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Chinese gold medalists pose with their gold
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Updated: 2008-08-24 17:05
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| China's Ma Lin celebrates after defeating his compatriot Wang Hao in the men's singles table tennis final match at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on August 23, 2008. [Agencies] |
World No. 2 Ma Lin claimed the Olympic title, outgunning Wang Hao 4-1 in an all-Chinese men's singles table tennis Olympic final on August 23.
Ma took the game 11-9, 11-9, 6-11, 11-7, 11-9, becoming the third Chinese player to win Olympic men's singles gold, after Liu Guoliang in 1996 Atlanta Games and Kong Linghui in 2000 Sydney Games.