Team China makes Olympic history in Paris with confidence

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Global Times China

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If table tennis Olympian Nicholas Lum had been using a backyard table and a store-bought racquet he’d never have made it to Paris.
Brisbane Times
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Zeng Zhiying, 58, made her Olympic debut last weekend, almost four decades after she missed out on being selected to represent China in Los Angeles 1984.
NBC News
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Chinese tennis phenom Zheng Qinwen, whose unprecedented victory on Saturday at Roland Garros won her the coveted title of the first Olympic singles champion in Asia, is primed to fill the big shoes of her legendary predecessors and strongly represent China in the global sporting community.
China Daily
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The 21-year-old Zheng came through 6-2, 6-3, winning only China's second ever tennis gold after Li Ting and Sun Tiantian's women's doubles triumph at Athens in 2004.
Gulf News

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