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New Zealand names table tennis players for Athens

WELLINGTON, May 18 (Xinhua) -- China-born table tennis player Li Chunli and her sister Karen were confirmed Tuesday as the New Zealand table tennis players for the Olympic Games in Athens in August.

Li will compete in the singles and partner her sister in the doubles.

It will be Li Chunli's fourth Olympic campaign, after she first represented her adopted country at the 1992 Games in Barcelona. Karen Li also competed in Sydney four years ago.

Li Chunli had an extraordinary time at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester in 2002, winning an individual gold medal, teaming with Karen for a silver medal in the doubles. She then teamed with ...

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