Combo photo taken at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, shows China's table tennis players celebrating after winning the men's singles final on July 30, 2021(upper, Left), men's team final on Aug. 6(upper, Right), women's team final on Aug. 5(lower, Left) and women's singles final on July 29(lower, Right).
TOKYO, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- China's men's table tennis team won the Olympic gold medal for the fourth time in a row after sweeping Germany in Friday's final at Tokyo 2020, with captain Ma Long becoming the first table tennis player to win five Olympic gold medals.
Their female counterparts also claimed their fourth straight title on Aug. 5, making China the only winner in the team event since it debuted at the 2008 Olympic Games.
China finished the Tokyo 2020 table tennis campaign with four gold medals, only missing out on the mixed doubles, where Xu and Liu Shiwen fell to local pair Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito in the final.
Here are some photos taken by Xinhua photographer Wang Dongzhen.
Chen Meng (L), Sun Yingsha (C) and Wang Manyu of China attend the awarding ceremony for the table tennis women's team event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 5, 2021. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)
Coach Li Sun (2nd L), players Chen Meng (1st R), Sun Yingsha (2nd R) and Wang Manyu of China celebrate after winning the table tennis women's team gold medal match between China and Japan at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 5, 2021. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)
Ma Long of China celebrates after beating Timo Boll of Germany during the table tennis men's team final between China and Germany at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 6, 2021. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)
China's Ma Long gestures after winning the men's singles final of the table tennis competition against his teammate Fan Zhendong at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, July 30, 2021. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)
China's Chen Meng competes during the women's singles semifinal of table tennis at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, July 29, 2021. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)
Table tennis players from China and Japan attend a training session ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan, July 21, 2021. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)
Natalia Partyka of Poland competes during the table tennis women's singles round 2 match between Natalia Partyka of Poland and Dina Meshref of Egypt at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, July 25, 2021. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)
Chen Meng of China reacts during the women's singles round of 16 match of table tennis against Zhang Mo of Canada at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, July 27, 2021. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)
Xu Xin (L)/Liu Shiwen (C) of China and coach Ma Lin react after the table tennis mixed doubles gold medal match against Mizutani Jun/Ito Mima of Japan at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, July 26, 2021. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)
Mizutani Jun (1st R)/Ito Mima (2nd R) of Japan celebrate after table tennis mixed doubles quarterfinal between Mizutani Jun/Ito Mima of Japan and Patrick Franziska/Petrissa Solja of Germany at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, July 25, 2021. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)
Xu Xin (L)/Ma Long of China celebrate during the table tennis men's team gold medal match between China and Germany at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 6, 2021. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)
Wang Manyu of China celebrates during the table tennis women's team gold medal match between China and Japan at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 5, 2021. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)
Fan Zhendong of China celebretes during the men's singles semifinal table tennis match between Fan Zhendong of China and Lin Yun Ju of Chinese Taipei at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, July 29, 2021. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)
Coach Li Sun, players Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha (L to R) cheer for teammate during the table tennis women's team quarterfinal between China and Singapore at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 3, 2021. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)■
