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Article: Olympic table tennis tourney gears up with team draws on Thursday
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- August 6, 2008
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Olympic table tennis tourney gears up with team draws on Thursday
BEIJING, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Preparations for the Olympic table
tennis competitions have geared up as the draws for the men's and
women's team events are set to be made here on Thursday.
According to a press release by the Beijing Games organizers, the
draws will take place on Thursday afternoon at Beijing Science Park
Plaza, rather than inside the Peking University Gymnasium, the
competition venue.
Both China's men and women paddlers have been seeded top in the
16-team events respectively, according to the standings authorized
by the sport's world governing body. Germany, South Korea and Hong
Kong followed the hosts China in ...