Table Tennis

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  1. Chen retains Olympic women's singles table tennis titlepublished at 15:23 3 August 2024

    Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha shakes hands after their gold medal matchImage source, Getty Images

    In a repeat of the gold medal match at Tokyo three years ago, Chen Meng beat fellow Chinese player Sun Yingsha 4-2 to win Olympic gold in the women's table tennis singles in Paris.

    The pair are scheduled to take part in the women's team event for China, starting on Monday.

    Earlier, Hina Hayata, of Japan, won the bronze medal match against Shin Yu-bin of South Korea.

  2. Pitchford knocked out of men's singles table tennispublished at 09:54 31 July 2024

    Team GB table tennis player Liam PitchfordImage source, Getty Images

    Liam Pitchford was eliminated from the men's singles table tennis at the Olympics after a second-round defeat by Slovenia's Darko Jorgic in Paris.

    Pitchford, 31, fought back after losing the first two sets to make the score 3-2, but Jorgic pulled clear with a dominant sixth set.

    The Paris Olympics are Pitchford's fourth Games but he has never made it into the last 16, with Jorgic also knocking him out at the same stage at Tokyo 2020.

    The last 16 begins at 14:00 BST on Wednesday.

  3. China's Wang and Sun win mixed doubles goldpublished at 14:53 30 July 2024

    Sun Yingsha and Wang ChuqinImage source, Getty Images

    China's Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin beat Democratic People's Republic of Korea's Ri Jong-sik and Kim Kum-yong to win table tennis mixed doubles gold. The pair, who are ranked world number one, won 4-2 at South Paris Arena 4.

    Mixed doubles was the only event at Tokyo 2020 in which China failed to win gold.

    In the bronze medal match, South Korea's Lim Jong-hoon and Shin Yu-bin thrashed Hong Kong's Wong Chun Ting and Doo Hoi Kem 4-0 to take third.

  4. Pitchford comfortably into next round of table tennispublished at 13:29 29 July 2024

    Great Britain's Liam Pitchford comfortably beat Fiji's Vicky Wu in straight sets (4-0) to cruise into the second round of the table tennis.

    Pitchford, 31, won 11-6, 11-3, 11-3, 11-2 to set up a meeting with Slovenia's Darko Jorgic.

    Jorgic is seeded 13th - 12 places ahead of Pitchford, who now faces a much tougher challenge to progress to the last 16.

    Round-of-32 matches begin on Tuesday.

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    Pitchford defeats Fiji's Wu in first round of men's singles