Paris Olympics, Why is Only Sun Yingsha Cheered

“Why is Only Sun Yingsha Cheered?”… Why is there Biased Cheering in the Women’s Table Tennis Final [2024 Paris Olympics]

Women's Table Tennis Singles Finals: 'Family Fight'

Ranked 4th Chen Meng Defeats 1st Sun Yingsha.

Sun Yingsha's Fans Say "One-sided Support for Sun Yingsha Even Stopped the Match"

The controversy over distorted fandom culture has surfaced in the 2024 Paris Olympics table tennis women's singles final, which attracted attention as a match between Chinese players. 카지노사이트 추천

In the Paris Olympics table tennis women's singles final held at the South Paris Arena on the 3rd (local time), world No. 4 Chen Meng (China, 30) defeated No. 1 Sun Yingsha (24) 4-2 and won the gold medal.

Chen Meng won the singles title for the second consecutive time, following the last Tokyo Olympics.

During the match, the majority of the Chinese audience chanted "Sun Ying Sha."

Although all the players who made it to the finals were Chinese players, they showed biased cheers only for a certain player.

Hong Kong media outlet Phoenix News reported that "80% of the audience chanted "Sun Ying Sha, fight!" and "Chen Meng, fight!" could be heard once or twice."

Every time Sun Yingsha scored, the stands would roar, but on the other hand, when Chen Meng served or won a point, Sun Yingsha's fans would boo, and some would even wave their fingers and swear, causing the match to be halted.

After the match, when Chen Meng went up to the gold medal podium, many of the spectators also chanted Sun Yingsha's name.

Phoenix Wang, a reporter who was on the scene, said, "A French AFP reporter even asked, 'Why is everyone cheering for Sun Yingsha and not Chen Meng?'"

According to Phoenix News, an overheated fandom culture is emerging among fans of Chinese table tennis players.

The media explained the reason why Sun Yingsha fans are keeping an eye on Chen Meng, saying, "If Sun Yingsha wins, she will have achieved the fastest Grand Slam for a Chinese player in 433 days, and will be the first 'post-00' (born after 2000) to do so."

The scene that day also caused controversy among local table tennis fans in China.

On social media such as Weibo (the Chinese version of X), criticisms followed, such as, "Chen Meng had a hard time" "They are all players fighting for the honor of China, so why are they heckling her like this?" and "'Sisa' (Sun Yingsha's nickname) is a good player, but her fans are so malicious."

Singaporean media outlet United Zoubao also criticized this on the 4th, saying, "This is the emergence of a malicious fandom culture," and analyzing that a phenomenon often seen in entertainment industry fandoms has spread to the sports world.

The Chinese government is also wary of the deformed fandom culture of its sports fans.

In a meeting last May, the General Administration of Sports of China announced a policy stating, "We must resolutely block fandom culture throughout the entire process, including athlete selection and training."

Mens Basketball Team Under Ahn Jun-ho Achieves its 1st Win

MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM UNDER AHN JUN-HO ACHIEVES ITS FIRST WIN… FORGET HANGZHOU AND MOVE TO ‘ONE TEAM KOREA'

Coach Ahn Jun-ho “The players' attitude as national team players has changed… sense of duty and responsibility”

Kim Jong-gyu looking back on the ‘Hangzhou disaster' “There were various internal problems”

Coach Ahn Jun-ho of the Korean men's national basketball team, who reported their first win with a 34-point victory, was satisfied, saying that they had taken a meaningful first step towards ‘One Team Korea'.

The national team led by Coach Ahn defeated Thailand 96-62 in the second round of Group A of the 2025 International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Asia Cup qualifiers held at the Wonju Sports Complex in Gangwon-do on the 25th.

This is the first win since Coach Ahn, who took office last month, debuted as the national team coach. 파워볼사이트

For Coach Ahn, it is also a victory that marks his return as an on-site leader after 12 years away.

In his debut match away to Australia on the 22nd, he unfortunately collapsed at the end of the game and lost 71-85.

Coach Ahn said at a press conference immediately after the match against Thailand, “After we decided on the slogan ‘One Team Korea', we shared our goals with one mind and one heart.

I emphasized the spirit of being willing to sacrifice one's own glory for the team's success.”

