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'Table tennis is like war: If you're not dead, that means I am'
Feng Tianwei has won medals at the Olympics, world championships, Asian Games and also three golds at the recent Commonwealth Games. In an interview full of honesty, tears and laughter, she spoke to The Straits Times' Rohit Brijnath and David Lee about hard work, loneliness, injury, where she keeps her medals and the connection she has with her bats.
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Q Three games to love down in the Commonwealth Games women's singles final. What was going through your mind?
A Actually, when I was trailing, I didn't think too much because I didn't have time to do so. I made a quick assessment of what went wrong in the first three games, what I should do in the next game, and I stuck to my guns.
