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Olympic table tennis champions Fan Zhendong, Chen Meng quit WTT World Tour

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Chinese Olympic table tennis champions Fan Zhendong and Chen Meng on Friday announced they were quitting the WTT World Tour, refusing to pay fines for not participating in tournaments. Fan posted on social media site Weibo he could not “afford” to pay fines under new participation rules and would “withdraw from the world rankings”. “I … Read more

Olympic table tennis champion Fan Zhendong says never ‘officially informed’ about fines

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Olympic table tennis star Fan Zhendong said on Sunday that he had never been “officially informed” he would be fined for not competing on the world tour despite officials saying the rules were “consistent, not new”. Fan, who took the men’s singles title in Paris this year, announced on Friday he was quitting the WTT … Read more