A timely read Vladimir Samsonov of Belarus had never been to Malaysia before 2000, but in his one trip there, he left a lasting impression by helping save a life.

The doubles competition has been eliminated from table tennis and will be replaced by a team contest at the Beijing Games.

Wang Hao and his Chinese teammates had an impressive prelude to the Olympics at the 2008 World Table Tennis Championships.

A look at the Peking University Gymnasium which will host table tennis during the Beijing Games.

China's two-year reign as men's singles Olympic champion when South Korea's Ryu Seung Min upset Wang Hao in the Athens Final.

China won its fifth-straight men's doubles title when Chen Qi and Ma Lin defeated Hong Kong's Ko Lai-Chak and Li Ching in Athens.

Though China still won gold in women's singles, Athens marked the first Olympic Games where it did not win multiple medals.

China continued its dominance in women's doubles with its fourth-consecutive multiple medal-winning performance, winning gold and bronze.