Wang Hao vs. Ma Lin - Table Tennis Condensed Gold Medal Match - Beijing 2008 | Throwback Thursday

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This was a historic moment for the Olympic Games! Relive all the excitement from the Beijing 2008 Table Tennis Gold Medal match. China has a long tradition of Table Tennis excellence, and this match-up showcased two of the best Chinese players, Wang Hao and Ma Lin.
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[@coleschemistrychannel4172]

Here is all of the commentary: “Look at the forehand” “Oh, he missed”

[@ecashmarketing]

listen to the chinese commentators, they hire ex-champions or coaches as guest commentator. In chinese, there's a saying 内行看门道，外行看热闹。 Meaning insiders appreciate skills, outsiders appreciate thrill. Obviously, many commentators are outsiders.

[@willdrunkenstein5367]

@@ecashmarketing 这句话翻译的不错

[@cedricchang6064]

@@willdrunkenstein5367 同意

[@Chuckichanly]

@@ecashmarketing thats what they should do indeed, get the top players to commentate, I feel like the ITTF doesnt care too much about their work though they just treat it too poorly in general

[@hanshuang6438]

@@ecashmarketing 好球型解说太多了，无论中外

[@7eevvan]

2:29 "His serves have backspin and topspin"

[@Axelh2000]

hahaha

[@itsjustthatsimple628]

ah yes, the north wind indeed blows west

[@shen7728]

That’s called flat hit😂😂

[@bop2864]

In context - "tricky serves" relating to the harder to predict combination of topspin and backspin serves - the latter being the less common type (?)

[@TrueRetroflection]

Schrodinger's Serve

[@andrewhasbigbrain4496]

I'm starting to think that the commentator knows nothing about table tennis

[@odiliachan798]

whohasbigbrain? well i guess if he pronounces some skills of ping pong i think he will know

[@maxdixon8575]

Um let me think .............DEFINITELY

[@aldichandra6871]

@@maxdixon8575 hahajat

[@thepirat000]

Also the cameraman and the director

[@JOAFINDICHJOA]

hahaah your video are funny nice singing

[@Chuckichanly]

This is probably the most technical match i've ever seen, the ability of these two guys is so good

[@raregoodds3143]

easy.

[@chandlerbingm1]

Too much errors, Ma Long&Fun much better

[@Danny-fg4gg]

@@chandlerbingm1 but what kinda generation is ma long and fan in? this match was in 2008 dude,

[@gamma9141]

@@Danny-fg4ggbut the comment wasn’t in 2008 🤡

[@dickn.ormous1064]

​@@chandlerbingm1Fan has very average serve-receiving techniques and his forehand is weak.He's anything but technical.

[@parkchunjae8471]

This man called Wang Hao, was defeated by 3 diffrent players in 3 consecutive Olympics finals

[@giovannimalca9175]

Sad but the funny truth

[@btushar7420]

He and lee chong wei same

[@makehimobsessedwithyou6412]

so sad for him!

[@oliveoil2632]

@Miller Hansen it depends on different person, it's incredible for anyone but not him, he was a table tennis king back in the days, but Olympic was just not his game

[@aniketverma2775]

@@btushar7420 but wang has couple of Olympic golds

[@TalentedTenth]

The Chinese are the Jamaican sprinters of table tennis.

[@trueindeed1569]

🎯😅

[@zachfriedman4263]

Nah Jamaican sprinters aren’t that dominant

[@jerrylee7866]

@@zachfriedman4263 yes they are, or at least ethnicity Jamaicans

[@adrianciobanu5856]

@@jerrylee7866 well Italia win not jama in Tokio

[@zachfriedman4263]

@@adrianciobanu5856 nice grammar

[@zingsting9595]

Wow, better video quality in 2008 than ITTF videos in 2019/20.

[@matchou75]

The Greatest Match of all the times. Olympic gold at Beijing the world capital of ping pong. 2008 was the year where all the legendary tennis table players were in activity. Congrats Monsieur Ma Lin !

[@woontit]

Thanks for uploading in high quality 1080p.

[@sebastianvettel4327]

Wang is a legend. Three Olympic medals in a roll. Nobody has ever done it.

[@thenewguy7527]

Yeah he might have never won a gold medal, but having to stay in form for 12 years to reach the olympics finals is impressive.

[@reinaldopessoa2603]

@@thenewguy7527 8 years bro.

[@CalvinAytch]

@@reinaldopessoa2603 > 12 years... You have to prove yourself among incredibly brutal Chinese competition to even get to the Olympics. It's not like he just started playing just before his first Olympics and then just happened to fall into a spot.

