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Table Tennis: Singapore clinch gold in men's doubles in Asian championships
Posted: 29 February 2012 2231 hrs
MACAU: Singapore won its first gold in nearly 60 years at the Asian Table Tennis Championships on Wednesday.
Gao Ning and Yang Zi clinched the men's doubles after defeating South Korea's Jung Young Sik and Kim Min Seok 4-2.
Gao and Yang won the first three games, but the Koreans - who had created an upset against China's top seeds Ma Long and Wang Hao to make the final - fought back to win the next two games.
The Singapore pair held their nerve to clinch the sixth game and match 11-9.
Singapore won its last gold in this tournament in the men's doubles in 1954 when the Republic were hosts.
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/sportsnews/view/1186127/1/.html
Posted: 29 February 2012 2231 hrs
MACAU: Singapore won its first gold in nearly 60 years at the Asian Table Tennis Championships on Wednesday.
Gao Ning and Yang Zi clinched the men's doubles after defeating South Korea's Jung Young Sik and Kim Min Seok 4-2.
Gao and Yang won the first three games, but the Koreans - who had created an upset against China's top seeds Ma Long and Wang Hao to make the final - fought back to win the next two games.
The Singapore pair held their nerve to clinch the sixth game and match 11-9.
Singapore won its last gold in this tournament in the men's doubles in 1954 when the Republic were hosts.
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/sportsnews/view/1186127/1/.html
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