Sun Yingsha, is she really a Chinese table tennis team superstar being marketed?
A journalist named He Xiaolong often publishes his views on table tennis on social media platforms. Objectively speaking, He Xiaolong’s writing is great and his logical thinking is clear, which makes him an absolute master in the current circle of sports journalists. I personally agree with some of his views, such as his criticisms against WTT and Chinese table tennis team management, as well as his judgement against the extreme rice circle.
But I still have some disagreements with his views on the Chinese table tennis team.
For example, he said that the Chinese table tennis team is full of contradictions and antagonisms after the Chinese table tennis team started the big marketing programme, in He Xiaolong’s opinion, Sun Yingsha is very powerful but was crippled by marketing, if there is no so-called big marketing programme, Sun Yingsha’s achievement and competitiveness should be better than now.
He also said that Sun Yingsha is just a top athlete, not a king, but has been marketed with the baggage of a king, and the past few years have been distorted, and so on.
First of all, we have to say that Mr He Xiaolong understands the traffic code. As a veteran journalist, he knows how to find the pain points of the fans and gain traffic while avoiding risks. I’m afraid this doesn’t work too well in other sports, such as football.
Also, I’m not sure if the Chinese table tennis team is running a big marketing programme, but I would disagree to say that Sun Yingsha is a superstar from marketing.
Many people only saw Sun Yingsha in the Paris Olympics cycle, with all the glamour and all the attention. But if you think back to Sun Yingsha’s journey, it was very hard. Sun Yingsha didn’t start out as a heavenly talent, but started out as an imitator of Hirano Miyu, and gradually played her way out, one step at a time, seizing every opportunity to play.
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At that time, Sun Yingsha was far from being as well-known as she is now, and she was also ridiculed many times, and went through a chaotic period without a competent coach, but Shasha still managed to win several major championships, including the World Series and the World Cup, thanks to her own hard work. I believe that if Shasha had won the singles tournament at the Paris Olympics, she wouldn’t have had so many public opinions. However, I still have the same opinion that Shasha’s loss in the women’s singles final at the Paris Olympics was related to the fact that she was wasting a lot of physical strength and energy by playing in three events, especially in mixed doubles.
Sun Yingsha is not yet 25 years old, she still has a great chance to achieve the Grand Slam, and, in my opinion, in terms of Shasha’s current achievements, she is the Chinese table tennis team’s ace athlete ah.
Is it possible that there are more fans who like Sun Yingsha, and she is just a ball player who is being marketed? It’s true that Chinese table tennis team is in a mess right now, and the rice circle is rampant, but is it the players who are to blame for this?
And He Xiaolong’s article compares Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu, saying that Sun Yingsha was crippled by the hype and marketing snubs, while Wang Manyu was crippled by the stick and suppression.
For the record, I have great respect for Wang Manyu, and I like her fighting spirit and her unyielding character.
What I’m trying to say is that as a media person, you shouldn’t be holding up one and stepping on the other, this will definitely gain traffic, but is it really good? Is there any difference between this and the rice circle that you are bashing under your breath?
Straight to the point, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu, Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong, do you have to make a comparison, say who is better, who is worse? Do the fans of these people have to tear each other apart and bash each other?
The more you say this, the fire and hatred between the fans, is not greater?
The Chinese table tennis team’s rice circle problem is indeed very serious, and it has become so serious that the General Administration of Sport has held a special meeting to rectify it.
Many players and coaches of the Chinese table tennis team have been tortured. Why did Fan Zhendong say, ‘Losing is not good, winning is not good’? Why did Wang Chuqin roar in a rare voice after the victory? Wang Man Yu after the victory why clenched his fist to the fans roar? Why was Sun Yingsha repeatedly rumoured?
Everyone is a victim of the rice circle.
We media people or self media people, we can in the players suffered injustice, righteous voice, such as Fan Zhendong withdrawal from the world rankings, this, or to admire He Xiaolong, really brave.
But people really should not add fuel to the fire between the already fragile fanbase.
The Chinese table tennis team does have many problems, however, it is not caused by the players themselves.
And it’s not a solution to the problems of the rice community.
