Recently, topics about Liu Guoliang have been hot in the table tennis world. Shanghai media, which supports Fan Zhendong, has been digging deep into the behind-the-scenes transactions of the 15% stake in WTT World Table Tennis Corporation. Now, another big shot with a connection to Liu Guoliang has been investigated.
According to official news, Sun Dong, the Standing Committee Member and Executive Vice Mayor of Xinxiang City, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and is currently under investigation. Xinxiang is Liu Guoliang's hometown, and WTT can hold events in Xinxiang, which is not a prominent city, because of Liu Guoliang's connections. In the 2023 Xinxiang WTT Championship, Sun Dong hosted the opening ceremony and was the highest-ranking local official at several Xinxiang event press conferences. According to netizens, the ITTF competitions and WTT matches held six games involving billions of yuan in Henan.
Recently, the sports industry's crackdown is still ongoing. Li Quanqiang, the former director of the Volleyball Management Center who retired after Lai Yawen, also fell from grace. This person has been deeply involved in the volleyball world for many years, especially in creating commercial league value. Nowadays, Liu Guoliang is controversial, and the big shot of China Gold Group, who cooperated with WTT, has also been investigated. Many people are sweating for Old Liu, wondering if he can stay clean like his "mentor" Cai Zhenhua and retreat unscathed.
More awkwardly, although the slogan of rectifying the fan culture has been shouted for a long time, Wang Chuqin, who has too many fans, has repeatedly topped the hot search recently, such as "Wang Chuqin and others won the May 1st Labor Medal" and "Wang Chuqin won the Weibo Annual Influential Sports Figure." However, CCTV does not care about these and plans to replay the controversial match of the national table tennis team at the Paris Olympics on January 14th, where Wang Chuqin lost in the men's singles round of 32 to Moregaude!
The reason for the live broadcast by CCTV reads, "In the 2024 Paris Olympic Games table tennis competition, the Chinese table tennis team once again demonstrated its strong strength... The process was not as smooth as imagined, and the national table tennis players also experienced unexpected difficulties in the game... Let us review those exciting moments together..."
This match is a disgraceful battle for Dagu, stopping at the men's singles round of 32 and creating the worst singles result in the national table tennis team's 20-year Olympic history. This is still the "big brother" hyped up by fans, which also led to Wang Chuqin being ridiculed after consecutive losses in the second half of 2024. However, since Wang Chuqin dares to say, "Use my passion and persistence to inspire more people to bravely pursue their dreams," there is no need to worry about the replay by CCTV. After all, there are no invincible generals in the world. Will he suffer a greater blow in the future?