Li Jiao in action during the semifinals. Photo EPA / Zurab Kurtsikidze
After cyclist Ellen Van Dijk Netherlands today won a second gold medal at the European Games in Baku. In the finals of the table tennis tournament in the women’s 42-year-old Li Jiao by far the best. She won in four games by the younger Li Jie, who is also Dutch.
Both players arrived earlier in the day already in action during the semifinals. Li Jie won it easily from the Slovak Eva Odorova four games to zero. Li Jiao had in the other match more trouble with the Turkish Hu Melek, but ultimately won 4-2.
For both table tennis players is the second medal at the European Games in Azerbaijan. In a team overcame Li Jiao and Li Jie Monday – with the help of Britt Eerland – all silver. The two new table tennis medals Netherlands now has two gold, four silver and four bronze medals
That Li Jiao belong to the European summit, they proved many times:. In both 2007 and 2011, she became European champion . Yet Li Jie does not include her older compatriot. This year the 31-year-old actress looked even better, with a bronze medal at the World Table Tennis. She is the only Dutch ever to win a World Cup medal
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