Coach Ahn, who looked back on the big win and smiled, said, “All the players were starters for each team, so they were almost exhausted after the 4th round (KBL).”

He added, “It took 24 hours to go to Australia and 24 hours to get back, but are the players complaining? “There was none,” he praised.

He said, “As a national team player, my attitude has changed.

I played with a sense of duty and responsibility.”

Korea, which was reorganized under Coach Ahn, overwhelmed its opponents with defense from the beginning of the game.

Players such as Oh Jae-hyeon (SK) and Byun Jun-hyeong (Sangmu), who are considered to be among the best in Korea with physique, speed, and strength, increased the intensity of pressure, and forwards such as Song Kyo-chang (KCC) and Kang Sang-jae (DB) also advanced to the front and harassed the opponent.

Thailand's main guns, Frederick Lisi and Moses Morgan, who were struggling under pressure, made a irritating argument during an inbounds pass about 5 minutes before the end of the first half.

Korea, which dominated the rebounds by 48 to 31, also caused 17 mistakes by the opponent.

Immediately after the rebound, the attack speed was especially increased, with a well-organized movement that allowed the player to immediately move into the opponent's half.

Thailand, which struggled against Korea's ‘fast basketball', was dragged by a gap of more than 20 points in the first half alone.

Ha Yoon-ki, who grabbed the most rebounds (14) on the day, looked back on the offensive work and described it as “an attack that goes over (to the opponent’s side) within 3 seconds.”

Coach Ahn said, “Our players are said to be tall at home, but when they go to the international stage, they have to overcome their height disadvantage.

The starting point is strong defense,” and added, “The trend these days is fast basketball.

Increasing the speed of offense and defense is the color of our team.” He emphasized.

He continued, “I think that if more accurate and detailed organizational skills are added, we will become a cohesive and quite good team.”

Veteran center Kim Jong-gyu confessed that the ‘team spirit’ emphasized by Coach Ahn could not be found at the Hangzhou Asian Games.

Kim Jong-gyu, looking back at the last Asian Games, which finished in 7th place, the lowest ranking in history and was even self-deprecatingly called the ‘Hangzhou disaster', said, “It's a shameful story, but there were many bad things internally at that time.”

He added, “We reflected on that and talked to the players about not repeating the same mistake when they reconvened”

Female Referee Appears in Major League Exhibition Game

‘FEMALE REFEREE’ APPEARS IN MAJOR LEAGUE EXHIBITION GAME FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 17 YEARS

Umpire Powell is the third female referee to appear in an MLB exhibition game.

For the first time in 17 years, a female referee stood on the field in an exhibition game in the Major League Baseball (MLB).

The Associated Press reported on the 25th (Korean time), “Jen Powell (47), who has been working as a professional baseball umpire for eight years, has made the leap from ‘minor league umpire' to ‘umpire who made decisions in MLB exhibition games.'” 토토사이트

Umpire Powell served as the third base umpire in the 1st to 3rd innings, the second base umpire in the 4th to 6th innings, and the first base umpire in the 6th to 9th innings in the 2024 MLB exhibition game between the Houston Astros and Washington Nationals held at Cacti Park of the Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA.

The Associated Press said, “It is the first time in 17 years that a female referee has appeared in an MLB exhibition game since referee Leah Cortesio in 2007.”

At the same time, referee Powell became the third female referee to appear in an MLB exhibition game, following Pam Postema in 1988 and Cortesio in 2007.

Powell said after the game, “It's a very special day.

The coaches and players of both teams and everyone I met at the stadium today congratulated me.”

Umpire Powell, who played softball in high school, became the seventh female umpire ever hired in the U.S. minor league in 2016.

Last year, he played in the minor league Triple A.

There has yet to be a female referee in the MLB regular season.

The Associated Press said, “Female referees appeared in the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1997, 27 years ago, and in the National Football League (NFL) in 2015.

He also pointed out MLB's conservative stance, saying, “In men's soccer, a female referee presided over the game at the 2022 Qatar World Cup.”

Umpire Powell is considered the most likely candidate to break the glass ceiling that MLB has firmly closed for female referees.

He said, He plans to be on the ground consistently during this spring training period, including serving as the referee in the exhibition game against Washington and Miami Marlins on the 26th.

Currently, there are 76 big league umpires who have signed formal contracts with the MLB Secretariat.

