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Article: China's women win team gold in Olympic table tennis
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- August 17, 2008
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China's women win team gold in Olympic table tennis
BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- China clinched the women's Olympic
team table tennis title here Sunday, after fighting off a strong
challenge from Singapore to win the final 3-0.
It was the 17th gold medal that China won at the Olympic table
tennis competition since its national sport was introduced at the
1988 Seoul Games.
The star-studded Chinese women pushed, chopped and smashed,
proving too powerful for Singapore before an enthusiastic crowd of
more than 4,000, though both world number one Zhang Yining and
veteran Wang Nan dropped a game.
Finishing second, Singapore won its first Olympic medal in 48
years since a silver by weightlifter ...