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Liam Pitchford eliminated in Rio

Table tennis star Liam Pitchford is eliminated from the Olympics at the round-of-16 stage.

Team GB table tennis star Liam Pitchford has been eliminated from the Olympics at the round-of-16 stage.

The 23-year-old had received a bye to the last 32 and was comfortably through to the next round when he competed earlier on Sunday, defeating Uzbekistan's Zokhid Kenjaev 4-1.

That set up a meeting with South Korea's Jung Young-sik and Pitchford got off to the best possible start as he took the first game 11-6.

Jung immediately hit back though, restoring parity with an 11-8 victory, before getting his nose in front with a 13-11 win in a hard-fought third game, which included a 22-stroke rally.

Thereafter all the momentum was with Jung, who wrapped up successive 11-5 victories to advance to the last eight.

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Sam Walker and Karina Le Fevre of England compete against Ghosh Soumyajit and Ghatak Poulomi of India during the mixed doubles table tennis at Scotstoun Sports Campus during day seven of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games on July 30, 2014
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