The U.S. national team trains at 888 Table Tennis in Burlingame, but top-tier training wasn’t the only purpose of the facility, which opened in 2020. The owner’s son is one of many peop…
Bosman Botha returns the ball during practice at 888 Table Tennis in Burlingame, Calif., on Thursday, June 20, 2024. BURLINGAME — Eleven years after doctors told his family they weren’t sure if he would survive an inoperable brain tumor, 16-year-old Bosman Botha maneuvers around a ping pong table like an old pro.
Left, Lily Zhang, who grew up in Palo Alto, with Team United States, competes against Yubin Shin of Team Republic of Korea, and Kanak Jha, of Milpitas, with Team United States, competes against Panagiotis Gionis of Team Greece during the Olympic Games in Paris. “Then he lost motor control,” she said. “He basically had to learn how to walk, how to sit, how to hold a pencil, how to eat.”
But when he was 14, the tumor had grown big enough that action needed to be taken. Doctors requested a biopsy. That’s when he found out. Walter Chang, of Cupertino, is taught technique by Jake Tu, table tennis coach from Burlingame, during a Parkinson’s table tennis class at 888 Table Tennis Center in Burlingame, Calif., on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024.
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