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February 26, 2008
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Chinese women ease past U.S. at table tennis worlds

GUANGZHOU, China, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- China's star-studded women's team kept up their winning streak with a 3-0 win over the United States in the fourth round of the world team table tennis championships here on Tuesday.

It was the first defeat the U.S. suffered at the competition inthe southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, after cruising over Russia,Croatia and Sweden.

China's Wang Nan, one of the sport's most decorated players with 20 world titles, displayed the sangfroid of a true champion and dwarfed 20th-ranked Gao Jun, who the Chinese women said was a strong rival.

The 29-year-old veteran took the first match 11-4, 11-8, 11-8, seeming ...

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