China beats Singapore for women's table tennis gold


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    China clinched the women's Olympic team table tennis title here Sunday, after fighting off a strong challenge from Singapore to win the final 3-0.
    It was the 17th gold medal that China won at the Olympic table tennis competition since its national sport was introduced at the 1988 Seoul Games.
    The star-studded Chinese women pushed, chopped and smashed, proving too powerful for Singapore before an enthusiastic crowd of more than 4,000, though both world number one Zhang Yining and veteran Wang Nan dropped a game.
    Finishing second, Singapore won its first Olympic medal in 48 years since a silver by weightlifter Tan Howe Liang in 1960.
    Wang, who is often slow in finding her rhythm, failed to take a lead but brushed aside Feng Tianwei 9-11, 11-3, 11-8, 11-6. The team title was the fourth Olympic gold for Wang, the most decorated players in table tennis.
    The battle between Zhang and Beijing-born Li Jia Wei of Singapore was full of long rallies across the table, with Zhang winning 9-11, 11-3, 11-4, 11-7. The singles and doubles gold medalist in Athens then paired with world champion Guo Yue, quickly finishing off Li and Wang Yue Gu 11-8, 11-5, 11-6.
    Both China and Singapore had steamrolled over all before them with stunning victories since the start of the Olympic team table tennis tournament, which take the place of the doubles. They didn't meet each other until the final.
    Chinese women, whose triumph seemed to have an air of inevitability, easily took down Hong Kong of China 3-0 in the semifinal, while Singapore slew a tenacious South Korea 3-2.

参考译文：
    在周日进行的乒乓球女子团体的决赛中，中国队以总比分3-0击败了劲敌新加坡队，获得了团体金牌。
    这是自从1988年汉城奥运会女乒团体进入奥运会后中国拿到的第17枚金牌。
    虽然张怡宁和王楠分别丢掉了一局，但群星闪耀的中国女队在全场4000名观众的呐喊声中依*推挡、削球与扣杀还是显示了中国队的强大。
    比赛结束，新加坡赢得了自从1960年举重选手陈浩亮获得银牌后48年里的首枚奥运奖牌。
    王楠在比赛中节奏较慢，首轮失败，但随后以9-11, 11-3, 11-8, 11-6的比分战胜了冯天薇。这是王楠的第四枚奥运会金牌，她也成为乒乓球历史上最伟大的球员之一。  
    张怡宁与北京出生的新加坡选手李佳薇经过长时间的苦战，最终张怡宁以9-11, 11-3, 11-4, 11-7的比分获胜。雅典奥运会女单与女双金牌得主随后与郭跃搭档，很快以11-8，11-5与11-6的比分战胜了李佳薇与Yue Gu。
    自从奥运会乒乓球项目开始以来，中国与新加坡已经多次交手。这次奥运会他们一直到决赛才相遇。
    中国乒乓球女队的金牌看起来是不可撼动的，在半决赛中以3-0的总比分轻松拿下香港队，新加坡则在半决赛中以总比分3-2艰难战胜韩国。    

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