Singapore’s Olympic table tennis team at a send-off before traveling to London. (Photo: Singapore Table Tennis Association)
The other day we took our 4-year-old to the local sports center because we’d heard that some national Olympic teams were based there, ahead of their move to the main Olympic site in east London. Our little one wanted his photo taken with an Olympic competitor. When we got to the local sports center, we immediately ran into Singapore’s national table-tennis team […]
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