Japanese male paddlers take bronze at Olympics

TOKYO, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Hosts Japan claimed the third medal of table tennis at this Olympic Games after their men's team won 3-1 over archrivals South Korea here on Friday.

The bronze medal match could have been stretched to five games but Jun Mizutani made short work of South Korea's top male player Jang Woo-jin, 14-12, 11-9, 11-8 to wrap up the match in four games.

Mizutani, 32, has won Japan's first-