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Article: Athens sees new table tennis queen
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- China Daily
- Article date:
- August 23, 2004
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ATHENS: Ready for the new queen of table tennis?
Zhang Yining finally reached the top of the podium by defeating
Kim Hyang-mi of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea 4-0 to win
the women's singles title at the Athens Olympic Games yesterday.
Living in the shadow of her teammate and double Olympic gold medal
winner Wang Nan, Zhang has never won a singles world title before,
despite her long standing as the best player in the world.
Wang's unexpected fall to Li Jia Wei of Singapore in the quarter-
finals gave Zhang a shot at the top spot.
She took advantage of that chance, winning the gold medal won by
her teammates in the last four Olympics.
Zhang, widely considered a ping-pong prodigy ...
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