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Ping Pong

Call this old age, extreme edition: Seven players with 620 years between them compete in the Over 80 World Table Tennis Championships in China's Inner Mongolia. British players Terry, who has been given a week to live, and Les, a weightlifter and poet, are going for the gold. Inge, from Germany, has used table tennis to paddle her way out of dementia. And Texan Lisa, is playing for the first time.

Ping Pong - Preview

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Follow competitors in the Over 80 World Table Tennis Championships in China’s Inner Mongolia. 9/9/2013

Previews + Extras

  • Ping Pong - Trailer: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Ping Pong - Trailer

    S26 E9 - 2m 34s

    Championships in China's Inner Mongolia. British players Terry, 81, who has been given a week to live, and Les, 91, a weightlifter and poet, are going for the gold. Inge, 89, has used table tennis to paddle her way out of dementia. And Texan Lisa, 85, is playing for the first time. 'Ping Pong' is a wonderfully unusual story of hope, regret, friendship, ambition, love and sheer human tenacity.

  • Ping Pong: Knee-Op: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Ping Pong: Knee-Op

    S26 E9 - 2m 19s

    In this deleted scene from 'Ping Pong,' a senior table tennis player deals with an aging body as he prepares for the Over-80 World Table Tennis Championships.

  • Ping Pong: Time Is Running Out: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Ping Pong: Time Is Running Out

    S26 E9 - 1m 33s

    In this deleted scene from 'Ping Pong,' Lisa's husband explains the philosophy behind how he lives his life.

  • Ping Pong: The Games: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Ping Pong: The Games

    S26 E9 - 1m 9s

    An introduction to the rules of ping pong at the Over 80 World Table Tennis Championships in China's Inner Mongolia.

  • Ping Pong: Meeting Les: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Ping Pong: Meeting Les

    S26 E9 - 1m 39s

    Meet Les D'Arcy, a 91-year-old weightlifter and poet, going for the gold.

  • Ping Pong: Meeting Inge: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Ping Pong: Meeting Inge

    S26 E9 - 3m 7s

    Inge, 89, from Germany, has used table tennis to paddle her way out of dementia.

  • Ping Pong: Filmmaker Interview: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Ping Pong: Filmmaker Interview

    S26 E9 - 9m 13s

    Filmmakers Hugh and Anson Hartford discuss their film, Ping Pong, about competitors at the Over 80 World Table Tennis Championships in China's Inner Mongolia.

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