Tokyo: Japanese mixed double pair Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito claimed the first gold medal of the Olympic table tennis in their country on Monday, the end of the year dominating China with an extraordinary comeback victory at home.
China has won every Olympic degree in this sport since a single male victory for Ryu Seung-min South Korea in the 2004 Athens match, but Xu Xin and Liu Shinwen blew two matches in the thrilling final in Tokyo.
Mizutani and Ito raced into a 8-0 advantage in the decisive game and closed it when Xin crashed back to the internet, with Japanese couples win 5-11, 7-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-9, 11-9 , 11-9, 11-9, 11-9, 11-9, 11-9 9, 6-11, 11-6.
Liu and Xu, the ruling world champion, seemed surprised by their defeat when their opponents celebrated a famous victory.
The victory also sent the home nation to the top of the Olympic medal table as a whole at the end of the day of the day with eight gold, another from the United States.
It was only the fifth time in 33 Olympic table tennis competitions which failed to end in China at a step over the podium.
The second seed Mizutani and Ito have been on the verge of the quarter-finals on Sunday against Germany Duo Patrick Franziska and Petrissa Solja, but saved seven match points to win 16-14 in the seventh match.
This is the first time a mixed doubles event has been played at the Olympics.
Cheng I-Ching and Lin Yun-ju Safe Bronze for Taiwan with a victory of 11-8, 11-7, 11-8, 11-5 over the French couple Emmanuel Lebesson and Yuan Jia Nan.
Japanese Stun China to win the golden Olympic Gold Tennis Table
