Table Tennis: Gao Advances

Gao Jun and her teammates are two wins from the bronze medal in table tennis after a 3-1 defeat of Romania this morning at the Peking University Gymnasium.

The Americans found themselves in an early hole when Elizabeta Samara defeated Chen Wang, 3-1, but came back to reel of three straight wins to pick up the victory. Gao, of Gaithersburg, defeated Daniela Dodean, 3-0, then combined with Crystal Huang for a 3-1 doubles win over Samara and Iulia Necula. Wang then came back and beat Necula in another singles match 3-0 to close out the victory.

The U.S. women will return to action Saturday morning at 10 a.m., playing the loser of the match between Korea and Singapore scheduled for this afternoon.

By Tracee Hamilton  |  August 14, 2008; 11:10 PM ET  | Category:  Table Tennis
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