Dimitrij Ovtcharov has many plans for Germany at the 2024 Olympics
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Kiev-born German table tennis player Dimitrij Ovtcharov explains in an interview his pity for Ukrainian and Russian sporting talents and why Timo Boll should never be ruled out.
Mr. Ovtcharov, the German team is already in the quarterfinals of the World Team Championship Taiwan eliminated and thus the great objective of reaching the final was lost. What is your conclusion?
The tournament was not under the best stars. The day before departure my hand luggage was stolen on the train with all the thugs inside. Then I had to return to Düsseldorf and of course I was under enormous stress. In Busan I tested many woods, sanded them and tried the appropriate coatings. It wasn't until the main round that I really found myself. In the end we lost the quarterfinals 0-3. This sounds very obvious at first and it hasn't happened to us in a long time. We had many opportunities in the three games, but unfortunately we did not take advantage of any of them.