Sports News | China Women Win Table Tennis Again
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Tokyo, Aug 5 (AP) China's women continued their table tennis dominance, winning their fourth straight gold in the team event with a 3-0 win over Japan.
First-time Olympians Chen Meng and Wang Manyu beat Kasumi Ishikawa and Miu Hirano 3-1 in the opening match, and then World No. 2 Sun Yingsha topped third-ranked Mima Ito 3-1 in the second match.
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Wang closed out the sweep by beating mixed doubles silver medalist Shiwen Liu 3-0. China has taken ever gold in the women's team event since it started at the 2008 Beijing Games. It didn't drop a single match in this year's tournament. (AP)
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