Japanese table tennis star Mima Ito suffered a semifinal loss at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday with the women’s title now set to go to China once again.
The 20-year-old Ito, who already helped the host nation win their first-ever Olympic table tennis gold earlier this week, was soundly beaten by China’s Sun Yingsha.
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