[@reinaldopessoa2603]

@@CalvinAytch but we weren't talking about proving yourself to stay relevant, he said staying in form to reach finals at all three Olympics. A Chinese player of Wang's caliber was probably in form at age 14 so proving ground would be a lot longer.

[@TheRafaelBond]

@@CalvinAytch 8 years, 3 Olympics is 8 years apart

[@zhangatan]

Olympics needs to take more advantage of their youtube channel. This video is gold

[@elwachinmanda]

One of the best matches ive ever seen from Ma Lin, what a perfomance! well deserved that golden medal.

[@chandlerbingm1]

Too much errors, Ma Long&Fun much better

[@kalsllsls1593]

​@@chandlerbingm1 Too much errors 😂😂😂

[@xuzifeng9901]

This is absolutely one of the best Olympic gold medal match

[@theythought3670]

Which bring backspin with the usual forehand uh... fore topspin. 2:28 Incredible commentary

[@hanshuang6438]

Translation: Ma Lin can do no spin serve(cuz -1+1=0)😂

[@hasimirfenring6717]

Don’t forget the incredible “court coverage”

[@austinspurgeon9248]

2:50 obviously very viscous forehands by Wang Hao here..

[@HSHAZAM]

You can tell these words just poped up in his head and he tried his best to assembly them in a reasonable order😂

[@BiscoWho]

In this match Ma Lin is using the Yasaka Ma Lin Extra Offensive blade with the DHS Skyline NEO TG2 on the forehand and the Butterfly Bryce Speed FX on the backhand side, in case anyone is wanting to use a setup that won a gold medal. Mind you, they were using the 40mm celluloid ball back in 2008. It's spinnier and a bit faster than the modern ABS 40+ ball. Nevertheless, this setup is one of the best of all-time. Almost any level player can use it and it's not too expensive either.

[@Firstland1991]

Feb 19th, happy birthday to you Ma Lin

[@yoloop93]

Pls hire someone who has knowledge of the sport and can give more interesting insights and commentary in the game

[@gabesegun7966]

What hindsights. We can see everything in a simple glance.

[@tomashorst9544]

​@@gabesegun7966like everything that goes on around the match? Records, training, play style etc?

[@christophersuarez9011]

Great idea to retrospectively announce events. This format has potential to really give incredible commentary since it's not happening in real time. There could be point by point detail on technique, execution, stats, and biographical tid bits.

[@ayomikunoyenuga821]

I'm watching this in 2022 and the match was so action-packed. I watched it knowing Wang Hao never won an Olympic singles gold medal but I still felt so bad for him seeing him lose. The last match was totally suspense-filled. I love Wang Hao and hope to play reverse penhold backhand as well as he does someday.

[@oluwatosinobaseki4087]

Hope we can play together one day, my brother.

[@ayomikunoyenuga821]

@@oluwatosinobaseki4087 Sure bro. I hope so too 💪

[@tabletennisskill3599]

You will

[@elkhalal9123]

Two penholders legends

[@vaguspandus]

Ma Lin= Legend

[@pingeeneu9227]

I love ma lin he is truly awesome.

[@user-sq9sh9ge3l]

Man the commentating is just horrendous

[@reinaldopessoa2603]

Nah you gotta hear the guy who did the Asia vs Europe 2018 that was horrendous, this gus wasn't bad.

[@user-sq9sh9ge3l]

@@reinaldopessoa2603 Is it the one where the guy couldn't pronounce Zhang Jike's name??

[@reinaldopessoa2603]

@@user-sq9sh9ge3l yessss!!!

[@user-sq9sh9ge3l]

@@reinaldopessoa2603 yeah that one terrible too 🤣🤣

[@TheNyulszeru]

Adam Bobrow is the best

[@Hang_1995]

This is a match that I will watch it again and again

[@xuzifeng9901]

The highest and the last summit of the penholder. I hope Felix and Dang can be the next summit.

[@Cremenium]

How powerful is the Chinese table tennis team? Me: 22:08

[@bhavyajm7485]

When the entire team wins in the singles also

[@user-hr5gh7yv6w]

And the regulations were also changed because of that xd

[@helicopter2616]

wanghao deserved an olympics champion!

[@d-rose27]

Video quality is just incredible.

[@MattG-wp8ub]

So true, for 2008 🤯

[@damarfadlan9251]

This table tennis from 2008 is AMAZING.

[@gtinseattle]

This is awesome! Could you also put Ma Long vs Zhang Jike final in this throwback series please? Thank you!

[@Olympics]

That's also a great suggestion!

[@nikitonixgametv]

@@Olympics PLEASE!

