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China's men's table tennis team defended their Olympic title at Paris 2024 after crushing Sweden 3-0 on Friday. With their star trio of Ma Long, Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong, China triumphed after a sequence of one doubles and two singles matches against Sweden's Anton Kallberg, Kristian Karlsson and Truls Moregard, each ending in a narrow 3-2 victory at the South Paris Arena. ▲ China's table tennis players Ma Long, Wang Chuqin, and Fan Zhendong, and their coach, celebrate after winning their gold medal match against team of Sweden. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji The victory marks China's fifth consecutive men's team title since the event was introduced at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, solidifying their supremacy in the sport. Ma, reflecting on the Paris Olympics, highlighted this final as his most memorable rivalry. "The Swedish team has been one of China's key rivals for decades. So we prepared extensively for the final." Earlier in the day, France secured the bronze medal by defeating Japa
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