China is the Olympic Women's Team Table Tennis Champion

China won the Women's gold at the Olympics comfortably beating Japan 3-0 in the finals.

New Olympic Champ Li Xiao Xia, Ding Ning, and Guo Yue combined to overwhelm the Japanese team.

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Timo Boll beats Zhang Jike, Ma Long helps his team reach Finals

It took Ma Long's power for China to advance to the finals of the Team event in the London Olympics because Timo Boll upset the newly crowned Olympic Champion, Zhang Jike. Ma Long beat both Ovtcharov and Bastian Steger. The Chinese doubles pair beat the Germans in between.

In the other semi final, Korea beat Hong Kong quite easily, although they faced resistance in a couple of the matches. Experienced Ryu Seung Min played the strong man in that encounter. So, it was the players who did not compete in the Singles event, who played the main role.

Men's Olympic Team event semi finals:

China bt Germany 3-1
Korea Rep bt Hong Kong 3-0

The finals will be played tomorrow. In the women's finals, China faces Japan, who beat the ultra strong Singapore team 3-0!

Tang Peng stars in Hong Kong win over Japan in Olympic Team Table Tennis

Team Hong Kong defeated higher ranked Japan to advance to the semi finals of the Olympic Table Tennis team competition, where they play Korea Rep. Tang Peng was the hero of the Hong Kong team. He beat highly seasoned Seiya Kishikawa and young Koki Niwa. The other fancied teams duly advanced to the last four stage. The match between Timo Boll's Germany and China is keenly awaited.

Earlier, in the first round, the highly politically sensitive Korea Rep vs Korea DPR ended in a victory for the 2nd seeds Korea Rep 3-1.

Natalia Partyka competes in the Paralympics

Natalia, the Polish Table Tennis player who fought gallantly against a defensive player and lost in the 3rd round of the Olympics, will now participate in the Olympics for disabled athletes. She is a favorite in that event.

Natalia has only one good arm and she uses the folds of her skin at the elbow to hold the ball to serve!

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Zhang Jike is the Olympic Table Tennis Champion!

World Champion Zhang Jike quickly climbed to the all time greats list in a matter of two years by now winning the Olympic Gold medal. In 2011 he had won the World Championships.

Jike beat three time Olympic finalist, Wang Hao 4-1. He almost assured himself of the top podium finish when he started with a 3-0 lead after a tough first game. Although the experienced Wang Hao made a good comeback winning the 4th game and leading in the 5th, Jike closed out the match 4-1. There was a minor controversy about a table edge point in the 5th game.

Li Xiao Xia is the Olympic Champ

Li Xiao Xia is the Olympic Women's Table Tennis champion! Congratulations!

Today's exciting Men's Singles Semi-final line up:

ZHANG Jike CHN
0   10:00 - 2/8/2012 - Table 1	-: --- ---
OVTCHAROV Dimitrij GER
CHUANG Chih-Yuan TPE
0   11:00 - 2/8/2012 - Table 1	-: --- ---
WANG Hao CHN

Zhang Jike, Wang Hao ease into the Semi finals of the Olympics

Zhang Jike beat Jiang Tianyi of Hong Kong 4-1 to reach the Semi finals of the London Olympics. Wang Hao won even more comprehensively against Seiya Kishikawa 4-0. Jike faces Ovtcharov while Wang Hao faces Chuang Chih Yuan in the semi finals respectively. The semi finals will be played tomorrow. The Women's final match is to be held later today.

Live Table Tennis at London Olympics

Watch Live Table Tennis from the London Olympics.

The IOC has a live stream that is available at the following location:
www.youtube.com/olympic
After this, just select the game that you want to view. The live streams are marked in red.

Zhang Jike and Wang Hao play their Quarterfinals live at 10 AM and 11 AM India time.

Happy viewing!

Ovtcharov comes back from the brink to reach the Semifinals at London Olympics

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Dmitry Ovtcharov beat Michael Maze in a pulsating Quarterfinal to reach the semi final of the London Olympics. Chuang Chih Yuan also booked a spot. Zhang Jike and Wang Hao play their Quarterfinals today.

Ding Ning and Li Xiao Xia ensured that China gets the Gold and Silver medal in the Women's singles competition.

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