As the year 2024 comes to an end, Sun Yingsha, an Olympic champion, has had a bountiful year. To commemorate this, the official social media of WTT World Table Tennis released her annual summary for 2024, which includes becoming the first player to surpass 10,000 points in world ranking, maintaining the top spot in women's singles with 9,900 points, winning a total of 14 championships and 4 runner-up titles. She also looks forward to 2025 with firm belief and a desire for victory, aiming to continue moving forward steadily, enjoying every joy and growth that competitions bring!
Sun Yingsha's outstanding performance this year is evident to all, attracting more and more attention, thus gaining very high popularity.
Recently, a domestic platform held a voting activity for the "Annual Best Female Athlete," where Sun Yingsha's votes increased at a rate of nearly 10 million per day, which is terrifying. Her current tally has exceeded 100 million, leaving other athletes far behind. Among them, Wang Manyu, who ranks second, has only 4.39 million votes, and Quan Hongchan, who ranks third, has only 1.13 million votes, making it impossible for them to catch up with Sun Yingsha.
Now, authoritative media "Sports Weekly" officially released the 2024 Sports Role Model Annual Selection List, where Sun Yingsha stood out with her超高 popularity, winning the award for the Most Popular Athlete on Social Media with 3.475 million votes. She accumulated over 12 million votes in the entire public selection, truly becoming a popularity king.
Of course, Sun Yingsha also had regrets this year, the biggest being missing out on the Olympic women's singles gold medal. She lost to Chen Meng in two consecutive Olympic finals, failing to achieve the Grand Slam, and can only hope to continue striving in the next Olympics.
In addition, "Sports Weekly" also selected the best male and female athletes of the year, with Pan Zhanle, the swimming sensation, and Zheng Qinwen, the rising star of tennis, being elected respectively. Quan Hongchan and Chen Yuxi were elected as the best combination of the year, and 18-year-old Deng Yawen won the title of the best newcomer of the sports role model.
This year, the athlete with the greatest influence, attention, and fame in the domestic sports arena is still Zheng Qinwen. After winning the Olympic gold medal in women's singles tennis, she became a household name, driving a new wave of ultra-high attention to domestic tennis. The full attendance rates at the China Open and Wuhan Open reflect this, and her commercial value has soared, which is something Sun Yingsha cannot match.