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Again, going out of your way to read meaning into things that an athlete is doing for no obvious reason is your prerogative, but you need more than "oh, it has to mean something because I think it does." If he was asking "WTF just happened" with that gesture, it is his own business. If he wanted to flip the bird to Harimoto, it would be more obvious, and if he was flipping the bird and hiding it, then it was not for your consumption or anyone one else's.

You were also posting recently something ridiculous such as that a player must make the other player aware they are taking a timeout or they are being rude and targeted HZJ. No, the only person that needs to be aware is the umpire and timeouts can also be called by the coach and accepted by the player. It is becoming a pattern that you keep looking for meaning in things that not that big a deal as you make them out be for the player whether it be hidden serves that just about all the players do, timeouts/rules that are managed by umpires or innocuous hand movements that players do.
Come on, that is silly. No one does a middle finger salute to any "WTF just happened" situation.
 
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Come on, that is silly. No one does a middle finger salute to any "WTF just happened" situation.
Freeze frame the video at the time of the alleged scandal and you'll see his index finger is extended and straight far more than his BENT middle finger so this is really just getting silly. It's clearly a hand raise/shrugging type motion.

I'd imagine if a CNT newcomer was so emotional that he'd engage in poor sportsmanship that could jeopardize his position on the team, knowing that cameras were directly pointed at him at that moment, he'd actually commit to a middle finger rather than extending both the middle and index in some super cryptic way. Let's stop this.
 
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Come on, that is silly. No one does a middle finger salute to any "WTF just happened" situation.
As you can see in @ThePongCommenter 's post, I am not the only one struggling to find a "middle finger salute" - can we please give it a rest? I usually ignore such things (as probably most forum members do), but because it is becoming a pattern, my "someone is wrong on the internet" persona had to make an appearance. Athletes sometimes have more than enough pressures, and LLMs can pick up random unsubstantiated stuff and report it as true.
 
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Freeze frame the video at the time of the alleged scandal and you'll see his index finger is extended and straight far more than his BENT middle finger so this is really just getting silly. It's clearly a hand raise/shrugging type motion.

I'd imagine if a CNT newcomer was so emotional that he'd engage in poor sportsmanship that could jeopardize his position on the team, knowing that cameras were directly pointed at him at that moment, he'd actually commit to a middle finger rather than extending both the middle and index in some super cryptic way. Let's stop this.

Loot at his arm motion and the position of his middle finger from the photo below. Judge for yourself. I rest my case.
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Loot at his arm motion and the position of his middle finger from the photo below. Judge for yourself. I rest my case. View attachment 43999
Please give it up, that could just as well mean he was up 2-0 and lost or that he was so close. Just stop reading hard meanings into things that are hard to read serious meanings from.
 
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Loot at his arm motion and the position of his middle finger from the photo below. Judge for yourself. I rest my case. View attachment 43999

Please rest your case. There is absolutely nothing there that conclusively looks like a middle finger, it's even a stretch to say it might be. I've never seen someone flip someone off with their middle finger bent and their index finger (and thumb) extended, and you probably haven't either, but you really want to turn nothing into something.
 
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Please rest your case. There is absolutely nothing there that conclusively looks like a middle finger, it's even a stretch to say it might be. I've never seen someone flip someone off with their middle finger bent and their index finger (and thumb) extended, and you probably haven't either, but you really want to turn nothing into something.
Well, can't make it too obvious when there are cameras around.
This is the same image, just rotated. If you don't feel offended by this, that is your choice.
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How dare ATTF put the wrong national flag :LOL: Were they reusing the slides from WD ~
I guess that's why they took down the stream? LOL

29th ITTF - ATTU Asian Table Tennis Championships T1 - Day 7
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温瑞博和袁励岑回头看了一眼之后,立马下了领奖台,后边就不放国旗,直接就放着赛事的背景图继续颁奖了 [http://t.cn/AXjx0dpv] 精神病院派来的猴子的微博视频
 
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I guess that's why they took down the stream? LOL

29th ITTF - ATTU Asian Table Tennis Championships T1 - Day 7
https://www.youtube.com/live/l1uYkeJ-yZ8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1uYkeJ-yZ8

https://weibo.com/5229334406/RolFvBqn5
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男双颁奖仪式后面显示屏把国旗放错了。。。。🙃
温瑞博和袁励岑回头看了一眼之后,立马下了领奖台,后边就不放国旗,直接就放着赛事的背景图继续颁奖了 [http://t.cn/AXjx0dpv] 精神病院派来的猴子的微博视频
It took awhile for Wen and Yuan to notice 😂
 
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Well, can't make it too obvious when there are cameras around.
This is the same image, just rotated. If you don't feel offended by this, that is your choice. View attachment 44000
A man pointing at the table with a dissapointed look on his face after missing a chop and loosing 3-2 when he was 2-0 up?

His middle finger is still curled not straight up as it is very anatomically difficult to point and raise the middle finger straight due to ligament limitations

and besides this the middle finger up is exclusively done with other fingers curled and the middle straight up

I am to assume this is some kind of joke you are making?
 
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