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Article: S. Korea slays Japan to win team table tennis bronze
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- August 17, 2008
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S. Korea slays Japan to win team table tennis bronze
BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- South Korea won a women's team
bronze medal in the Olympic table tennis competition here Sunday,
after steamrolling over a tenacious Japan 3-0.
The bronze medal contest, which was a repeat of a group stage
clash between the Asian powers, dealt a heavy blow to Japan's hope
for an end of its Olympic table tennis medal drought.
South Korean chopper Kim Kyung-ah, who won a singles bronze medal
at the Athens Games, beat Sayaka Hirano 11-5, 11-4, 7-11, 12-10
though the Japanese caused some trouble, using fast attacks.
The crowd ...