--File--German table tennis superstar Timo Boll competes during the mens team match at the 2011 China vs World Team Challenge table tennis competition in Shanghai, China, 13 August 2011. Who says table tennis isnt sexy? German player Timo Boll is the biggest threat to Chinas dominance in the sport at the London Olympics, but its his good looks that makes him more popular in Beijing than Berlin. Boll is a heartthrob in China. Besides his skill with a paddle - he won a silver medal at the Olympics four years ago in Beijing - its the 31-year-old Germans appearance that has some Chinese women risking being called traitors for their support of him in a sport China has dominated by winning 20 of 24 Olympic golds. Star-struck female fans pour over his microblog site for photos. On Weibo, Chinas microblog version of Twitter, Boll has more than 100, 000 followers.
