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BEIJING - China clinched the women's Olympic team table tennis title here Sunday, after fighting off a strong challenge from Singapore to win the final 3-0.
 China's table tennis players Zhang Yining (L), Guo Yue (C) and Wang Nan pose with their gold medals after defeating Singapore's team to win the gold medal during the women's team table tennis final match of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games at the Peking University gymnasium in Beijing on August 17, 2008. |
It was the 17th gold medal that China won at the Olympic table tennis competition since its national sport was introduced at the 1988 Seoul Games.
The star-studded Chinese women pushed, chopped and smashed, proving too powerful for Singapore before an enthusiastic crowd of more than 4,000, though both world number one Zhang Yining and veteran Wang Nan dropped a game.
Finishing second, Singapore won its first Olympic medal in 48 years since a silver by weightlifter Tan Howe Liang in 1960.
Wang, who is often slow in finding her rhythm, failed to take a lead but brushed aside Feng Tianwei 9-11, 11-3, 11-8, 11-6. The team title was the fourth Olympic gold for Wang, the most decorated players in table tennis.
The battle between Zhang and Beijing-born Li Jia Wei of Singapore was full of long rallies across the table, with Zhang winning 9-11, 11-3, 11-4, 11-7. The singles and doubles gold medalist in Athens then paired with world champion Guo Yue, quickly finishing off Li and Wang Yue Gu 11-8, 11-5, 11-6.
Both China and Singapore had steamrolled over all before them with stunning victories since the start of the Olympic team table tennis tournament, which take the place of the doubles. They didn't meet each other until the final.
Chinese women, whose triumph seemed to have an air of inevitability, easily took down Hong Kong of China 3-0 in the semifinal, while Singapore slew a tenacious South Korea 3-2.
BEIJING - Chinese Xiao Qin won the men's pommel horse gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games here on Sunday.
 China's Qin Xiao reacts while competing in the men's pommel horse final of the artistic gymnastics event of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing on August 17, 2008. China's Qin Xiao won the gold, Croatia's Filip Ude the silver and Great Britain's Louis Smith the bronze. |
Xiao scored his winning mark of 15.875 points, Croatian Filip Ude took the silver in 15.725 and British Louis Smith settled for the bronze in 15.725
 China's Zou Kai stands on the podium during the medal ceremony of the men's floor exercise final of the artistic gymnastics event of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing on August 17, 2008. China's Kai Zou won the gold, Spain's Gervi Deferr the silver and Russia's Anton Golotsutskov the bronze. |
BEIJING - Chinese gymnast Zou Kai won the Olympic men's floor exercise with a score of 16.050 points here on Sunday.
Spain's Gervasio Deferr claimed the silver with 15.775 points and Russian Anton Golotsutsko took the bronze with 15.725.
Chinese wrestler Wang Jiao won host its first wrestling gold at the Beijing Olympic Games in the final of women's freestyle 72kg category here on Sunday.
 Wang Jiao of China celebrates after defeating Stanka Zlateva of Bulgaria in their 72 kg women's freestyle wrestling final bout at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 17, 2008. |
Wang used less than two minutes to defeat twice world champion Stanka Zlateva of Bulgaria with a victory by falling the opponent.
