Tag: LI Xiaoxia

  • LI Xiaoxia is New Olympic Champion

    LI Xiaoxia is New Olympic Champion

    London – GBR, August 01, 2012: LI Xiaoxia (CHN) won the first table tennis medal of the London 2012 Olympic Games for China, taking gold in women’s singles at Excel on Wednesday. LI beat world No.1 and top seed DING Ning (CHN)4-1 (11-8, 14-12, 8-11, 11-6, 11-4). The result means LI can dispense with her…

  • Reigning Olympic Champions will Not Defend Titles in London

    Reigning Olympic Champions will Not Defend Titles in London

    By Ian Marshall, April 18, 2012: China’s MA Lin and ZHANG Yining, the winners of the respective Men’s and Women’s Singles titles at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games will not defend their titles in London later this year in July. ZHANG Yining, now 31 years old, retired from international play following her victory in the…