After years of internal mudslinging, it was high time for a positive signal to the outside world. The two candidates for president of the Table Tennis Association (ÖTTV) had wisely agreed before the election to form a “dual leadership” for three years. It wouldn’t be table tennis if there hadn’t been some back and forth at the general meeting in Klagenfurt. But after Hubert Dobrounig was successful, he brought the defeated Rudolf Sporrer on board as his deputy.
