China wins Olympic gold medal in men's team table tennisAugust 8, 2012 - 22:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - China completed a clean sweep of table tennis at the Olympics as their men's team took gold by beating South Korea 3-0 in the best-of-five contest. Ma Long and Zhang Jike won their individual ties before the latter and Wang Hao earned victory in the doubles. China have now taken gold in the men's and women's individual events as well as the men's and women's team events. Germany, who won silver in Beijing four years ago, claimed bronze this time around after beating Hong Kong 3-1. The men's team contest brought the curtain down on the table tennis at London 2012 and it only served to enhance China's stranglehold on the world game. Ma was first up against South Korea's Ryu Seungmin and the Chinese player won his tie 3-1 to give his country control of the match. Some of the most eye-catching play came in the next match between Zhang and Joo Saehyuk. The defensive Saehyuk's ability to get the ball back from unlikely positions and Jike's attacking game made for an enthralling contest. Individual gold medallist Zhang won the contrast of styles 3-1 to put China 2-0 up in the match. Zhang and Wang, who was the individual category silver medallist, wrapped up the win as they beat Ryu and Oh Sangeun, BBC News reported. Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent. Partner news | Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia. Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements. Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of Armenia Armenia not going to war over Karabakh, says Pashinyan Armenia is not preparing to fight a war for Nagorno Karabakh, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in an interview. |