Mima Ito and Ai Fukuhara of Japan celebrate winning a doubles match against Yihan Zhou and Mengyu Yu of Singapore during the Womens Team Bronze Medal match on Day 11 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Riocentro – Pavilion 3 on August 16, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Farah is seeking to become the second man after Finland’s Lasse Viren (1972/76) to retain both the 10,000m and 5,000m titles but, said he still felt the effects of the longer race in his legs during Wednesday’s run in 32degree heat.
Deng Shudi, who finished just out of the medals in fourth in the parallel bars final on Tuesday, said the pressure was high going into the competition.
“I got clipped, I just had to stay on my feet. But now I just have to recover, chill in my room”.
Things got worse. Immediately after Deng finished his routine, You Hao ended China’s competition in the men’s events by completing his parallel bars dismount with a fall and finishing last.
That percentage is down slightly from the 2012 Olympics in London, but is still an improvement over where the United States was in the first three Summer Olympics of the 2000s.
The Chinese team, comprising of Deng, You, Lin Chaopan, Zhang Chenglong and Liu Yang sat back dejectedly in their chairs after Russian Federation took silver, with Zhang breaking down in tears afterwards backstage.
Grant Nel of Australia competes in the Men’s Diving 3m Springboard Preliminary Round on Day 10 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre on August 15, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
With two Grand Slam winners and the current world No. 1 Liu Shiwen in the team, China’s head coach Kong Linghui, a Grand Slam victor himself 16 years ago, faced no dilemma in lining up his squad.
It has been the 27th Olympic gold medal won by China in table tennis since the sport was introduced at the 1988 Seoul Games.
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The country did not participate in the Olympics between 1956 and 1984.
