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British star Paul Drinkhall

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If the Mayor of London Boris Johnson was the closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympics and called “Ping Pong’s coming home”, he was on the roots of the sport as a game played by the British company “and their new domination of the Chinese players.

During his statement champion ping-pong has appeared in the United Kingdom, UK Sport addresses a blow to the game by reducing its capacity for half of £ 1.2 million in January.

The decision was taken after UK Sport £ 100m suffered in their lack of funding, having not attract private investment.

A spokesman for UK Sport said: “The economic climate means that we are, to a strategy of compromise, so that sport, the potential of the coin is suffering.”
The fact that the players of Great Britain does qualify for the Olympics to say, table tennis falls into this category.

But after the Games, the young talent of Great Britain with global ambitions born of success.

19 years in England number one Paul Glass Hall, the national team men with an average age of only 20

Drink Hall has already given its potential for bronze medal by winning men in May of single Commonwealth championship and reached the finals of World Junior Championships in Madrid last year.

“An Olympic medal is perhaps not realistic at this moment but if I improve the way I am then I think an Olympic medal is certainly a possibility in the future,” said Hall Drink BBC Sport.
During the Commonwealth Championships, a prelude to next years Commonwealth Games in England and more young players to impress.

They have won four bronze medals, including one next to Darius Knight Drink Hall in the men’s double and another for Joanna Parker and Kelly Sibley of women in a double room.

Parker, the current England number one in women, said that cutting funding hinder every chance of future success.

“It’s so frustrating, because we have a number of players with great ability, but the situation because it means we can no longer, to fight against the practice of China, the players is important for our development .

“We are also desperate for external funding for performances in Sheffield, we need to everywhere,” she says.

The latest results should, to some extent in addition to table tennis has a future in Britain.
GB-table Kyst director Steen Hansen said BBC Sport: “The players are the best in this country for 25 years.”

However, Drink Hall acknowledges that the team under pressure to win: “We have to win and hopefully a medal in a big game to prove to them that we all value, funding.

“Things are too difficult, but in future we need.”

It seems that the credit crisis is not only pain but also business, the United Kingdom’s chances of success for the future of sport.