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VIDEO: GB Paralympian David Wetherill plays a table tennis shot you really have to see

He calls it a “Superman diving forehand winner” and it really is quite special.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riR_SyhvB6s

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THE HIGHLIGHTS HAVE come thick and fast over the opening days of the 2012 Paralympics but this superb shot by GB table tennis player David Wetherill is surely among the most impressive.

The 22-year-old, ranked number five in the world, trailed Germany’s Thomasz Kusiak by two games to one when he wowed the ExCeL Arena crowd with this diving forehand winner.

Unfortunately it wasn’t enough to save the match as Wetherill lost 3-1.

“Very disappointed but I gave it everything,” he tweeted afterwards. “I’ll be a better player for that experience. Amazing. Can’t thank u all enough.”

And he joked: “At least I might get a few YouTube hits. Superman diving forehand winner? I practice that I’ll have you know.

“I say ‘may never play a shot like it ever again’. But knowing me, I probably will.”

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    Sep 4th 2012, 9:55 AM

    Brilliant!!!

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    Sep 4th 2012, 9:56 AM

    Now that was class…

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    Sep 4th 2012, 9:57 AM

    Commitment

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    Sep 4th 2012, 10:22 AM

    I watch a lot of table tennis & that was a brilliant shot! Wd

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    Sep 4th 2012, 10:08 AM

    Now that’s someone who really wants to win gold. Hope he gets it.

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    Sep 4th 2012, 10:34 AM

    Love it!

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    Sep 4th 2012, 12:11 PM

    brilliant

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    Sep 4th 2012, 7:07 PM

    Wow. I dislocated my eye just looking at it.

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    Sep 4th 2012, 7:49 PM

    Comment of the week!

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    Sep 4th 2012, 10:53 AM

    Great shot. Doesn’t the German guy gave a name almost similar to Man Utd’s former 2nd choice keeper?

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    Sep 4th 2012, 1:24 PM

    Not to be confused with David Weatherall

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    Sep 4th 2012, 12:10 PM

    Pretty good, but not as inspirational and awesome as Gangnam Style – the K-Pop video linked after this clip….

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