China's reality no 1 table tennis star faces stunning misfortune at Olympics

 China's Wang Chuqin experienced obliterating rout a day subsequent to having his bat broken at the Paris Olympics

July 31, 2024

Simply a day subsequent to having his bat broken, China's table tennis world number one star Wang Chuqin experienced a shock rout in the men's Olympic singles on Wednesday.

Wang won blended copies gold on Tuesday in Paris however his rapture immediately transformed into outrage after a photographic artist coincidentally snapped his bat while shaking to snap a photo.

Under 24 hours after the fact, the 24-year-old table tennis star went out in the round of 32 of the singles after a 4-2 loss to Truls Moregard of Sweden.

The 26th-positioned Moregard sank to the floor in dismay and put his hands on his head, prior to doing a visit through the group, who rose in appreciation in the wake of thundering on the longshot all through.

It covered a blended several days for Wang.

With his playing accomplice Sun Yingsha they beat North Korea in the blended pairs last, yet Wang conceded he "failed to keep a grip on my feelings a little" after his bat was broken.

A natural bat and its hold can be of crucial significance to table tennis players.

Wang however wouldn't fault his substitution bat for his staggering loss to the unheralded Moregard, 22.

"It didn't actually affect the match," he told AFP. "It was only that my adversary played extremely well."

Wang will next contend in the men's group occasion.

The victorious Moregard said he "had an inclination I could beat him today", having never done as such before in eight past endeavors.

"I've never taken a set against Wang so it's insane to win here at the Olympics," the Swede, into the last 16 interestingly, said.

Moregard, who is trained by his more established sibling Malte, said Wang was not at his best — but rather said it didn't have anything to do with the Chinese player's bat.

"I think you have 10 rackets in any event and 500 rubbers here, so it doesn't make any difference on the off chance that you lose your bat. At the end of the day, I don't know which one is my first or third, so it doesn't make any difference," he said.

Wang might have lost however China are the undoubted superpower of table tennis and came to the French capital having won 32 of the 37 accessible golds since it turned into an Olympic game.