Chinese take record 8 medals in table tennis
BEIJING (AP) Two medal sweeps in two days. Two more golds in the team event.
The Chinese are just too good at pingpong.
"They played perfectly to create this perfect ending for the pingpong competition at the Beijing Olympics. I never dreamed it would be so easy," Chinese coach Liu Guoliang said.
OLYMPICS_DOLY_TTN Headlines
- Chinese take record 8 medals in table tennis
- BACK & FORTH: Pingpong needs some real competition
- Zhang leads China sweep in women's table tennis
- China in position to sweep table tennis medals
- BACK & FORTH: Are table tennis fans out of steam?
- Chinese women advance to table tennis semifinals
- Beijing native leads US to table tennis success
- Chinese women advance in Olympic table tennis
- BACK & FORTH: Many pingpong athletes born in China
- BACK & FORTH: Fans uninspired by 1st-round play
| Medal Count | ||||
| Table Tennis | ||||
| G | S | B | Total | |
| AFG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ALB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ALG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ASA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AND | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ANG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ANT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ARG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ARM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ARU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Full Medals Table | ||||
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