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For the first time since 2004, a country other than China has won an Olympic table tennis event.
JapanMizutani Jun andThis is Mimamet after losing the first two sets to ChinaXu XinandLiu Shiwen, taking the next three sets close to the margins (11-8, 11-9, 11-9) to move one set out of shock. But Xu and Liu took the next set of 11-6 to tie the match and gain momentum.
That momentum quickly disappeared. Mizutani and Ito ran for the first eight points of the last eight. China pulled four points at 9-5 and 10-6, but Japan won the next point to seal the victory.
Ito had a cameo in Japanese romantic comedyMixed doubles.
Since 1996, the only table tennis event not won by a Chinese player or pair was a men’s singles event in 2004.
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