Olympics: Japan's Hina Hayata takes women's table tennis singles bronze

Hina Hayata overcame a forearm injury to claim Japan's first table tennis medal of the Paris Olympics on Saturday with a win over South Korea's Shin Yu Bin in the women's singles bronze match.The third-seeded Hayata won 9-11, 13-11, 12-10, 11-7, 10-12, 11-7 at South Paris Arena to take her first Olympic medal. She was a reserve on the Tokyo Olympics women's team that won silver.Hayata, the only Japanese player to reach the semifinals in men's or women's table tennis singles in Paris, burst into tears when Shin sent a forehand return into the net at match point.It was the second consecutive …READ FULL ARTICLE