Romanian Table Tennis Player One Win Away From ‘08 Olympics

Romanian table tennis player Elizabeta Samara qualified, Friday, in the finals of group S in the second round of the pre-Olympics tournament held in Nantes, after defeating Hungary’s Petra Lovas, score 4-3 (11-6, 6-11, 7-11, 11-9, 11-4, 6-11, 12-10), and is one win away from the 2008 Olympics.

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Also Friday, Samara will play against Italy’s Wenling Tan Monfardini. The winner will qualify in the Olympic Games held in Beijing.

The pre-Olympics tournament held in Nantes provides 11 Olympics qualifying positions for men and 11 for women. Athletes who fail qualification in Nantes have a second shot in Budapest, between May 8 and May 11, where the last three Olympic positions will be at stake, for men and women.

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