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SEOUL, South Korea -- South Koreas top female table tennis player, China-born Jeon Ji-hee, has an easy explanation for why she had to leave her homeland to compete in the game she loves.There are way too many good players in China, Jeon said after a pre-Olympics practice session. Its extremely hard to make it to the national team.This simple recognition has led to an exodus of Chinese talent -- and to worries that it will take more than the wanderings of Chinas second-tier athletes to save a sport so thoroughly dominated by one nation.At the Rio Olympics, China will not only have the worlds best table tennis players, but also will have produced the best players on the rosters of many other national squads.Unrelenting dominance by one country of a sport isnt unusual, of course, but Chinas table tennis supremacy is on a different level. Some believe that for the sport to thrive other nations must have some hope of winning on an international stage every now and then -- and not just with outside Chinese talent.Table tennis in China, despite what some see as a dip in its popularity, remains a source of national pride. A highly developed infrastructure scouts talented young athletes, often in kindergarten, and then grooms them into world beaters.The success of this system is reflected in Olympic gold: China has won all but four gold medals since table tennis became an Olympic sport in 1988.Before the 2012 Olympics in London, a rule change allowed each country to only put forward two players for singles. China rolled on regardless, winning all the golds and silvers for singles, and leaving bronze for the rest of the world.The exodus of Chinese players is partly explained by the intense competition to make the national team. Current world No. 1 Liu Shiwen, for instance, didnt get one of Chinas two spots for singles.With so much talent, many Chinese players must contemplate a move abroad for a shot at the Olympics.The United States has two players who started their careers in China, including Yue Jennifer Wu. Three of the players on Australias six-person team were born in China and a fourth was born in Melbourne to Chinese parents.Only three nations in the womens competition in 2012 were without a China-born player, or a player with Chinese roots -- Egypt, North Korea and Japan.A major reason for Chinas success in table tennis is an intense, some might say obsessive, dedication to training; it also partially explains why some players leave.One of the Australian team members, Jian Fang Lay, used to run away after school to avoid her coaching sessions in China, according to the Australian Olympic Committees website.Kai Zhang, a China-born player hoping to make the 2020 U.S. Olympics team, said coaches in China required even the sick and injured to train.If you want to be a world champion, it is better to train in China, Zhang said in an interview posted on the USA Table Tennis website last year. But if you want to have a balanced life and want to be happy and free, then training in the U.S. is better.Chinas talent identification system is also more advanced than other countries.China trains a huge number of players from a young age. South Korea simply waits for a talented one to be found, said Kim Taeksoo, a South Korean former Olympic player. If there are no talented young players that are being nurtured, the chances of beating Chinese players are very low.China seems to recognize a need to help the rest of the world catch up.Officials have made efforts to try to nurture talent in other countries, allowing foreign players to attend table tennis schools in Chinese provinces, for example, and sending Chinese coaches abroad, Zhao Xia, a Chinese Table Tennis Association official said.Far from resenting the exodus of talented players, China encourages and supports them, said a national table tennis association official who would only give his surname, Wang, because he wasnt authorized to speak to the media.Its possible that those players might beat Chinese national team players, but still, it is in China that they acquired their skills and tactics, Wang said.From a purely athletic perspective, watching two world-class athletes compete in long rallies that often seem to test the laws of physics with chopping spin shots and powerful smashes can be entertainment enough, even if both players happen to be Chinese.But the Olympics are often a nationalistic affair, and many people wont tune in unless their country has a chance at winning.One country being far too good ruins the sportsmanship and the fun part of it, Kim, the South Korean Olympian, said. Most European and Asian countries are losing table tennis fans.For the players who leave China to compete for new countries, there can also be psychological strain.When you dont know the opponent, you dont feel anything emotionally, said Jeon, the China-born ace for South Korea. But because I know (the Chinese players) and have trained there ... my thoughts become complicated.---AP journalists Jungho Choi in Seoul, Dennis Passa in Australia and Yu Bing in Beijing contributed to this report.---Foster Klug, APs bureau chief in Seoul, South Korea, is covering table tennis and badminton in Rio. Follow him at www.twitter/apklugNmd_r1 Sko Hvit . Woodson said during a radio interview Thursday that the Knicks Carmelo Anthony doesnt get the same calls as other superstars. Nmd Norge Shop . 