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Olympic champ Quan youngest name on Forbes China’s 30 under 30
All 30 names on the sports section are Olympic gold medal winners including swimming star Zhang Yufei and diving team.
17 Sep 2021 - 5:26PM
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Doo goes viral in China for wanting to take medal to Tiananmen
16 Aug 2021 - 5:48PM
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China paddler Sun not told of dead grandmother till Tokyo return
13 Aug 2021 - 9:45PM
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‘Perfection’: Ma Long’s golds hailed as he hints at Paris 2024
China star becomes first man to defend singles before team victory makes him most successful paddler in Olympic history – ‘There are no words to describe him,’ says Chinese table tennis chief.
8 Aug 2021 - 10:51PM
China’s Ma Long celebrates after beating Germany’s Timo Boll for gold in the table tennis men’s team final between at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Photo: Xinhua
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China beat Germany to keep grip on men’s table tennis gold
Fourth men’s crown in a row since team event was introduced in Beijing 2008 means mainland players take home four of five table tennis golds on offer.
6 Aug 2021 - 11:03PM
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‘Miracle’ happens as medals continue to rain on Hong Kong in Tokyo
Minnie Soo produces two lifetime best performances to lead women’s table tennis team to historic bronze against Germany, while kata star Grace Lau adds another bronze medal to tally.
9 Aug 2021 - 5:56PM
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China beat Japan for fourth table tennis team gold
Chinese maintain stranglehold on women’s team event, winning fourth gold since it was introduced at Beijing 2008.
6 Aug 2021 - 10:43AM
Wang Manyu of China celebrates during the table tennis women's team gold medal win over Japan at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Photo: Xinhua
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Heroine Soo ‘never thought I could win’ as Hong Kong claim bronze
Coach Li Ching switches his line-up and Minnie Soo Wai-yam delivers on Olympic stage as Hong Kong’s women’s table tennis team come from behind to beat Germany in Tokyo.
5 Aug 2021 - 9:59PM
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Top seeds China into men’s team final after beating South Korea
Top seeds gunning for fourth gold in a row since event was introduced at Beijing 2008 Olympics after knocking off South Korea in their semi-final.
4 Aug 2021 - 9:26PM
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Hong Kong paddlers to face Germany as China sets up final with Japan
Top seeds storm into gold medal match with hosts as Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu look to avenge mixed-doubles defeat to Mima Ito and Jun Mitizani.
4 Aug 2021 - 9:30PM
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Oldest table tennis player at Tokyo Olympics dubbed ‘Shanghai auntie’
Luxembourg’s Ni Xialian is the oldest table tennis player in Olympics history, but her connection to China, and joyful personality, is making her an online celebrity
9 Aug 2021 - 1:31PM
Ni Xialian is the oldest table tennis competitor in Olympics history. While representing Luxembourg, the Chinese native is being dubbed the ‘Shanghai auntie’. Photo: 163.com
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Syrian table tennis prodigy Hend Zaza, 12, will train in China
Growing up in war-ravaged Syria, Zaza beat a range of adversities to become the youngest Olympian in Tokyo.
3 Aug 2021 - 10:00PM
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China’s paddlers swat Singapore aside for semi-final spot in Tokyo
Chen Meng, Wang Manyu and Sun Mingsha record swift 3-0 win, where they only dropped one game, to move on to rematch of Rio 2016 final against Germany.
3 Aug 2021 - 5:00PM
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Hong Kong women on history-making roll in team table tennis in Tokyo
‘We’re top four in the world, and all three of us are home-grown talent,’ says world No 15 Doo Hoi-kem after leading team through to Olympic semi-final against second seeds Japan.
3 Aug 2021 - 7:45AM
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Hong Kong battle past Romania for table tennis semi-final spot
Doo Hoi-kem caps 3-1 victory with straight-sets win to earn women’s team shot at Tokyo Olympics medal, as coach Li Cheng vows ‘we won’t give in without a fight’.
2 Aug 2021 - 10:22PM
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Hong Kong’s Doo Hoi-kem serves to Romania's Bernadette Szocs during their women’s table tennis team quarter-final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Photo: AFP
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Singapore to face China in table tennis quarter-finals as medal hunt goes on
Singapore, still without a medal at Tokyo 2020, advance to the last eight in the women’s team event, but a formidable China will provide a stern test on Tuesday.
2 Aug 2021 - 10:20PM
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Hong Kong into table tennis quarters, but admit ‘we were not very good’
Doo Hoi-kem wins two singles games to help see off Brazil 3-1 and secure progress into the last eight in the women’s team event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
1 Aug 2021 - 10:43PM
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It’s all China in men’s and women’s table tennis finals
All Tokyo Olympics gold and silver singles medals will go to China, with Ma Long to face Fan Zhendong in men’s final, and Chen Meng up against Sun Yingsha on women’s side.
29 Jul 2021 - 9:54PM
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China's Ma Long serves to Germany's Dimitrij Ovtcharov at Tokyo 2020. Photo: AFP
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China’s Chen blasts way into table tennis final, Japan’s Ito loses
Tokyo misses out on a potential clash of the titans as Chinese stars Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha progress to the Olympics women’s singles final.
29 Jul 2021 - 9:52PM
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Brave Doo goes down swinging against superb Chen Meng in quarter-finals
Doo out of the women’s singles after good start against world’s best Chen, who fights back from 0-2 down to book spot in semi-finals.
28 Jul 2021 - 8:55PM
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Dominant Doo sets up Tokyo table tennis quarter-final with top seed
Hong Kong’s Doo Hoi-kem needs just 52 minutes to dispose of scrappy Dutchwoman Britt Eerland, and next faces world No 1 Chen Meng of China.
27 Jul 2021 - 9:02PM
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Japan shock provides ‘even greater motivation’ for China’s paddlers
‘This won‘t affect us in the other events,’ Liu Shiwen says after the 4-3 defeat to hosts stops clean sweep for first time since 2004, while women’s No 2 Sun Yingsha will prepare even harder after watching loss.
27 Jul 2021 - 6:13PM
Japans’s Mima Ito and Jun Mizutani celebrate winning their gold medal mixed doubles match against China’s Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen. Photo: Reuters
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Table tennis gun Doo into last 16 after seeing off teen star Shin
Hong Kong’s top paddler holds off South Korean 17-year-old’s fight back for last 16 meeting with Britt Eerland.
27 Jul 2021 - 12:02PM
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Lam puts up fight against Harimoto as Hong Kong paddlers exit
The campaign for Hong Kong’s men’s singles table tennis players ends in round three as Taiwanese and Japanese obstacles prove too much but they get another chance when they take on France with the men’s teams event in August 1.
26 Jul 2021 - 10:50PM
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Soo caps bad day for Hong Kong paddlers with comeback kid Lam the only positive
Soo says nerves and rustiness played a part in opening loss to Spaniard Xiao as Lam is paired with host country hero Harimoto in round three after stirring comeback.
3 Aug 2021 - 10:15AM
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