LONDON (AP) -- China is on the verge of doing just what's expected by 1.3 billion people back home - sweeping all four Olympic gold medals in table tennis, the national pastime.
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| Event Type | Event | Stage | Match |
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| Medal/Final | Men's Team | Final | See Results |
| Medal/Final | Men's Team | Bronze Medal | See Results |
| Medal/Final | Women's Team | Final | See Results |
| Medal/Final | Women's Team | Bronze Medal | See Results |
| Men's Team | Semifinal | See Results | |
| Women's Team | Semifinal | See Results |
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- Gold Xiaoxia Li China
- Silver Ning Ding China
- Bronze Tianwei Feng Singapore
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- Gold Jike Zhang China
- Silver Hao Wang China
- Bronze Dimitrij Ovtcharov Germany
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April 3 (Reuters) - Chinese table tennis players will pair up with international rivals for the first time at this week's Korea Open in a bid to improve competition and boost the sport's global growth. China have won 24 of the 28 gold medals at the Olympics since the sport was introduced at the 1988 Games, sweeping all four titles at the last two Olympics in London and Beijing. ...
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HANOI (Reuters) - Mention the words "kempo", "vovinam" or "chinlone" and expect an angry response from Southeast Asia's seething sports bosses - if they can remember what they are. The obscure terms are indigenous sports disciplines and for the few countries that play them, they will offer an unusual amount of medals at this year's Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, at the expense of gymnasts, tennis and beach volleyball players bitter their sports were ditched by hosts Myanmar. ...
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(corrects to clarify name of Malaysian official and title in 23rd and 24th paragraph) HANOI, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Mention the words "kempo", "vovinam" or "chinlone" and expect an angry response from Southeast Asia's seething sports bosses - if they can remember what they are. The obscure terms are indigenous sports disciplines and for the few countries that play them, they will offer an unusual amount of medals at this year's Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, at the expense of gymnasts, tennis and beach volleyball players bitter their sports were ditched by hosts Myanmar. ...
- Table tennis-China put Liu Guoliang, Kong …
Feb 27 (Reuters) - China has put the grand slam winning duo of Liu Guoliang and Kong Linghui in charge of maintaining the country's formidable dominance in world table tennis, local media said on Wednesday. Liu, who won both the singles and doubles gold medals at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, had been appointed China's general head coach while retaining the same position with the men's team, the Xinhua news agency reported. Kong, who partnered Liu in Atlanta and won the singles gold in Sydney four years later, would be in charge of the women's team, it added. ...
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Table Tennis Medals
| Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | China | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | South Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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