[@sagara6742]

Yes..please

[@johnkraft6053]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE ok sorry... I’m done

[@TheRafaelBond]

@@Olympics please do it :)

[@francislau5899]

The video quality is so much better.

[@baadshahistheking]

Zhang Jike was playing exceptionally great in 2012 or else Wang Hao could have got his Gold medal in 2012. It's unfortunate to see such a great player stranded with 3 singles Silver.

[@alberthuang4868]

Wang Hao still has 4 grandslam titles ie one world championship and 3 world cups

[@junyangchin8162]

@@alberthuang4868 that call major tittle.. not grand slam! Grand means players who wont atleast 1x WTTC 1x WC and 1x Olympic

[@GhanaTableTennis]

The desire to win from Ma Lin is unbelievable

[@ykse0214]

this thumbnail is the closest image to the olympic logo for TT

[@MikeOnkyo]

That was the era of great players!

[@luliloca007]

Thanks for doing what the official ITTF can't do, uploading a nice quality piece of history, LOVE the crowd, chinese really jump out of theirs seats with every point, we should learn from them. Also love chinese players, there are no comparison to them

[@simpleguy4827]

Not when they are losing, like Dota 2 Major lol

[@silverword111]

ittf at least has real commentary and people who understand the game

[@nishanbhattarai007]

20:08 Ma Long be like --- wait wait, i have not yet retired

[@StefWillemse]

11:55 godlike returns

[@mixen5]

Впечатляющий камбэк ,возможно решающий момент всего финального матча!

[@darzbluetv526]

I love ma Lin♥️

[@gabriel.hongkong]

Prime Ma Lin was insane.

[@casiocfx]

Oh yes, definitely. His footwork, oversight and amazing services made him one of the best of all time. He and his teammates are espacially continued and strengthened Chinas evident and continuing dominance.

[@dickn.ormous1064]

The last true penholder.

[@jacobhphom7191]

I was supporting the Chinese player among the two. You have no idea how happy I am now.

[@bhaswatmandal8751]

Difficulty level: China

[@gertfredrikson4584]

I love how Wang Hao was able to fool Ma Lin with a serve at 8:15 after all their hours of playing together and against each other.

[@larsh.3760]

Awesome quality!

[@Mr.Mooody]

@Olympic you should post the 2016 Rio matches aswell, just like you did with 2012 London, I really wanna watch it, commmn u can do it

[@zhangatan]

The two best penhold users at that time!!

[@valera6163]

Two of four legendary C-Pen players (besides XX and Liu Guoliang), that totally deserves their thrones in the Hall of table tennis fame! Huge forehand vs perfect RPB... What a battle! Penhold - one love!

[@TheTheoc930]

Amazing video quality Ittf please watch and learn

[@GomoGomoNoRocket]

The world owes Wang Hao an Olympic Gold Medal :(

[@simonshaw2449]

I know it’s harsh, but no one really owes him any title. He’s the only Chinese player who participated in Olympic Games for 3 times, but he never seized his opportunities. I love him a lot but that’s the truth.

[@Ducati368]

The same fake for Badminton Lee Chong Wei, 3 Olympic final but failed to nail the gold! 😭. Nevertheless, lcw and Wang Hao still the legends in their area!

[@manpro1336]

Ma lin is legend

[@justinz.4069]

22:02 When you and the squad get matched in the same game.

[@Wally-H]

Penhold v penhold in an Olympic final - something we'll never see again

[@joshuaellis7121]

Idk about never. I doubt penhold will ever die (there will be at least 1 or 2 folks using it) while table tennis is around, but it would just be rare to see.

[@Wally-H]

@@joshuaellis7121 Yes there are still one or two top Asian players using the grip but the chances of two of them making a major final are about zero. I play penhold and that works for me as a club player but at the top levels, due to rubber and bat technology, shakehanders can generate too much power and spin and exploit the grip's weaknesses too easily. For me it's a shame because penholders always bring a different dimension to the game. Tactically, without the different grips and defensive players around, the top end of the game has become a bit stale.

[@joshhodkinson9677]

Just like serve and volley in tennis.

[@alvarovenegas1007]

Ma lin. Extraordinary style.

[@709preet]

Greatest ever

[@user-rt8vt7eu3m]

馬琳がこんなに嬉しそうにしてるの初めて見た

[@ky1269]

6:56 this one for the trditional penholders

[@user-jp6ud7uf9q]

MA LIN - SUPER!!!

[@dyegomarcio]

Best Penholders all times!

