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PongNow: Larry Thoman

PongNow: Larry Thoman

(by Steve Hopkins)

PongNow is an interview series talking table tennis with some of the best players and personalities in the sport. The guest this week is Larry Thoman – perhaps the foremost American expert in table tennis robots. He was also an important piece of the Nashville table tennis community, and was a fixture for many years as one of the top players in the Southeast. In more recent years, he has served USATT in a variety of roles including tournament sanctioning and scheduling.

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