Olympic and world champion Ma Long celebrated exuberantly as he retained his men's table tennis singles title at the Tokyo Games on Friday, beating compatriot Fan Zhendong 4-2.
The 32-year-old clinched his fourth gold medal at his third Olympics by winning 11-4 10-12 11-8 11-9 3-11 11-7.
"The match with Fan Zhendong is probably the only match in the world that I could play with no pressure," Ma said, adding that the heart was meant for his son. Ma, eyeing another gold in the men's team event, said he hopes to maintain his level to lead Fan and Xu Xin to another victory.As they have at every Games since 2008, China provided all four singles finalists at Tokyo 2020, Chen Meng having beaten Sun Yingsha to take the women's title on Thursday. No other country has ever won women's singles gold.
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