[@danielplainview4587]

xu Xin better than both

[@dyegomarcio]

@@danielplainview4587 Hands Right. Xu xin left

[@sash3734]

Penholder vs. Penholder nice Game!!

[@RP-nn2mr]

You would think we would have full video coverage of the entire Gold Medal match...

[@judas57650]

i miss the penhold play.............

[@zhenxuanchen1627]

Both were so nervous in the beginning of the match, Hao seems even more.

[@user-be5yu3jb7f]

ワンハオのバックハンドのときフリーハンド跳ねる感じすき

[@royb2st640]

Dear @olympic please upload or relive the women's VB prelim round between China vs Cuba at the 2008 Beijing og

[@jadecummings8093]

Hey, I didn't remembered this olympics Beijing 2008! Yeah, Chinese always dominated Table Tennis.

[@shankardas6938]

Used to

[@dickn.ormous1064]

They didn't dominate TT in the 90s

[@kaienzhu8760]

@@shankardas6938 Wow, used to, you think China lost podium in TT, how confident you are

[@user-lq2nu6cn7y]

China's dominance started in the late 90s to early 2000s. Before that they were certainly strong but internationally balanced overall.

[@sodhel]

Well Forest Gump did won Gold on tablr tennis

[@john198822]

tradition bh 2004, 2008 vs WH rpb 2004,2008, traditional bh wins again after Athens Olympic in 2004!

[@leonbrown1450]

Table tennis men‘s team final 2008 beijing china vs germany

[@alanooi7598]

Legend said don't ever trust your intrusion or else...

[@user-kn3qx9dp4e]

1/2/3 verry good👏👏👏👍👍👍

[@asif409]

2008 Beijing Olympic= Ma Lin🎉(china) 2012 London Olympic= Zhang J. K 🎉(China) 2016 Rio Olympic= Ma Long🎉(China) 2020 Tokyo Olympic= Ma Long🎉(China)

[@notaboxofjuice]

Must be difficult to commentate a prerecorded VOD that keeps jumping a few points ahead! Would have liked to see the full VOD with original commentary :)

[@gabesegun7966]

What do you need a another commentary for. This is table tennis we can see everything in a glance. Get a grip of yourself.

[@ttjesus4959]

Could you do Waldner's gold medal matches?

[@adamlopez5862]

so sad for Wang Hao two tines into final olympic table tennis..but got siver only..unlucky for him..but i still love wang hao..cute man chinese

[@abcdefgabcdefg6930]

Ang pogi ni wang haooooo

[@Mr.Mooody]

I wish you post the whole match

[@ramennnoodle]

2:53 ah yes, "vicious forehand" -_-

[@Jordan34t]

lmao

[@user-pr8ld7sb9g]

I spent a decade for the warm up first shot .

[@traveller2378]

the commentary is brutal. Also, why does he pronounce it wAng?

[@symlaq5477]

可以的！That’s nice

[@markconrad9619]

quarantine binge watch

[@alcirmario7897]

2 melhores classineta do mundo

[@SamuelDuqueG]

Ma Lin é caneteiro clássico. Apesar da raquete arredondada, o backhand dele é de caneteiro

[@yi9621]

Oh Ma! Brilliant!!!

[@ncinhishood276]

直拍的最后荣光

[@yahyasakar3932]

You should give these angles to @Wtt , @Olympics

[@sakshiamin2230]

I'd like to see some speed skating too. From pyeongchang. Many matches are not there.

[@berat.74]

16:05 "now Wang Hao is starting to understand" 💀

[@antoncigur3727]

When decisive moments come you gotto be ready. Somehow WH never been ready for those moments. He has lost so many finals. Mental toughness is the most important skill in sport, you gotta train that hard.

[@hagnier14]

please publish any badminton finals

[@MroStudios]

Ma Lin seems to be 65 years old but he is 28.

[@nunyadamnbidness2531]

lol i was impressed for a minute. I thought grandmaster Wang Hao was the same dude as the table tennis champ. nope just a popular name.

[@nishanbhattarai007]

Ma long vs zhang jike.. Rio 16. Please upload the full video of it

[@williamanselmodasilva]

Grande!

[@achyutpoudel9479]

So sad for Wang hao three times silver in Olympic😭😭😋😋

[@5limReaper]

Penhold❤

[@dalmanmoulton8173]

Great table tennis match great intensity from both players lovely

[@DorkSideObamna]

That was so intense! Wow!!

[@v.h.3027]

The commentary is poor but the speech is adorable

[@tianlouw8505]

The defense causing the error 💀

[@aphaovang272]

Ma lin no1

[@limlim4251]

王皓王打球很美！ 18个世界重大比赛冠军！