Japan received its first gold medal in table tennis mixed doubles as the host country’s team smashed China’s winning streak. A surprising turn of events: Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito bested China’s Xu ...

Singapore's Koen Pang and Izaac Quek lost in the men's doubles semi-finals at the US$300,000 (S$390,000) event. Read more at ...

For only the second time since 1992, a country besides China has claimed gold in an Olympic table tennis event. Japan's Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito interrupted China’s decades-long run of dominance in ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s dynamic duo of Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito narrowly defeated long-invincible Chinese pair Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen to give the host country their first Olympic table tennis gold in ...

The average age of the women's team is 20, while the men's team is 22. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

TOKYO (AP) — The host country knocked off a heavyweight for Olympic gold in table tennis on Monday. Japanese pair Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito ended China's recent dominance in the sport by beating Xu ...

Japanese table tennis star Mima Ito said she's ready to play without fans at the Tokyo Olympics, as long as it means the ... Already a Barron's subscriber? Sign In ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese medal favourite Mima Ito outplayed Thailand’s Suthasini Sawettabut on Tuesday to move into the quarter-finals of the women’s singles table tennis competition at the Tokyo ...

July 14 (Reuters) - Japan's Mima Ito is not intimidated by China's formidable table tennis reputation in Olympics and the 15-year-old paddler will head to next month's Rio Games determined to make her ...

So let's start with the outlier, as Japan won mixed doubles behind Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito, winners of three other medals on home soil. China won the first two sets in the best-of-seven series but ...

Mima Ito of Japan plays in the women's singles quarterfinals at the table tennis world championships in Houston on Nov. 27, 2021. (Kyodo) HOUSTON (Kyodo) -- Japanese medal favorites Mima Ito and ...

HOUSTON (Kyodo) -- Mima Ito and Hina Hayata were brushed aside in straight games 11-9, 11-7, 11-8 by Chinese defending champions Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha in the table tennis world championships ...