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Anqi Luo shows what it takes to be a top table tennis player

CBC's David Common tried a number of Pan Am sports in the run-up to the Games to see how challenging it really is to be among the best.

The best player of her age group faces an unco-ordinated journalist - let the games begin

David Common · CBC News ·

Meet one of Canada's top table tennis players

9 years ago
Duration 3:51
CBC's David Common goes head-to-head with one of the best table tennis players in Canada

CBC's David Common tried a number of Pan Am sports in the run-up to the Games to see how challenging it really is to be among the best.

At 18, Anqi Luo is the best table tennis player of her age group in the country, and she has a strong shot at a medal in the Pan Am Games.

She displays incredible speed and nearly instant analytic ability to assess an opponent's next move.

But can she teach an uncoordinated novice like CBC reporter David Common? Watch the video and see.

Anqi Luo is one of Canada's best table tennis players, and is part of the Pan Am Games team. (CBC)

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

David Common

David Common covers a wide range of stories for CBC News, from war to disrupting scams. He is a host with the investigative consumer affairs program Marketplace, and a correspondent with The National. David has travelled to more than 85 countries for his work, has lived in cities across Canada, and been based as a foreign correspondent in the U.S. and Europe. He has won a number of awards, but a big career highlight remains an interview with Elmo. You can reach David at david.common@cbc.ca, Twitter: @davidcommon.

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