China’s MA Lin is Olympic table tennis champion in the Men’s Singles
event. MA overcame his compatriot WANG Hao in five games 11-9, 11-9,
6-11, 11-7, 11-9.
It was the first very big title for the 28
year old Chinese. MA has already won four times the ITTF World Cup, but
never gold at World Championships or Olympic Games in Singles.
After this Olympic Games in Beijing, MA Lin will have a completely
new reputation. Instead of the one who loses the big matches, he is
newly the most successful male Olympic table tennis player in history.
He is the only one with three gold medals winning the Doubles in Athens
as well as the Singles and Team event in Beijing.
Like ZHANG
Yining yesterday after the Women’s final, MA Lin could not hide the
tears of joy when all the pressure was gone. He is the third Chinese
Olympic champion in the Men’s Singles after LIU Guoliang (1996) and
KONG Linghui (2000). The title for MA is well deserved because he had
to face both of his compatriots WANG Liqin as well as WANG Hao on the
way to gold.
Wang Hao Loses again an Olympic Final
World
number one WANG Hao is still waiting for a big title in the singles
event. The 24 year old already lost the final four years ago to at the
Summer Olympic Games in Athens. The youngest of the three Chinese table
tennis dominators may get other chances in his career.
Source: www.ittf.com
