BREAKING: Ma Long & Fan Zhendong boycott CHINA OPEN!

[TableTennisDaily]

Thanks to @rainneverever for the translation: https://www.tabletennisdaily.co.uk/...INA-Association-To-Deal-With-Boycott-Severely!

 

[rainneverever]

Full list of players who protested (posts were deleted by Sina Weibo sadly): Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Xu Xin, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan, Liu Yi, Zhou Yu, Fang Yinchi, Cheng Jingqi, Ma Te, Cui Qinglei, Yu Ziyang, Lv Xiang, Zhu Linfeng, Fan Shengpeng

The top 3 will be punished for sure. Best luck for them all!

List of CNT who support LGL on weibo. (until GMT+8 Jun 23 10:45pm)

Players: Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Xu Xin, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan, Liu Yi, Zhou Yu, Fang Yinchi, Cheng Jingqi, Ma Te
Coaches: Qin Zhijian, Ma Lin，Wang Hao
Province team coach：Chen Qi
LGL's family and friend: Liu Guodong (LGL's brother), Guo Bin (Wang Nan's husband)


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New Statement from General Administration of Sport of China：

“Three players and two coaches, who gave up today's match will be dealt with severely.”

 

[tropical]

As I used to be a citizen in a commie country I am very worried for these players. They are young, loyal to their coach but do not have much political experience. They may have to learn a very hard lesson. That is, never mess with commie government, regardless how easy they seem to be. 1989 Tienanmen square event was a far cry and they may not even believe it existed. So sad ... It made me remember an occasion when a communist soldier raised up his riffle threaten to shoot a large audience crowd protested an unfair match ruling in 1976. Deja vu... I knew exactly what would happen to Tienanmen protesters. Now ... omg!

 

[Baal]

I think we owe it to these players to translate their protest comments here.

 

[Baal]

As I used to be a citizen in a commie country I am very worried for these players. They are young, loyal to their coach but do not have much political experience. They may have to learn a very hard lesson. That is, never mess with commie government, regardless how easy they seem to be. 1989 Tienanmen square event was a far cry and they may not even believe it existed. So sad ... It made me remember an occasion when a communist soldier raised up his riffle threaten to shoot a large audience crowd protested an unfair match ruling in 1976. Deja vu... I knew exactly what would happen to Tienanmen protesters. Now ... omg!

I worry for these reasons also. You don't get to protest an injustice in China, even when your complaint is legitimate. They will punish you, and maybe your lawyers if they are too strident -- often more than the people who messed things up in the first place. The one thing that gives me some hope, though, is that these players are pretty huge national figures in China.

 

[rainneverever]

Anyway, good luck for them!

 

[shinshiro]

Anyway, good luck for them!

Very nice picture, it is difficult to see them smile that way, very relaxed
I wish luck to them too

 

[sanavasaraja]

Alright y'all need to calm down lmao

 

[Tornado2016]

I am surprised that Zhang Jike is not protesting. I thought he is very close to Liu Guoliang. Furthermore, he has not much to loose as his career seems to be more or less over from a sportive perspective - especially if Liu Guoliang, who defended him is no coach anymore. And his behavior (rip shirt to pieces, ...) appeared to be some kind of rebellious.

Or would a protest harm the brand "Zhang Jike" too much so that he does not because of marketing or commercial reasons?

 

[Hailee Lee]

List of CNT and Province teams members who support LGL on Weibo. (until GMT+8 Jun 24 00:45am)

Players: Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Xu Xin, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan, Liu Yi, Zhou Yu, Fang Yinchi, Cheng Jingqi, Ma Te, Cui Qinglei, Yu Ziyang, Lü Xiang, Fan Shengpeng, Zhu Linfeng, Zheng Peifeng, Chen Sichang, Zhang Yudong

CNT Coaches: Qin Zhijian, Ma Lin,Wang Hao

Province team coaches：Chen Qi

LGL's family and friend: Liu Guodong (LGL’s brother), Guo Bin (Wang Nan's husband）

 

[MasterMyself]

I heard ML, FZD and XX were trying to decide between Sweden, France and Belgium on where to go to win the next team gold.


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Breaking news
JTTA had reached to the trio with a proper offer to represent Japan. They are desperate to upgrade their wannabe teenager with real champs.

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[rainneverever]

His Weibo was not banned and he accessed his phone and Weibo some 3 hours ago.
Edit: He was on his Weibo around 9:30pm local time.

I don't judge him by not protesting and I will be surprised if he did. There are too many things he did on and off the court for me to judge him. lol

I am surprised that Zhang Jike is not protesting. I thought he is very close to Liu Guoliang. Furthermore, he has not much to loose as his career seems to be more or less over from a sportive perspective - especially if Liu Guoliang, who defended him is no coach anymore. And his behavior (rip shirt to pieces, ...) appeared to be some kind of rebellious.

Or would a protest harm the brand "Zhang Jike" too much so that he does not because of marketing or commercial reasons?

 

[Tornado2016]

I do not judge him either because I do not know him actually. I was just asking

 

[khuonglt]

Maybe he thought if ML, FZD, XX would be banned, he would become the leader of china team. Lol.

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[TableTennisDaily]

ITTF Presidnt Thomas Weikert has made a statement: http://www.ittf.com/2017/06/23/ittf-statement-chinese-players-forfeiting-china-open/

 

[Garrison]

resulting in very negative social influences.

At this point everything that spices up the competition is good for the sport...

 

[Hamasaki_Fanz]

The ITTF President Thomas WEIKERT stated on the matter: “The ITTF is very disappointed that the three best players in the world have forfeited their matches at such a big event. We will be working with our friends at CTTA to investigate this serious matter to work out our course of action. In the meantime, we still have world class players competing in the competition, and it will be a great last two days of the China Open.”


pretty sure CTTA is the bad guy here... well played ittf :s

 

[tropical]

... how I hate the term "dealt with severely". That was one of the reasons why I ran away from my country.

 

[Vrael]

Just hoping it doesn't cost Ma Long his potential place in Tokyo 2020

 

[rainneverever]

Adam Bobrow: "Table tennis fans unite."