On August 3, Beijing time, Chen Meng defeated the world No. 1 Sun Yingsha 4-2 in the women's singles final of the Paris Olympics to defend her title. Sun Yingsha has been the world No. 1 for nearly 700 consecutive days, while Chen Meng has fallen to No. 4 in the world, and Chen Meng has only won twice against Sun Yingsha in three years.
"People's Daily" sent a congratulatory message: Chinese player Chen Meng defeated teammate Sun Yingsha to successfully defend the Olympic women's singles championship.
Chen Meng talked about this match: "This big battle has different meanings for me and Sasha, and I am very happy to be able to fight for this victory. Sasha is in her prime, and I think I've only beaten her twice in the last three years, so I'm really happy to win this time.
This is the second time in Chen Meng's career that she has won the Olympic Women's Singles title, having also won the World Cup before, and she is just one World Championship away from a Grand Slam. At present, there are only 5 Grand Slam players in women's table tennis: Deng Yaping, Zhang Yining, Ding Ning, Wang Nan, and Li Xiaoxia.
Chen Meng also set a number of records in this campaign:
1. Chinese players have won gold medals in women's singles for 10 consecutive Olympic Games;
2. The 14th gold medal of the Chinese sports delegation;
3. Chen Meng became the fourth Olympic women's singles gold king in team history: Deng Yaping, Zhang Yining, Ma Long;
4. Chen Meng became the third double Olympic gold king in women's table tennis history;
5. Chen Meng blocked Sun Yingsha twice, and the fastest Grand Slam is the first person in history;
Chen Meng won the championship and also appeared on the hot search list, Sun Yingsha VS Chen Meng's game is exactly the same as Tokyo three years ago, it is 4-2, is this the era of Chen Meng?
The first moment Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha hugged, Sasha was helpless, but then she still smiled and celebrated Chen Meng, this may be the "love" of her national table tennis teammates.
Text/Yan Xiaobai: Olympic observation