MLB has 76 referees who have signed official contracts with the MLB Secretariat.

When a vacancy occurs, some of the minor league umpires invited to spring camp are called up.

Last year, 21 of the 26 umpires invited to spring camp were called up during the regular season and made decisions in MLB Regular Season Games.

Umpire Powell is a minor league umpire.

Although he is an affiliated player, he was invited to this MLB exhibition game and was named on the list of candidates for the big league substitute referee.

Lotte Yoon Dong-hee Hits a Fastball from Chiba Lotte Sasaki

LOTTE YOON DONG-HEE HITS A FASTBALL FROM CHIBA LOTTE SASAKI AND HITS A DOUBLE… THE TEAM LOST

Maximum speed of 155 km/h' Sasaki pitched 13 pitches, 1 hit, and no runs in 1 inning against Lotte.

Lotte loses 2nd consecutive match against Chiba Lotte, revived after 17 years.

Professional baseball Lotte Giants outfielder Yoon Dong-hee (20) scored a refreshing double from Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB)'s fastball pitcher Roki Sasaki (22, Chiba Lotte Marines).

Dong-hee Yoon started as the second batter and right fielder in an exchange match with Chiba Lotte held at Itoman Nishizaki Stadium in Okinawa, Japan on the 25th, and lightly turned the bat from his first at-bat in the first inning. 안전놀이터

In the first inning, with Kim Min-seok, the number one batter, striking out and no runner on with one out, he pulled Sasaki's third pitch, a 151 km/h fastball, and sent the ball deep into the left outfield, landing on second base.

However, the follow-up batter, No. 3 Victor Reyes, hit a foul fly, and No. 4 Jeon Jun-woo hit a ground ball to shortstop, so he could not come home.

Dong-Hee Yoon, who joined Lotte in 2022, played an active part with a batting average of 0.287, 111 hits, 2 home runs, and 41 RBI in 107 games last year, and was selected for the Hangzhou Asian Games and Asian Professional Baseball Championship (APBC) national team, leaping forward as a player who will take responsibility for the future of Korean baseball. I'm doing it.

This was Sasaki's first actual game appearance this season, and he left the mound after only one inning.

He recorded 1 hit, 1 strikeout, and no runs in 1 inning, and threw 13 pitches, hitting a top speed of 155 km/h.

He also struck out Kim Min-seok with a forkball at a speed of up to 139 km/h.

Roki Sasaki is a player who set a new NPB speed record of 165 km.

On April 10, 2022, against the Orix Buffaloes, he achieved his perfect game at 20 years and 157 days, the youngest player in NPB.

Ahead of this season, he had a conflict with his team by demanding early entry into the Major League Baseball (MLB).

Sasaki's NPB career records are 46 games, 19 wins, 10 losses, 283⅔ innings, 376 strikeouts, 56 walks, and an ERA of 2.00.

Meanwhile, in today's game, Lotte lost 1-8 to Chiba Lotte, ending the two-game series with two losses.

Lotte starter Park Se-woong had three hits in the first inning and gave up two runs.

Lotte trailed 1-2 with Han Dong-hee hitting a one-run home run in the top of the second inning, but Park Se-woong allowed a one-run home run to Matsukawa Gou in the bottom of the second inning.

Park Se-woong, who allowed 3 runs in 2 innings, threw 39 balls, and the highest fastball speed was 147 km/h.

Lotte allowed 3 more runs in the 4th inning and 2 more runs in the 7th inning and ended the game without scoring any additional points.

Korea Lotte and Japan Chiba Lotte are ‘brother clubs’ with Chairman Shin Dong-bin as the owner.

This year, the two clubs strengthened their friendship by holding joint training and two exchange matches at Itoman Nishizaki Stadium.

According to the Lotte club, this is the first time that the first-team players have participated in joint training with Chiba Lotte, and it has been 17 years since they last played an exchange match.

The two teams trained together on the 22nd, and Lotte lost 3-7 in the first match of the exchange match on the 24th.

Lotte Coach Kim Tae-hyung said after the game, “I am satisfied overall.

In the game against the Japanese team, both pitchers and fielders showed good performance overall.”

Regarding joint training, he said, “When I played as a player in the past, Japanese baseball players were the object of envy, and it was a good experience to be able to train together like this.”

