Chinese women win table tennis team gold in Olympic Games

 LONDON, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- China clinched¹ the women's Olympic team table tennis gold medal here Tuesday, after fighting off a strong challenge from Japan to win the final 3-0.

It was the 23rd gold medal that China won at the Olympic table tennis competition since the sport was introduced at the 1988 Seoul Games.

Finishing second, the Japanese women also made history by winning Japan's first Olympic medal in table tennis.

Li Xiaoxia, the newly crowned Olympic champion in women's singles, dropped one game in the opening match against Japan's Ai Fukuhara, but ended up winning 3-1 (11-6, 9-11, 11-2, 11-5).

World number one Ding Ning finished off Japan's 19-year-old Kasumi Ishikawa 3-0 (11-4, 12-10, 11-4).

Li teamed up with Beijing Olympic team gold medal winner Guo Yue in the doubles against Japan's Ishikawa and Sayaka Hirano. The Japanese pair fought bravely to keep their match alive, but was trounced by Li and Guo 3-1 (11-6, 11-3, 9-11, 11-5).

Both China and Japan had steamrolled all opponents with stunning² victories since the start of the Olympic women's team table tennis tournament. The two Asian powers won all matches 3-0 before their final showdown.

1 clinched   

v.（尤指两人）互相紧紧抱[扭]住( clinch的过去式和过去分词 )；解决（争端、交易），达成（协议）

参考例句：

• The two businessmen clinched the deal quickly. 两位生意人很快达成了协议。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Evidently this information clinched the matter. 显然，这一消息使问题得以最终解决。 来自辞典例句

2 stunning   

adj.极好的；使人晕倒的

参考例句：

• His plays are distinguished only by their stunning mediocrity.他的戏剧与众不同之处就是平凡得出奇。
• The finished effect was absolutely stunning.完工后的效果非常美。