Olympics: China's world no.1 loses after table tennis bat is broken


PARIS: China's table tennis world number one Wang Chuqin (pic) suffered a shock defeat in the men's Olympic singles on Wednesday (July 31), a day after having his bat broken.

Wang won mixed doubles gold on Tuesday in Paris but his elation quickly turned to anger after a photographer accidentally snapped his bat while jostling to take a picture.

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