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Kong Linghui suspended as head coach of Chinese women's team!
The 2000 Sydney Olympic champion and Chinese women's national team head coach has been suspended from his current role after being sued $327,600 by a Singapore casino over alleged gambling debts. According to multiple sources, the former grand slam champion owes the Marina Bay Sands, Singapore $327,600 after failing to pay off the full $721,657 credit agreement he signed back in February 2015.
Photo by: china.org.cn
Kong Linghui has claimed that the debt was not accrued by him and he is being "dragged into a lawsuit". He has said on his Weibo account
"It is only until today after media reports have exposed the incident that I have learned someone had left some debt unsettled with the casino,"
"I am being dragged into the lawsuit. I have immediately requested the indebted to show up and clarify the facts."
"As we are in the middle of the World Table Tennis Championships, this incident has caused negative effect on the [national] team, which I feel deeply disturbed".
Kong Linghui is now no longer in Germany and has gone back to China and will miss the World Championships until all is resolved.
This story is still breaking and many of the finer details are yet to be determined. What is everyone's thoughts on this? Should he have been suspended immediately or should they have waited until the end of the championships? Will he ever get his job back?
What is certain is that this is a huge problem for the usually squeaky clean Chinese national team, and is sure to cause a massive headache for the rest of the squad and staff team.
The 2000 Sydney Olympic champion and Chinese women's national team head coach has been suspended from his current role after being sued $327,600 by a Singapore casino over alleged gambling debts. According to multiple sources, the former grand slam champion owes the Marina Bay Sands, Singapore $327,600 after failing to pay off the full $721,657 credit agreement he signed back in February 2015.
Photo by: china.org.cn
Kong Linghui has claimed that the debt was not accrued by him and he is being "dragged into a lawsuit". He has said on his Weibo account
"It is only until today after media reports have exposed the incident that I have learned someone had left some debt unsettled with the casino,"
"I am being dragged into the lawsuit. I have immediately requested the indebted to show up and clarify the facts."
"As we are in the middle of the World Table Tennis Championships, this incident has caused negative effect on the [national] team, which I feel deeply disturbed".
Kong Linghui is now no longer in Germany and has gone back to China and will miss the World Championships until all is resolved.
This story is still breaking and many of the finer details are yet to be determined. What is everyone's thoughts on this? Should he have been suspended immediately or should they have waited until the end of the championships? Will he ever get his job back?
What is certain is that this is a huge problem for the usually squeaky clean Chinese national team, and is sure to cause a massive headache for the rest of the squad and staff team.