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"Ibrahim Hamato has no arms, but that hasn't stopped him from becoming a top-notch table tennis player.\nHamato lost his arms in an accident at age 10, forcing him to find a new way to compete in his favorite game. He now plays table tennis with a racket in his mouth, swatting at balls with a flick of his head. He was specially invited to the ZEN-NOH 2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Tokyo by International Table Tennis Federation President Adham Sharara.\nSee also: 25 Inspiring Instagrams of People Changing the World\nIn an interview in the video, Hamato says, \"Nothing is impossible as long as you work hard.\u201C Words to live by.\nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments.\nBONUS: The 15 Most Intense Game Faces at the World Table Tennis Championships\n\n\n\n15 Most Intense Faces at World Ping Pong Championship\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1.\nBarbora Balazova of Slovakia waits for a serve against Liu Jia of Austria during their round robin match.\n\nImage: Shizuo Kambayashi/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2.\nBritt Eerland of the Netherlands watches the ball during her round robin match.\n\nImage: Eugene Hoshiko/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3.\nEva Odorova of Slovakia watches the ball during her round robin match of the World Team Table Tennis Championships against Katarzyna Grzybowska of Poland.\n\nImage: Eugene Hoshiko/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4.\nXu Xin, top, of China returns the ball during his round robin match of the World Team Table Tennis Championships against Grigory Vlasov, bottom, of Russia.\n\nImage: Eugene Hoshiko/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5.\nXu Xin of China plays against Zolt Pete of Serbia during their round robin match.\n\nImage: Koji Sasahara/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6.\nThe umpire raises his arm during the round robin match of the World Team Table Tennis Championships between Kim Min-seok of South Korea, right, and Ievgen Pryshchepa of Ukraine, left.\n\nImage: Eugene Hoshiko/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7.\nXu Xin of China serves against Gustavo Tsuboi of Brazil during the first round.\n\nImage: Koji Sasahara/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8.\nPrachi Jha of the United States serves against Alexandra Privalova of Belarus during their round robin match.\n\nImage: Shizuo Kambayashi/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9.\nThrough the gap between blue fences, Eva Odorova of Slovakia is seen as she watches the ball during her round robin match of the World Team Table Tennis Championships against Katarzyna Grzybowska of Poland.\n\nImage: Eugene Hoshiko/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10.\nTimo Boll of Germany returns a shot to Wong Chun Ting of Hong Kong during their round robin match.\n\nImage: Shizuo Kambayashi/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11.\nJung Young-sik, right, of South Korea returns a shot to Kim Nam Choi of North Korea during their round robin match.\n\nImage: Shizuo Kambayashi)/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n12.\nDaniel Gorak of Poland returns a shot to Gustavo Tsuboi of Brazil during their round robin match.\n\nImage: Shizuo Kambayashi/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n13.\nJiang Tianyi of Hong Kong watches the ball during his round robin match of the World Team Table Tennis Championships against Andrej Gacina of Croatia.\n\nImage: Shizuo Kambayashi/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n14.\nDing Ning of China returns a shot to Liu Jia of Austria during their round robin match.\n\nImage: Shizuo Kambayashi/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n15.\nTimo Boll of Germany prepares to compete during his round robin match of the World Team Table Tennis Championships against Andrej Gacina of Croatia.\n\nImage: Eugene Hoshiko/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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