China's world No. 1 men's singles paddler Wang Chuqin has played down the impact of a forced paddle change on his unexpected round of 32 loss in the singles event at the Paris Olympics.
Wang was beaten 2-3 by Sweden's Truls Moregardh, less than 24 hours after he celebrated his gold medal win in the mixed doubles on July 30.
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Wang was beaten 2-3 by Sweden's Truls Moregardh, less than 24 hours after he celebrated his gold medal win in the mixed doubles on July 30.
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00:00Less than 24 hours after celebrating his Olympic gold medal win in the table tennis mixed doubles,
00:08world number one men's singles paddler Wang Chuqin suffered a shock exit in the singles
00:13event on Wednesday.
00:15The 24-year-old Chinese was beaten 10-12-7-11-11-5-11-7-6-11 by Sweden's Truls Morrigard in the round of 32
00:27at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles.
00:30It was the 22-year-old Morrigard's second win over a Chinese player in an international
00:35competition.
00:37After the match that lasted for 52 minutes, Morrigard celebrated by dancing on the floor
00:43that made the spectators go wild.
00:46Morrigard went on to beat Taiwan's Cao Chengjui for one in the next round to book a place
00:52in the quarter-finals.
00:54Wang, who had to switch to a backup paddle after the one he had been using for the Olympics,
00:59was damaged by photographers following the mixed doubles final, conceded that it did
01:04affect his emotions on Tuesday.
01:13But he said his subpar performance was the main reason for his defeat.
01:17He said should he play with the paddle he had used in the mixed doubles, it would not
01:22make any difference.
01:24He said the paddle is the same and belongs to him, but he made too many mistakes that
01:29cost him the game.
01:31This will be the first time China will not win gold and silver medals in the men's singles
01:36since the 2004 edition.
01:39Fan Zhendong is the only Chinese player left in men's singles to deliver gold for China.
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