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Americans, rejoice! We've made one giant leap toward table tennis glory!

By Pat Forde
ESPN.com

Thursday, August 14, 2008

BEIJING -- My fellow Americans, puff up your chests with pride. Put a new spring in your step. Feel your self-esteem rise. We have reached the elite eight of women's team table tennis! Our long national nightmare is nearly over. No longer are we pingpong pansies. No longer are we a bunch of basement-playing poseurs who cannot handle the spins and smashes of big-time competition. The great breakthrough came Thursday at Peking University Gymnasium. Our intrepid, courageous, iron-willed women ...

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