DEATH, TAXES, AND CHINESE DOMINANCE OF OLYMPIC TABLE TENNIS

In an all-China gold medal match in men's table tennis singles that featured the tournament's top two seeds, Ma Long topped No. 1 Fan Zhendong in six games to defend his gold medal from Rio in 2016. The match was expected to be a tight one - Fan entered as the best player in the field and Ma's resume is one of the greatest of all time - but when