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Product DescriptionJens Felke, an intimate expert of the Swedish table tennis scene, provides deep insight into the thoughts and inner feelings of the best table tennis player of all time. J.O. Waldner’s understanding of table tennis, his best training tips, as well as a detailed survey showing all his results. 238 pages including numerous black and white photos. Following his second singles World Championship victory in 1997, Jan-Ove Waldner of Sweden was considered the world’s number one table tennis player of all time. In China, he is spoken of as “The Evergreen” because of his remarkably long stay at the very top of the sport. His top-level competitive time period extended from 1982, when he reached his first singles final in the European Championships in Budapest, to 2000, when he not only carried Team Sweden to a World Championship victory in Malaysia, but also reached the singles final at the Olympic Games in Sydney. In “J-O Waldner, When the Feeling Decides” (previously published in Swedish, German, and Chinese), the Swedish author and journalist Jens Felke charts the extraordinary rise of a living legend from mascot to master. Covered is Waldner’s road to the national team, the fierce competition with the Chinese, an account of his development towards table tennis supremacy, and a description of his many contributions as a major innovator in the sport. The book furthermore offers an analysis of the many characteristics that make Jan-Ove Waldner a unique table tennis player and of the factors contributing to his long reign among the world’s elite players. In a special chapter, Jan-Ove himself gives practical and tactical advice to young players who aspire to reach the top. When being paid an unexpected visit at home by the legendary tennis player Björn Borg and other friends, or during spectacular golf rounds, we also get to know more about Jan-Ove Waldner as a private person. An appendix with Waldner’s match records and statistics concludes the book.
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