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Biggest upset of the Olympics? World No. 1 table tennis player goes down

Related Topics: Wang Chuqin, Truls Möregårdh

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Sweden's Truls Möregårdh pulled off the upset of the 2024 Paris Olympics after he defeated China's Wang Chuqin, the top-ranked table tennis player in the world, in men's singles action on Wednesday.

Möregårdh, who is ranked 26th in the world, beat Wang, who won gold in the mixed doubles tournament already, 4-2 to advance to the quarterfinals.

After Möregårdh took the first two games, Wang won the next two to even the match.