Twice world champion Hou Yuzhuo was one step from creating a new piece of history for Chinese taekwondon for being the first woman to win the -57kg title at an Olympics but nerves stopped her from being excellent to great.
China's defending Olympic champion Chen Ruolin led the women's 10m platform preliminaries at London Games on Wednesday, determined to take the gold medal for China after her teammates lost the men's springboard title to Russia on Tuesday.
Despite all the changes made to the rackets, rules and competition formats, China's dominance in table tennis was not weakened a bit. In London, China once again showed the world how deep the country's depth is in this sport.