For only the second time since 1992, a country besides China has claimed gold in an Olympic table tennis event. Japan's Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito interrupted China’s decades-long run of dominance in ...

Japan received its first gold medal in table tennis mixed doubles as the host country’s team smashed China’s winning streak. A surprising turn of events: Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito bested China’s Xu ...

Losing badly to a seemingly unbeatable opponent, Mima Ito and Jun Mizutani had similar feelings, even though they may not have expressed them to each other. They both thought they could still pull off ...

July 14 (Reuters) - Japan's Mima Ito is not intimidated by China's formidable table tennis reputation in Olympics and the 15-year-old paddler will head to next month's Rio Games determined to make her ...

Japan’s dynamic duo of Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito narrowly defeated long-invincible Chinese pair Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen to give the host country their first Olympic table tennis gold in the mixed ...

It was set to be the clash of the titans in Tokyo 2020’s table tennis programme. The world No 1 Chen Meng of China, irresistible in the early rounds here, held up her end of the bargain booking a ...