Rio 2016 Olympics: China retains crown with unbeaten run in table tennis

China indicated it has no arrangements to give up its table tennis crown at any point in the near future, with its players getting six out of 12 awards on offer in Brazil, the most extreme they are permitted by the standards to win.The group, whose individuals are all among the world's main four men and ladies players, went unbeaten through the singles and group occasions, just permitting their rivals to commend little triumphs by dropping periodic diversions or focuses. 

In the singles occasions, every match is the best of seven amusements. Rules presented in 2012 after China cleared every one of the singles decorations in Beijing limit every nation to sending a greatest of two players to the men's and ladies' competitions."At the minute they're truly commanding," said Thomas Weikert, president of the International Table Tennis Federation. 

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"The hole amongst China and whatever is left of the world is expansive, so everybody needs to chip away at it."China's Rio triumphs implies that the nation now has 28 out of 32 golds granted since table tennis turned into an Olympic game in 1988. It handled Ma Long, Zhang Jike and Xu Xin in the men's occasions this year, and Ding Ning, Li Xiaoxia and Liu Shiwen in the women's.Its strength was apparent in decoration winning as well as in player investment – out of 172 competitors,no less than 27 initially hail from China yet now play for different nations including Qatar, the United States and Congo. 

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Of the rest of the awards, Japan took three and Germany took two, while North Korea guaranteed a platform spot in the ladies' singles with Kim Song-i, who beat much higher-positioned contenders including Japan's Ai Fukuhara while bolstered by her nation's top government authorities in the stands.Still, some said they were currently confident that Japan could turn into a more grounded danger after its Rio execution, especially as it hopes to urge home soil in Tokyo 2020."Each and every day we (are) meaning to beat China, so we are going to bear on honing to beat China once more," said Japan's Jun Mizutani, who won a bronze decoration in the men's singles occasion."We absolutely, simply trust we can beat them in 2020."