To the list that places death and taxes as the only sure things in life, add the Chinese men's table tennis team claiming gold at the Olympic Games. On Friday at the South Paris Arena, Long Ma, Chuqin Wang and Zhengdong Fan kept hold of the prize their illustrious predecessors first acquired in Beijing in 2008 when the event was introduced.
Their fifth straight title came courtesy of a 3-0 victory over Sweden in front of predominantly Chinese fans in the arena.
