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Article: Mexico table tennis team aims for bronze in Pan-Am Games
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- May 15, 2007
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Mexico table tennis team aims for bronze in Pan-Am Games
MEXICO CITY, May 14 (Xinhua) -- The president of Mexico's table
tennis federation, Salvador Vitelli Pineda, said on Monday that the
Mexican team can only win a bronze medal in the Pan-American Games
due in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro this year.
"We are aspiring to a bronze medal for the men's team, whether as
individuals, pairs or for the team as a whole," Vitelli said, adding
that three men and two women will represent Mexico at the Games.
A bronze medal would be a significant improvement compared to
2003's Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, where the team came home
with nothing.
Last year the ...