Watch: China table tennis great Ma Long hits trick shots in promotional video
- See how many shots the China team captain need to smash an egg
- A promotional video for this week’s Worlds will provide you with the answer
China table tennis great Ma Long has won almost every challenge he has come up against. The former world No 1 – he held that position for a total of 64 months – has won multiple Olympic gold medals and has dominated the world championships in recent years as one of the greatest players to have held a bat.
He was given a different challenge when the sport’s governing body, the ITTF, asked him to perform a trickshot challenge in front of a film crew for a video to promote the forthcoming world championships in Budapest that begins on Sunday.
Among his challenges, he was asked to smash an egg with a ping pong ball from three metres out. How many shots did he need to complete the feat?
His first five shots were off target but he was getting close.