The 26-year-old national table tennis main force may be fined by the official: look at the mobile phone in the middle of the game and publicly apologize
Previously, there was a controversial incident in the WTT Nagoya Women's Finals, the women's singles semifinals Chen Xingtong played against Wang Yidi, when Chen Xingtong looked at his mobile phone in the middle of the game, which was a violation of the rules and caused heated discussions. Now Chen Xingtong has responded publicly, and she has made a public apology and admitted that she has violated the rules.
Chen Xingtong specifically said: "I will explain the specific situation to everyone: because it is a game between teammates, we have no off-court guidance, so I wrote down the technical points and precautions in the mobile phone memo before the game, and I hope to remind myself during the break." I didn't send or receive any messages in the middle of the race. ”
From this statement, it can be seen that Chen Xingtong admitted that she did look at her mobile phone, that is, she admitted that she violated the rules, but she explained that she did not play with her mobile phone to look at Internet information, and wanted to explain that she did not use external information to play. The International Table Tennis Federation officially stipulates that athletes cannot use electronic devices during the competition, and they will be fined $5,000 for violating the rules.
In addition, Chen Xingtong also bluntly said that he had explained to the national table tennis coaching staff after the game to look at the mobile phone, and this is not an act that can be carried out with an explanation, considering the bad impact of this mobile phone incident, it is not ruled out that Chen Xingtong will be punished and banned by the national table tennis internally. At present, the international competition of the 2023 season has ended, and Chen Xingtong is preparing for the Table Tennis Super League in China, so if he is banned, he will need to wait until the 2024 season, when Chen Xingtong may not be able to represent the national table tennis in international competitions in a short time.
Chinese national table tennis has always had good results in the international arena, so they have a huge influence and attention, once there is inappropriate behavior, it will always be magnified, and Chen Xingtong, as a first-line main player, will naturally be overly concerned. The mobile phone incident has a great impact on Chen Xingtong, it is now the last year of the Paris Olympic cycle, every front-line main force is fighting for the Paris Olympic qualification, 26-year-old Chen Xingtong is also one of the contenders, and now the negative impact may have an adverse effect. Chen Xingtong has not participated in the Olympic Games, if she misses the Paris Olympics this time, then she will basically not participate in the Olympics, and the next Olympics Chen Xingtong will be 31 years old.
Objectively, Chen Xingtong's behavior of looking at his mobile phone in this competition did not have any "cheating", but he did violate the rules, do you think Chen Xingtong needs to be punished?