国产热热热精品,亚洲视频久久】日韩,三级婷婷在线久久,99人妻精品视频,精品九热人人肉肉在线,AV东京热一区二区,91po在线视频观看,久久激情宗合,青青草黄色手机视频

USEUROPEAFRICAASIA 中文雙語(yǔ)Fran?ais
China
Home / China / Hot Issues

Table tennis stars apologize for skipping round of match

By Sun Xiaochen | China Daily | Updated: 2017-06-26 07:01

Three of China's top table tennis stars apologized to fans on Sunday after going AWOL at an international tournament and sports authorities have vowed to investigate.

Ma Long, Fan Zhendong and Xu Xin were criticized for tarnishing the national team's image by skipping singles matches on Friday at the ongoing China Open in Chengdu, Sichuan province.

The national team released a statement saying their behavior had disappointed fans and exposed team management problems. The General Administration of Sport of China said the behavior was a breach of professional ethics.

"The Chinese Table Tennis Association should investigate the matter and deal with it seriously," the administration said.

On Sunday morning, Ma, Fan and Xu and coaches Qin Zhijian and Ma Lin posted apologies on their personal Sina Weibo accounts for the incident in the tournament's second round. Their opponents were awarded wins.

It came after China's world No 4 player Zhang Jike quit his first-round match midway through the opening set on Thursday, citing the recurrence of a lower-back injury.

The International Table Tennis Federation has said all potential sanctions are on the table for further punishment after a full investigation because the three players' behavior "damaged the image and integrity of the game".

Before the scheduled matches on Friday, the three players and two coaches posted on Sina Weibo "We have no desire to fight ... all because we miss you, Liu Guoliang", sparking speculation their withdrawals had to do with the decision to remove Liu as national team head coach.

Liu, a former Olympic and world champion table tennis player, was named CTTA vice-president on Tuesday after four years as head coach. That decision, which also did away with the head coach position and set up separate coaching staffs for the men's and women's teams, was made to optimize management, the CTTA said.

The national team said on Saturday that the players had behaved recklessly and did not fully understand the CTTA's purpose in revamping the coaching staff.

"To put Liu on a higher platform is to continue using his expertise in athlete management, athletic training and promotion to better contribute to the sport. We discussed the new job with him before making the decision," the CTTA statement said.

Editor's picks
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
 
韩城市| 岑溪市| 盖州市| 黎川县| 伊春市| 阿合奇县| 营山县| 鹿邑县| 宁武县| 天柱县| 蓬莱市| 博湖县| 黄冈市| 任丘市| 建水县| 瑞昌市| 伽师县| 邵武市| 广河县| 霍邱县| 静宁县| 大庆市| 谢通门县| 许昌市| 阿克苏市| 灵山县| 扬州市| 资中县| 丹凤县| 葫芦岛市| 宜都市| 出国| 明水县| 广河县| 宁武县| 邳州市| 胶南市| 丰都县| 宣武区| 固安县| 太仓市|