Winter Olympic champion Wang Meng expelled from Chinese national team
Wang Meng's Timeline of fracas
August 5, 2011, 10:05 am |
July 24, 2011 3:00 am
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Involved in the fracas
Wang Meng China's most-decorated short track speed skater Triple gold winner at 2010 Vancouver Games – 500m, 1,000m and 3,000m relays Eight world titles for individual and team races at World Championships and World Cup from 2003 to 2010 One gold, one silver and one bronze at 2006 Turin Games The best female athlete of the year 2010 |
Wang Chunlu Head of China's short track speed skating team since May 2010 Member of China's women's 3,000m relay team that claimed five world titles from 1995 to 1999 Three-time World Championships winner and twice World Cup winner from 1995 to 1999 Played big role in Yang Yang (A)'s win of China's historical Winter Olympics gold – in the 500m short track - and claimed bronze herself |
Li Yan Head coach of China's short track speed skating team since May 2006 The winner of China's first Winter Olympics medal – silver in 500m short track at 1992 Albertville Games Coached team US from 2003 and led the team to break South Korea's hold on short track titles at the 2006 Turin Games, with Apolo Anton Ohno winning the 500m gold Led team China to sweep the women's disciplines at 2010 Vancouver Games – 500m, 1,000m, 1,500m and 3,000m relays |
Web Commments on Wang Meng's expulsion
Zhang Quanling, a famous CCTV host and news reporter, tweeted on her Weibo at sina.com |
Yuchi Xuemin, a CCTV sports special correspondent, tweeted on his Weibo at sina.com |
Zhang Ruowen, a CCTV sports channel journalist, tweeted on his Weibo at qq.com |
Chinese media paying close attention
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Four-time Winter Olympic champion Wang Meng was expelled from the Chinese national short track speed skating team, for the second time, after a drunken brawl with team manager, announced the country's sports governing body on Thursday evening. Also expelled was male speed skater Liu Xianwei, who was alleged to have stirred things up before the argument between Wang Meng and Wang Chunlu turned physical. Four other squad members involved, including Zhou Yang, Liu Qiuhong, Han Jialiang and Liang Wenhao, were allowed to keep training with the national team, but would have to write confessions. |
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August 5, 2011