China claims men's table tennis team gold at Paris Olympics

PARIS -- China's men's table tennis team defended their Olympic title at Paris 2024 after crushing Sweden 3-0 on Friday.

With their star trio of Ma Long, Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong, China triumphed after a sequence of one doubles and two singles matches against Sweden's Anton Kallberg, Kristian Karlsson and Truls Moregard, each ending in a narrow 3-2 victory at the South Paris Arena.

The victory marks China's fifth consecutive men's team title since the event was introduced at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, solidifying their supremacy in the sport.

Ma, reflecting on the Paris Olympics, highlighted this final as his most memorable rivalry. "The Swedish team has been one of China's key rivals for decades. So we prepared extensively for the final."

Earlier in the day, France secured the bronze medal by defeating Japan, marking the host nation's first-ever medal in team table tennis.