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Chen Meng

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Chen Meng

陳夢

The latest news on Chen Meng, Chinese professional table tennis player, including table tennis news and updates.

Former Chinese coach Wu Jingping (right) speaks to Hao Shuai at the World Table Tennis Championships in 2005. Photo: AFP

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China’s ex-coach Wu Jingping slams WTT and ‘the mess table tennis has become’

Wu, coach from 1991 to 2021, criticises sport’s commercialisation and rules that led ex-protégé Fan Zhendong to withdraw from world rankings.

16 Feb 2025 - 3:57PM

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Sun Yingsha, Wang Chuqin welcome table tennis rule changes amid WTT rankings row

15 Feb 2025 - 12:43PM

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Hong Kong table tennis veteran Wong, Lam through to main draw of Singapore Smash

1 Feb 2025 - 10:10PM

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Chinese table tennis fans outraged as Chen Meng, Fan Zhendong, Ma Long dropped

National team selectors omit the trio for ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup in Shenzhen, after their withdrawal from world rankings.

17 Jan 2025 - 8:53PM

Chen Meng has been left out of the latest China team. Photo: EPA-EFE

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After Chinese table tennis trio withdraw from rankings, ITTF sets up task force

Vow to review rules and gather feedback from players following withdrawals of Fan Zhendong, Chen Meng and Ma Long.

4 Jan 2025 - 7:56PM

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China table tennis chief backs Fan, Chen as Ma Long joins their rankings boycott

Liu Guoliang vows to push global governing bodies to change rules on skipping World Table Tennis events, calling them ‘really questionable’.

3 Jan 2025 - 12:55PM

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

China in Weibo crackdown, bans 300 accounts after fans attack Chen for winning gold

Fans at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles booed while those online in China are punished for ‘inciting conflict’ over support for Sun Yingsha.

4 Aug 2024 - 8:57PM

Chinese fans display signs backing Sun Yingsha during the table tennis women’s singles final. Photo: Reuters

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Ma gets shot at sixth gold, but no individual glory awaits table tennis star in Paris

Ma Long will miss out on the chance to win a third straight singles title, but is in the team tournament for the Olympics.

16 Jul 2024 - 5:38PM

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Exclusive | Angry Chinese table tennis superfans threaten Paris Olympics TV protest

Group say they could disrupt broadcast in China with banners Western media would be ‘very interested’ in, after being censored at home.

8 Jul 2024 - 9:49AM

International Table Tennis Federation

ITTF Men’s and Women’s World Cup Macao 2024 Presented by Galaxy Entertainment Group Successfully Concluded with Diversified Extended Activities to Enhance the Atmosphere of “City of Sports”

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The officiating guests presented the awards to and took a photo with the ITTF Men’s World Cup champion, silver medalist and bronze medalist.

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Galaxy Arena Sparks Fervor for Elite Table Tennis Competition in April

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China sweep South Korea aside to claim women’s team crown at Asian Championships

Dominant table tennis trio of Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng and Wang Yidi take title without losing a game.

5 Sep 2023 - 10:05PM

China stock market

Chinese AI stocks slide with Baidu as Elon Musk adds to chorus on GPT-4 risks

Chinese AI-related stocks that surged on ChatGPT frenzy are now handing investors steep losses. Tesla CEO Elon Musk is the latest influential heavyweight to lean against the trend.

30 Mar 2023 - 4:46PMvideocam

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China replicates Olympics ‘closed loop’ as thousands gather for table tennis

Sport’s world team championships start on Friday in Chengdu, which until recently was under lockdown and was rattled by an earthquake earlier this month.

28 Sep 2022 - 3:21PM

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China’s Chen reclaims world No 1 spot, Fan extends lead after Singapore Smash

Fan Zhendong continues his super men’s form to leapfrog the reigning Olympic champion Ma Long, while Chen Meng takes top spot from Sun Yingsha as the women’s title changes hands yet again.

23 Mar 2022 - 6:57PM

Fan Zhendong (left) and Chen Meng of China after winning in the men’s and women’s singles finals at the WTT Singapore Smash 2022 in Singapore. Photo: Xinhua

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Hong Kong pair march into mixed doubles semi-finals at Singapore Smash

Wong Chun-ting and Doo Hoi-kem cruise into last four with 3-0 win over Japan’s Tomokazu Harimoto and Hina Hayata, who were runners up at the World Championships last November.

14 Mar 2022 - 8:43PM

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Hong Kong’s Wong Chun-ting ‘dominant’ in Singapore Smash knockouts

Top men’s paddler Wong Chun-ting impresses to go through to round of 32, but teammate Minnie Soo Wai-yam crashes out.

12 Mar 2022 - 8:30PM

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Hong Kong table tennis stars off to mixed start at US$2m Singapore Smash

Doo Hoi-kem and Lee Ho-ching go through in women’s singles, but men’s doubles pair Wong Chun-ting and Ho Kwan-kit crash out.

11 Mar 2022 - 7:47PM

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Hong Kong to send all top table tennis players to Singapore Smash

Players need to consolidate world rankings ahead of Asian Games in Hangzhou in September, with Singapore event one of last remaining chances to secure points.

28 Feb 2022 - 6:15PM

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