It is rumored that Chen Meng spent money to buy Olympic singles qualifications, which attracted the attention of Japanese media: Is this the unique fate of top players?

From Tokyo 2020 to Paris 2024, Chinese star Chen Meng, who won the women's singles gold medal in table tennis for two consecutive Olympic Games, denied itRumors of "spending 40 billion to buy Olympic singles qualifications".Around the table tennis women's singles representative of last year's Paris Olympics, Chen Meng and Wang Manyu launched a fierce competition. Wang Manyu lost early to the Indian player in the WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, and was deducted 3,000 points in the rule of "if you lose to a player from a foreign association, the Olympic selection points will be deducted", and Chen Meng finally overtook Wang Manyu to win the women's singles quota for the Paris Olympics. However, there is a constant dissent within China. There are rumors circulating on the Internet that "the qualification for women's singles was illegally obtained, and 40 billion yuan was spent to buy the qualification for singles".

Spend 40 billion to buy Olympic singles qualifications? Chen Meng responded: TV series don't dare to write like this

According to domestic media reports, Chen Meng talked about this rumor in the variety show "It's a Daughter and a Mother" a few days ago. "The selection list has been finalized before the Olympics," she said. Our list is open, we compete on our own, and the top two in the world are selected for the Olympics. On the Internet, I got involved in the topic of 'more than 10 billion purchases', and after the qualifications were confirmed, it became the topic of '40 billion purchases'. It's an exaggerated story. ”

It is rumored that Chen Meng spent 40 billion yuan to buy Olympic singles qualifications, which has also attracted the attention of the Japanese media. Some Japanese media commented on the 14th that even if he became the world's No. 1, he was slandered, is this the fate unique to top players?

Screenshot of Japanese media coverage

The 31-year-old announced her retirement from the world rankings at the end of last year and gradually faded out of the competition - she has only participated in the "Waldner Cup" at the end of 2024 since the start of the Los Angeles Olympic cycle, indicating that she has plans to retire and will miss this season's table tennis league. Regarding her whereabouts, Chen Meng revealed in an interview last month that even though she has never won the women's singles gold medal at the World Table Tennis Championships, she has no regrets after winning the gold medal at the Paris Olympics, and wants to open a coffee shop, learn English, and enjoy the happiness brought by other sports after retiring.