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    PEOPLE & POINTS

    Dec 19, 2019 4 minutes

    TABLE TENNIS STAR WINS AGAIN

    Olympian Ma Long was presented the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF)’s Male Star award on December 11, winning the honor for the third time.

    The 31-year-old started playing table tennis at the age of 5. He moved to Beijing to improve his game in 2001 and joined the national team two years later.

    Ma has had a glorious career and is considered one of the best table tennis players in China. He won the men’s singles at the World Cup in 2012 and 2015 and at the ITTF World Championships in 2015, 2017 and 2019.

    After winning the men’s singles at the 2016 Rio Olympics, Ma became the fifth player to complete a career grand slam, winning the

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