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Table tennis player bursts into tears after win

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But on Wednesday in Rio, she avenged that loss in a tense match that lasted seven games

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Chinese women have won gold in every Olympics since table tennis became a sport in 1988

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According to the AP, Ding was on the brink of elimination before fighting her way to forcing a seventh game.

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When she won, she broke down into tears again — but this time, the happy kind.