Oldies try to steal limelight

YOKOHAMA: At 51, table tennis "grandpa" Chen Yinghua hits the ball as hard as his teenage partner.

When the young player drills a ball to his forehand, Chen smacks it back low and hard. While forced to use his backhand, he moves nimbly to his left, deftly raising his paddle and nailing a winner.

"Am I old? I don't think so. You look older," the former Chinese national player joked with the reporter while picking up balls during Monday's practice session. "I came here to learn and to show it's never too old to play table tennis. Seriously."