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Tucked away in a corner of Beirut

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Away from gunfire and burning tyres

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Is an Armenian family

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Taking Lebanon to the London Olympics

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The Moumjoghlians

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The electricity’s gone again

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SYNC

“This is the t-shirt, she’s going to wear this t-shirt”

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Tvine, 23

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Arab Champion

London Olympiad

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SYNC

“Tvine says, arriving to the London, and the medal is not impossible”

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Avo, 19

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Lebanon’s No.3 & U-21 Champion

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Nancy, 15

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Champion in the making

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“To go to Olympic with this, opening ceremony, we are going to wear..

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“I put now inside, to wait until Monday”

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Raffi, 56

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Lebanese Champion

1974-1989

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Taline, 44

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SYNC

 “If she wins I cry”

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 “And if she loose?”

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 “I cry again”

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Champion Mum

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“All my family they are working in table tennis,  and this is our life. Table tennis is our life”

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The Family Business

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Located in Bourj Hammoud

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….Beirut’s Little Armenia

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 “I’m from Bourj Hammoud.. Boutj Hammoud?’

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 “We are in Bourj Hammoud”

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 “Bourj Hammoud”

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 “Bourj Hammoud”

01:02:49:03

SYNC

 “Bourj Hammoud”

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 “Bourj Hammoud”

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 “We are Bourj Hammoud”

01:03:15:13

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“I makes me happy here, I don’t know”

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The former champion is now the family coach”

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“In 74, I start to play all the tournaments which held in Lebanon, and always I win. All games. Everybody start to play for second place.”

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“You take the kids, you go to fight. This is a very difficult thing. We don’t take ready player. We are preparing the player.”

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“He’s telling me my mistakes, so I should listen and correct them. I’m used to it!”

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“Winning it’s a good thing. When you loose, you must practice more, because you don’t reach your target. You must go to your target. You must win”

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“I start to sell table tennis rackets, at the first. And then I have 3 sport shops in Bourj Hammoud.”

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3 Days Before London

Tvine is at work in her father’s shop

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“Outside Lebanon sport is like a job, you can be professional in table tennis or any other sport. But here in Lebanon you cannot live with only playing table tennis. “

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“The working thing is in my every day life. So that’s not going to change the way I practice”

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“In Lebanon, you cannot depend on the minister of the sport, or Olympic committee or federation”

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“We didn’t expect anything from anybody. We do it ourselves. And then we success. It was dream for Tvine to go to Olympics”

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“My profile on the BBC”

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Four years of preparation climax with a special game

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“This is the first time I play since 20 years, because my daughter is going to Olympics, and this is why.”

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“I’m going to play with her”

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“This is the parking of the building. To train my daughter Tvine and Avo and Nancy, when they have time after school. “

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“Because I don’t want to loose time.”

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“He’s my father, coach, employer, sponsor, funder, agent, manager… Everything.”

01:06:26:07

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“It’s because of his hard work that I’m participating to the Olympic games. It was his dream to participate to the Olympic games, and I guess he achieved that through me.”

01:07:13:05

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“Goodluck to Olympic”

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“It was a good game, but I loose. Next time maybe I try to win, after Olympic. Bye.”