China's Xu Xin (1st L), Zhang Jike (2nd L), Ma Long (1st R) and China's head coach Liu Guoliang celebrate after the men's team gold medal match of Tabel Tennis against Japan at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug. 17, 2016. China won the gold medal. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu)
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China take men's team title to repeat gold sweep at Olympic table tennis
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- China added a men's team gold medal here on Wednesday to sweep titles of the Olympic table tennis competitions for the third straight time.
The all-time leading Chinese men's team, twice champions at as many previous Olympic Games after the team events took the place of doubles since Beijing 2008, claimed a 3-1 victory in the final over Japan, who made history by reaching an Olympic final of men's table tennis. Full story
