China have swept all five Olympic golds in table tennis for the first time after the women’s team beat Japan 3-0 in Friday’s final. No nation has previously won all five table tennis medals at a Games, although China did sweep the four medals on offer in 1996, 2000, 2008, 2012 and 2016. The feat came shortly after China’s divers also swept all eight Games golds for the first time. Individual women’s gold medallist Chen Meng teamed up with Wang Manyu to edge a closely-fought doubles opener. They beat Japanese pair Hina Hayata, the individual bronze medallist, and Miwa Harimoto 9-11, 11-6, 6-11,…