aungaung1764]

china

[@spaceinvader384]

Ma (Chinese surname, meaning Horse). Long (Chinese name, meaning dragon). MJ's playing against a firing dragon running like a horse. He put up a good fight losing 2:4 but no shame.

[@filmmaker6783]

Thanks! Please Match China vs Korea Zhang vs Vladimir Samsonov

[@darshansambar9338]

Here after ma long won 2nd gold

[@user-un9eg8bn3b]

チョンヨンシクと水谷惜しかったなー

[@aungaung1764]

go china go

[@PragneshShah]

I am not as sound player as these genuises but I'd suggest Japanese player to work on different services which could result into a cash point. Doing one kind of serve throughout the game doesn't result into anything. This Japanese player is playing nice shots & giving tough competition but if he'd improve in Ball placement at different spots on table instead of just returning to opponent casually, I think He'd get points easily. He is playing hard but Not tricky which is the only thing he lacks. This is My suggestion & may not be true for the player!

[@minyulin5484]

Can we talk about advertising cooperation/

[@laolaofo]

水谷的职业最巅峰和最高光时刻了，跟马龙能拼到第六局，六边形战士两轮全满贯，传奇

[@sdy99]

TOP... salam new friend

[@billybob6604]

sheeeeesh

[@jaguarministeriojr.8290]

Ma Long vs Ha Bol

[@loudandclear2518]

These two in table tennis are like the rivalry in badminton between super Dan and Lee c w.

[@marklim9987]

Really? Heard of Ma Long but not the other

[@AZ-zz4kn]

I say it’s better to say rivalry between Mizutani and Xu Xin

[@rhz4338]

not really...between Dan and LEE there are no other people. Between Ma Long and Mitsu....there are at least....Zhang Jike....Xu Xin... Fangbo...Fanzhengdong...etc......

[@nazim1966]

Nah his rival would be more like fan zhendong

[@wanzg]

I guess you don't watch table tennis that much (no offence)

[@user-mt2ul3ye6h]

Cut !!!

[@user-pd6px4nk3k]

I think Ma Long will win the match

[@davidabrahamizhak9456]

1:12:37 Please Tell Me Why 'Ma Long' Signing The Ball ?

[@yellowsheeps]

The balls are for fans (spectators) sitting in the stands. Ma Long throws the balls into the seats before leaving the stadium. This is common practice in "racquet and ball" sporting events (i.e. tennis). Players usually use their racquet to get balls into stands.

[@mr.nobody417]

9:28 insanity

[@raquels5933]

I love Japan

[@4kfirstpersonviewpingpong179]

Unfortunatly it's not a first person view video

[@arshiachidambaram7764]

Ma long is the goat fr

[@sukrawiguna6274]

Mr liu china best coach

[@Lingao22]

この時の水谷にコーチは誰？

[@Anna-mt9lx]

1:04:31 the best moment

[@baggio10014]

44:09 広島カープが、全世界に中継された数秒間や笑笑 広島県民にとって最高の瞬間や笑笑

[@pianomaster30003]

Qiu lei

[@rjgjn378]

The audience really likes the Japanese guy

[@RivendyRamadhan]

2015

[@pechtameaw]

Thailand

[@johnzheng7064]

Jessica

[@johnzheng7064]

Ma Long go Chinese 🇨🇳

[@duyman8198]

Non Asian: I am very good at TT. I play in my garage all the time. Asian enter the room: HI Chinese enter the room: GET OUT THE HERE!!!!!

[@Voltana]

It’s got so much ads

[@cbcluckyii4042]

Fast forward to the end. Press the Replay button when it appears at the end. Ads will be gone

[@youji8516]

@@cbcluckyii4042 you're a legend lmao

[@rhyzekarnage7154]

@@cbcluckyii4042 then you see who wins

[@shentimo]

此视频无法播放

[@ttjesus4959]

5:45

[@nightrain1556]

1:10:20 望尘莫及.....

[@phutran-lr4zc]

Ma Long nó biết điều hành thắng trận thắng hay thua

[@user-by9su3vr5u]

日本也利害

[@byungryongpak8550]

중장년층에게 추천드리는 운동입니다. 실지로 많은 중장년층분들이 이 운동으로 건강과 활력을 찾고 계십니다

[@aunggabe]

Jun war born in wrong time though he could win if there was no Ma Long. my sincere deep respect to M.Jun.

[@JustinajustinaJustina]

My heart Dropped 😢😢😢 jun mizutani get lose 🥇

[@katzen3557]

Im from japan

[@Sprtschk]

liar

[@tapiocamango]

41:02, 1:04:30

[@user-jw6cw4tu7s]

1:04:29 If Mizutani get this point , he will win this match.

[@sidneysun3865]

Not with his chicken wing forehand.