Lotte will rest for one day on the 26th and then continue training at Kushigawa Stadium in Okinawa Prefecture starting on the 27th.

Coach Seong-Hwan Cho, I Hope Incheon will Win the Young Player Award

COACH CHO SEONG-HWAN: “I HOPE INCHEON WILL WIN THE YOUNG PLAYER AWARD, BECOME THE TOP SCORER AND BE SELECTED AS ONE OF THE BEST 11 PLAYERS”

“If the home crowd reaches 10,000 people, I will think about a surprise event after the season.”

“I will not be arrogant like a rabbit… I will take one step at a time toward my goal.”

“I hope the Young Player Award, Top Scorer, and Best 11 will all come out in Incheon.”

Cho Seong-hwan, coach of professional soccer K-League 1 Incheon United, met with reporters prior to the 2024 season inauguration ceremony held at the Incheon Global Campus auditorium on the 25th and said, “The Manager Award is water.

“I think I’ve passed over,” he said with a smile, expressing his hope for his students to win titles. 카지노사이트

Coach Cho Sung-hwan said, “It’s already my 10th year as a coach, and I think the players will work hard and do well this season as well,” and especially looked forward to the performance of U-22 players Choi Woo-jin (20) and Park Seung-ho (21).

Coach Cho was also worried that Choi Woo-jin seemed to have fallen into the second-year jinx.

He said, “At first, I didn't know much about it and took on the challenge with passion, but these days, I think I'm finding soccer difficult as well.

Although he was concerned that it could be a second-year jinx, he added, “The offensive options are quite good.

He expressed his affection, saying, “If I improve my positioning ability and gain experience, I think I have the skills to be a good resource not only for Incheon's future but also for the A team.”

He also said, “I hope that many of Incheon's players will join the Olympic team or the A team.

“Individual development is ultimately the development of Incheon,” he said.

“Their void can be filled with good-willed competition from other players.”

Coach Cho Seung-hwan set a goal of averaging 10,000 spectators with the ambition to enter Final A for the third consecutive year and stand tall as one of the Big Four along with Ulsan HD, Jeonbuk Hyundai, and Pohang Steelers.

Coach Cho said, “A good team doesn’t have ups and downs.

“We will maintain continuity without major fluctuations in both performance and rankings,” he declared.

“If we achieve an average attendance of more than 10,000 or have a full home crowd, we will think about a surprise event after the season”

Coach Cho, who set the goal of entering the Final A, said, He cautioned against the attitude of the ‘rabbit', referring to the ‘Rabbit and the Turtle'.

Director Cho said, “Like the rabbit, I will not look down on (the turtle) and be conceited, and will take one step at a time towards my goal, whether in good times or bad times.

“I will not be swayed by the surrounding circumstances, but will look ahead and aim for a big goal,” he pledged.

Incheon won 4 times and accumulated 12 points in Group G of the 2023-2024 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League (ACL) group stage, but lost on goal difference to Coach Choi Kang-hee's Shandong Taishan (China) and Yokohama Marinos (Japan).

They were pushed back and failed to advance to the round of 16.

Regarding the rumor that Group G was the ‘Group of Death' as ​​Shandong and Yokohama both advanced to the ACL quarterfinals, Coach Cho said, “As a coach, I reflect on my shortcomings in game management and player management.

If I face the same situation next time, “I will not repeat my mistake,” he said, looking at himself rather than blaming his bad luck.

Manager Cho, who expressed his sense of responsibility as a manager, also mentioned manager Jurgen Klopp, who recently announced that he would step down as manager of Liverpool, a famous English professional football club in the Premier League (EPL).

Coach Cho said, “I am not in the same position as Manager Klopp, but I fully understand how he feels.”

Referring to the K-League opening media day scheduled for the 26th, he said, “Every time I go to Media Day, I worry, ‘Will I be able to stand here again next year?' “It intersects,” he said, expressing the enormous burden he felt as a director.

Meanwhile, on this day, 1,402 fans filled the 2024 season inauguration ceremony in Incheon, expressing their expectations for the new season.

Captain Lee Myung-joo pledged, “I prepared well by sweating a lot in Thailand and Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do.

I will prepare well for the remaining week and work hard to win the opening game.”

Incheon will play the opening match of the 2024 season against Suwon FC at Incheon Stadium on the 2nd of next month.