BEIJING, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- With sports action at the Beijing Paralympics in full swing, China and Britain are competing for the top spot in terms of the total number of gold medals. At the end of Day Four, China was in the lead with 24 golds, followed by Britain with 21 and a distant United Sates with 15.
But at one point in the day, Britain leapfrogged overnight leader China, before the host nation returned to the top mostly because of the super performance of their table tennis players.
Liu Jing, Li Qian, Zhou Ying and Ren Guixiang were all victorious in their respective classes, giving China four out of five table tennis gold medals on offer Wednesday.
Gold medalist Heather Frederiksen(C) of Great Britain, silver medalist Jessica Long(L) of the United States and bronze medalist Mariann Vestbostad of Norway pose for photo at the awarding ceremony of women's 100m backstroke S8 during the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games at the National Aquatics Center in Beijing, Sept. 10, 2008.
Polish teenage star Natalia Partyka spoiled a clean sweep by China as she defeated Fan Lei in straight sets to successfully retain her crown in the F10 category. "In Athens four years ago it was easy. Here I had much better opponents but I concentrated hard and just played my own game," said Partyka.
"Unfortunately, table tennis is not so famous in Poland. I love to play in China. China is my lucky place," added the 19-year-old.
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