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Now that hes hitting streaking teammates with pin-point passes for easy layups, Love is asserting himself as one of the true superstars in the league.TALLADEGA, Ala. -- When an engine failure knocked title favorite Martin Truex Jr. from NASCARs playoffs, the rest of the top contenders got a little bit of breathing room.Then Brad Keselowski suffered the same cruel elimination when his engine failed Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway.There was suddenly a wide-open competition to earn the final transfer spots into the third round of the Chase, and Denny Hamlin and Austin Dillon raced a tense final two laps in overtime to fill the bracket. With each pushing for every last point, it was Hamlin who advanced into the round of eight on a tiebreaker over Dillon.Joey Logano won at Talladega Superspeedway, and Hamlin edged Kurt Busch by .006 seconds for third place and the one point he needed to tie Dillon in the standings.Dillon was ninth, but lost the right to move into the next round based on average finish over the last three races.Hamlin had told his Joe Gibbs Racing team not to give him points updates, and that lack of knowledge forced him to scramble through the final turn as he was undecided on how aggressive he needed to be.I wasnt sure whether I needed to finish third, he said. I told them I didnt want points updates. But thats almost when I probably should have got one to figure out what I was going to do. (Dillon) is in the middle of the pack. Hes fighting and getting positions. He could change two positions in the last hundred yards.So you cant really predict it. I knew I just had to try to finish as good as I could.With Truex and Keselowski out of the playoffs before the checkered flag, the suspense came down to final finishing order. Logano was not in a must-win situation, but the victory sure didnt hurt.Dillon, on a frantic dash over two overtime laps to gain as many spots as possible, called the outcome heartbreaking.It sure stinks to lose it on a tiebreaker, Dillon said.Also eliminated Sunday was Chase Elliott. Advancing are: Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick, Matt Kenseth, Kyle Busch, Kurt Busch, Carl Edwards, Logano and Hamlin. There are four Toyotas remaining in the field, all from Joe Gibbs Racing. Stewart-Haas Racing has Kurt Busch and Harvick -- but the two had a heated exchange after the race over alleged contact on the last lap -- while Hendrick Motorsports has Johnson for three Chevrolets in the field. Logano is the only Ford driver.Feels good to win on a clutch moment like that with the pressure on, Logano said. I think we ran like a champ.The race was stark difference from the spring stop in Alabama, when 35 cars were involved in at least one accident and two cars went airborne . And last year, it appeared that Kevin Harvick intentionally caused an accident on an overtime restart to help his championship chances.But for mile after mile Sunday, the drivers behaved.The only glitches came in a harried sequence early in the race in which three championship contenders had uncharacteristic gaffes within minutes of each other. First Logano left pit road with a jack wedged under his Ford, and he had to return to pit road to have it removed. Then Hamlin was flagged for speeding, then Truex lost an engine .Keselowskis engine went with 43 laps remaining affter hed battled climbing temperatures on his car because of debris on his front grille.ddddddddddddIt is unfortunate for Brad, Logano said. It happens as a leader picking some (debris up). We picked it up just not as much.Keselowski was dominant for a huge chunk of the race, even as he battled climbing temperatures on his Ford. Then, with 43 laps remaining, his engine blew and Keselowski was sent to the garage.Kasey Kahne spun with six laps remaining to bring out the caution for a heart-pounding final restart.The caution had terrible timing for Hamlin, and was a gift for Dillon. Hamlin was trying to hold off Dillon for the last transfer position and the Kahne spin gave Dillon another chance to gain points that would keep him in contention and bump Hamlin from the playoffs.The restart was with three laps remaining.The push was intense for a lap, then a spin by Alex Bowman brought out the caution for an overtime finish.Over the team radio, Dillon was told to concentrate.Focus forward, man. Focus forward on what weve gotta do. Thats what matters, OK? Dillon was told by a team member.Dillon gained two spots in overtime, but it wasnt enough to pass Hamlin in the standings.TREUX MAKES EARLY EXIT: His engine failure ended his title chances -- one round after hed moved to the top of the list of favorites.Truex won a pair of races in the opening round of the Chase, and was above the elimination line Sunday and only needed a decent day to advance into the third round. He appeared to be in good shape after winning the pole -- overcoming a qualifying day distraction when his team had trouble in inspection -- but the engine blowing on his Toyota sent him to a last-place finish.We had a team capable of competing for the championship, and unfortunately were not going to be able to show that, he said.KESELOWSKI ELIMINATED: Faced with a must-win situation at Talladega two years ago, Keselowski stepped up and grabbed a monumental victory.He was certain he could do the same on Sunday and after leading 90 laps, Keselowski was definitely in play for the win.When his engine failed, his championship chances were done .A lot of fun to be leading at Talladega, he said. We were doing the best we could to have some fun and lead some laps.OH WHAT A FEELING: Toyota celebrated its 1,000th race at the Cup level by advancing a manufacturer-high four cars into the round of eight.All four Joe Gibbs Racing entries moved into the third round, with Truexs blown engine the only hiccup on the day.Having four drivers, from the same team, still in the playoffs led winning car owner Roger Penske to poke the Toyota camp on the stakes.Theyve got more to lose than I do, I guess, Penske said. Theyve got four.UP NEXT: The opening race of the third round of the Chase on Sunday at Martinsville Speedway. Logano swept the second round last year and seemed headed to the win at Martinsville until he was intentionally wrecked as payback by Matt Kenseth. The feud between the two ultimately cost Logano a spot in the championship round. ' ' '