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Jonathan White

Follow our live coverage of day four of the Tokyo Olympics here
China’s mixed doubles table tennis silver medallists vowed not to let the shock defeat to Japan in the gold medal match affect the rest of their Olympics, unless it is to spur them on.
“This won‘t affect us in the other events,” Liu Shiwen said after the 4-3 defeat on Monday night in the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.
The defeat marked the first time since the 2004 Athens Olympics where China will not sweep the table tennis gold medals.
South Korea’s Ryu Seung-min, the No 3 seed, shocked China’s No 4 seed in the final in Greece but China has won every gold on offer since.


While Liu congratulated Japan’s Mima Ito and Jun Mitizani – “at the end they played very well” – Xu Xin blamed himself.
“We prepared for difficulties and the possibility of seven games. We didn‘t convert our advantageous positions into a winning one. We had leads in the third and fourth games but we couldn’t kill them off,” he said.
“Towards the end, I made some errors. Our opponents were so aggressive, some of my shots lacked sufficient quality and that allowed them to put Liu Shiwen under a lot of pressure.
“There’s definitely pressure. Every pair faces pressure but our expectations and aims are different. Facing pressure, those who can deal with it best are the champions.”



After her debut Olympic singles win, Sun Yingsha said that the defeat will spur her on.
“Although I wasn’t at the venue, I watched it in my room. I feel it’s a waste and there’s regret. They were leading much of the way. But they gave it their all,” she said.
“Sport is like that – there are winners and losers. But they did their best. After seeing what happened, my motivation is even greater. I will prepare even harder.”
China has the top two seeds in both singles tournaments in Tokyo and they are ranked as top team in both men’s and women’s events.


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‘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
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‘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.


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