Fierce rivals North and South Korea will clash in Olympic table tennis in an edgy match-up given extra spice by an embarrassing flag blunder on the first day of Olympic action. The east Asian neighbours, still officially at war and with frosty diplomatic relations, have been drawn to face each other in the first round of the men's team event on August 3.
South Korea - who won bronze in the event in 2008 - are the second most successful nation in Olympic table tennis history behind the dominant Chinese, with the North fifth in the overall medals charts.