|
|
Article: Badda-Ping! The Whacky World of Olympic Table Tennis
- Article from:
- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- March 20, 2004
- Author:
CopyrightThis material is published under license from the Washington Post. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post. (Hide copyright information)
|
Jasna Reed, star player for the United States Olympic table tennis
team, would like to clear up a couple of things about the romantic
lives of big-time Ping-Pong players.
First of all, she says, she is the ex-wife of only one of her
teammates, not two. She never actually married Barney Reed. She
merely took his last name back in the days when they were dating.
Second, life on the Olympic table tennis team is not really like
Peyton Place.
"It's Melrose Place," she says, laughing.
You may think of Ping-Pong as a goofy game that bored adolescents
play in suburban basements until they lose the ball under the