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First Olympics has table-tennis player hungry for more

9:17 am | August 16, 2004 | The ride ended for Mark Hazinski with Monday's 4-1 loss to China.

Ping, Reed out of table tennis contention

11:04 am | August 15, 2004 | Minutes after losing four matches to Singapore in women's doubles table tennis Sunday, 17-year-old Whitney Ping looked and sounded disappointed.

U.S. seeks table-tennis breakthrough

1:54 pm | August 13, 2004 | The American team has three athletes who have won table tennis medal winners for other countries.

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Bade guns for gold, but comes up short

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