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Jonathan White

China beat Japan for the table tennis women’s team gold preventing Mima Ito from taking another medal from them and keeping up their remarkable record.
It ended 3-0 between the top two seeds at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, with the showpiece over in one hour and 50 minutes.
Japan got off to the ideal start in the opening doubles rubber with Kasumi Ishikawa and Miu Hirano taking the first game off Chen Meng and Wang Manyu with an 11-9 win.
That was as good it got for the hosts as Chen and Wang swiftly struck back and then forged ahead to win 3-1 (9-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-7).

Japan’s top singles player Ito, who had beaten China in the mixed doubles gold medal match and was looking for another gold here, took on Sun Yingsha in the first singles match.
It was Sun who shone earliest, winning the first game 11-8 and the second 11-5 before Ito showed signs of life.

Hopes of a comeback were driven when Ito pulled a game back 11-3, but Sun reversed the score in the next game to put China 2-0 up.
It came down to Wang and Miu Hirano where the Japanese needed a win to stay alive. This was the quickest match of them all.
Wang raced to a 3-0 (11-5, 11-9, 11-3) win to bring gold back to China for a fourth Games running since it was introduced at Beijing 2008 – they have also won every single meeting 3-0.
Tokyo 2020: Lau adds bronze after table tennis triumph – day 13, as it happened
Japan add women’s team silver to Ito’s mixed doubles win and her women’s singles bronze, safe in the knowledge they ended China’s dominance of the table tennis golds at the Games for the first since Athens 2004.




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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Tokyo Olympics: China beat Japan to table tennis team gold

Wang Manyu of China celebrates during the table tennis women's team gold medal win over Japan at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Photo: Xinhua

(210805) -- TOKYO, Aug. 5, 2021 (Xinhua) -- Coach Li Sun (2nd L), players Chen Meng (2nd R), Sun Yingsha (1st R) and Wang Manyu of China celebrate after winning the table tennis women's team gold medal match between China and Japan at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 5, 2021. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)

Tokyo Olympics: Hong Kong heroine Minnie Soo ‘never thought I could win’ as she steps up to claim bronze for women in team table tennis

Hong Kong’s Minnie Soo Wai-yam celebrates after defeating Germany’s Shan Xiaona to secure the women’s team table tennis bronze medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Photo: AFP

Hong Kong's Minnie Soo Wai-yam celebrates after defeating Germany's Xiaona Shan for Hong Kong to win the women's team table tennis match for the bronze medal against Germany at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo on August 5, 2021. (Photo by JUNG Yeon-je / AFP)

(From L) Hong Kong's Lee Ho-ching Hong Kong's Doo Hoi-kem and Hong Kong's Minnie Soo Wai-yam (R) celebrate with their team after Hong Kong won the women's team table tennis match for the bronze medal against Germany at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo on August 5, 2021. (Photo by JUNG Yeon-je / AFP)

TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 05: Minnie Soo (L) of Team Hong Kong is hugged by her teammates Doo Hoi Kem and Lee Ho Ching (2-L) after winning their Women's Team Bronze Medal table tennis match on day thirteen of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on August 05, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

(From L) Hong Kong's Lee Ho-ching, Hong Kong's Doo Hoi-kem and Hong Kong's Minnie Soo Wai-yam celebrate after Hong Kong won the women's team table tennis match for the bronze medal against Germany at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo on August 5, 2021. (Photo by JUNG Yeon-je / AFP)

05 August 2021, Japan, Tokyo: Hong Kong's Doo Hoi-kem (L) celebrates a point against Germany's Petrissa Solja during their women's team table tennis match for the bronze medal at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Photo: Friso Gentsch/dpa

Tokyo Olympics: China to face Japan or Germany in men’s team table tennis final

China's Fan Zhendong competes against South Korea's Jang Woo-jin during their men's team semi-final table tennis match at the Tokyo Olympics. Photo: AFP

Tokyo Olympics: Hong Kong women’s table tennis team expecting showdown with Germany for bronze medal

Hong Kong’s Doo Hoi-kem serves to Japan’s Mima Ito in their women’s team semi-final table tennis match at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. Photo: AFP

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Hong Kong's Doo Hoi-kem competes against Japan's Mima Ito during their women's team semifinal table tennis match at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo on August 3, 2021. (Photo by JUNG Yeon-je / AFP)

(210803) -- TOKYO, Aug. 3, 2021 (Xinhua) -- Guan Chenchen (bottom, R) of China celebrates with teammate Tang Xijing (bottom, C) after winning the artistic gymnastics women's balance beam final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 3, 2021. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

Japan's Mima Ito serves to Hong Kong's Doo Hoi-kem during their women's team semifinal table tennis match at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo on August 3, 2021. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP)

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Chinese maintain stranglehold on women’s team event, winning fourth gold since it was introduced at Beijing 2008
Another 3-0 scoreline for Wang Manyu, Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha dents hosts hopes at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium



Chinese maintain stranglehold on women’s team event, winning fourth gold since it was introduced at Beijing 2008.


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