China take men's, women's ping pong team gold
Tuesday, 19th August 2008 ~ Maggie ~ Link ~ Comments (1)
With last night's men's team table tennis gold medal, and the women's team title the night before, China is halfway to a sweep of the top spots in its national sport.
China defeated Germany in the men's final, which requires teams to play a mix of singles and doubles matches. Wang Hao and Ma Lin each won their singles matches easily, and then Wang Hao went on to win the doubles with partner Wang Liqin.
On Sunday, the women's team denied rivals Singapore an Olympic gold medal, with a 3-0 victory.
The singles competition for the women started yesterday, and for the men it begins today. Anything less than gold will be a disappointment, and China has the talent to sweep all three medals on both sides.
Finally, we'd like to take this occasion as an excuse to share a recent story from Titan Sports newspaper (below) about Wang Hao, whose mother apparently used to dress the ping pong phenom up like a little girl.
Tags: Ma Lin, Olympics, ping pong, Wang Hao