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Article: Germany aims to win a medal at Olympic table tennis
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- August 7, 2008
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Germany aims to win a medal at Olympic table tennis
BEIJING, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- German table tennis players are quite
in mood for trying a podium finish at the Beijing Olympic Games
after the men's and women's draw was made on Thursday.
"The men's team has been seeded second and may have a bigger
chance than the women to seek a position in the medal list," said
Dirk Schimmelpfennig, team director and head coach of German table
tennis.
The German men sit in Group B as the second seed to avoid a round
robin meet with the formidable Chinese and they will play against
Singapore, Croatia and Canada, while their women's counterparts were