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After clinching two gold medals in men's table tennis at the Paris Olympic Games, Fan Zhendong is not yet ready to think about the next Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. "I do feel quite tired after these Olympics, so I need a good rest," said the 27-year-old Chinese paddler in a recent interview. "Right now, I'm not thinking about the next Olympics. As for the future, let's entrust it to time," he added. Fan dispatched Truls Moregard of Sweden 4-1 to capture the men's singles title in Paris, becoming the 11th player overall to have achieved a career "Grand Slam" — winning titles at the Olympic Games, World Championships and World Cup — before teaming up with Ma Long and Wang Chuqin to pocket the team gold. But, his journey to the top step of the podium was not smooth sailing. In the quarterfinals, he was 0-2 down against Japan's Tomokazu Harimoto, and it would have proved costly for team China if Fan were eliminated, as top seed Wang Chuqin had already crashed out in the round of 32
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