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Table tennis: I'm still quite far from where I want to be, says Singapore's Under-18 world No. 1 Koen Pang
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Koen Pang was promoted to the national team in January and has since been training full-time after taking a year-long leave of absence from the Singapore Sports School.
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Nicole Chia
SINGAPORE - Koen Pang, still perspiring and short of breath 40 minutes after finishing his training session, would like you to know that table tennis is more taxing than you think.
To most questions the 17-year-old pauses before answering, but his response when asked to name a common misconception of his sport - "that table tennis is not tiring" - comes almost immediately.
