2009

30

Sep

Tension mounts, tempers fly ahead of 2016 Olympic host city vote

The International Olympic Committee is no stranger to tough decisions. It took the risk of sending the games to Beijing and said “No” to New York in the aftermath of 9/11. Yet, despite all of that accumulated experience, some IOC members are struggling with their latest conundrum: choosing the Olympic host for 2016.
Just two [...]

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2008

17

Aug

China wins gold in the women’s table tennis team event

The first gold medal ever for the table tennis team event was won by China.
Sinapore won the silver medal and South Korea won the bronze.
China:
GUO Yue
WANG Nan
ZHANG Yining
Singapore:
FENG Tianwei
LI Jia Wei
WANG Yue Gu
Korea
DANG Ye Seo
KIM Kyung Ah
PARK Mi Young

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