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China moves in for the kill with gold rush set to begin
AFP, May, 2005
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SHANGHAI (AFP) — China moved in for the kill as their hunt for a clean sweep of all five titles at the world table tennis championhips snared its first gold medal.
Two Chinese pairs made it into the mixed doubles final to be played later Wednesday, with world No.2 Wang Liqin and Guo Yue facing off against Liu Guozheng and Bai Yang, the fourth seeds.
"It will be a hard fight in the final and I don't want think of the result," said Bai, who burst into tears when she lost the mixed doubles final in Paris two years ago.
"This time I don't want to cry because the gold belongs to China."
Germany's on-fire Timo Boll and Christian Suss stand in the home team's way in the men's doubles, thrashing tournament favourites Ma Lin and Chen Qi to set up a gold medal showdown with Kong ...
