21st August, 2004: Not Gold but Silver

(L-R) Lai Chak Ko and Ching Li of Hong Kong (silver), Ma Lin and Qi Chen of China (gold) and Michael Maze and Finn Smirnov of Denmark receive their medals for the men's doubles table tennis event at Galatsi Olympic Hall in Athens on 21/08/2004

http://www.athens2004.com/en/OlympicMedals/medals Check out HKG on the medals ranking. Finally we got our second medals ever in the Olympics. And our first medal after the handover in 1997. HKG was so close to tie the game. HKG had 2 serve errors on the last two points (8-9)@Game6. HKG was too nervous I guess... That gave China another Gold medal easily. China defeated Hong Kong by total set 4-2. I was cheering for Hong Kong all the way during the live broadcast. I was so happy when HKG got the fifth set (CHN3-2HKG).

HKG still have a chance to get another medal by Lee Lai Shan on windsurfing. She'll try her best to compete.

Jan-Ove Waldner from Sweden advanced to the male's single table tennis final. Wow...he's 38 already. Will this master get a gold this year???