LONDON: Singapore paddler Wang Yuegu lashed out in a controversial attack on the umpire after her quarter-final exit from the women's singles competition on Tuesday.
Moments after her 4-1 defeat to Japan's Kasumi Ishikawa at London's ExCel Arena, Wang stunned the Singapore media when she hit out at the appointment of German Claudia Moller as the umpire for their match.
"As soon as I saw I had a German umpire, I knew I was going to lose points," said the 31-year-old, who is ranked world No 11, and who could be competing in her last Olympics.
"My husband is German, and I have a private problem with them. Someone from their team is abusing their relationship with officials and has arranged for me to have a German umpire.
"They're abusing their power and I can't respect that.
"Today, I feel fine personally about the match, but I feel bad for the sport and bad for the Olympic Games that this is allowed to happen."
No one saw the outburst coming from Wang, a member of the women's team that won silver at the 2008 Beijing Games and the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Moscow in 2010.
And, as there were hardly any umpiring decisions made against her during her clash with Ishikawa yesterday, it is unclear what the real reasons are behind her surprise and unusual outburst.
However, at the World Championship in Dortmund, Germany, in March this year, Wang was shown the red card for protesting a series of dubious service calls by German umpire Klaus Seipold and Kosovo's Jeton Beqiri during Singapore's 3-0 win over Taiwan in a Group B match.
She initially refused to leave, and women's team coach Zhou Shusen and assistant coach Jing Junhong were also involved in the incident.
Afterwards, the Singapore team were also given a formal warning by the tournament organisers on their conduct.
Wang could not be contacted later to further explain her verbal lashing.
When approached after the incident, table tennis team manager Loy Soo Han declined comment. Likewise, Singapore Table Tennis Association Chief Executive Officer Wong Hui Leng did not want to speak on the matter, adding further mystery to Wang's behaviour. -
Lost many reason. If she really good what can empire do to prevent her from winning?
Moments after her 4-1 defeat to Japan's Kasumi Ishikawa at London's ExCel Arena, Wang stunned the Singapore media when she hit out at the appointment of German Claudia Moller as the umpire for their match.
"As soon as I saw I had a German umpire, I knew I was going to lose points," said the 31-year-old, who is ranked world No 11, and who could be competing in her last Olympics.
"My husband is German, and I have a private problem with them. Someone from their team is abusing their relationship with officials and has arranged for me to have a German umpire.
"They're abusing their power and I can't respect that.
"Today, I feel fine personally about the match, but I feel bad for the sport and bad for the Olympic Games that this is allowed to happen."
No one saw the outburst coming from Wang, a member of the women's team that won silver at the 2008 Beijing Games and the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Moscow in 2010.
And, as there were hardly any umpiring decisions made against her during her clash with Ishikawa yesterday, it is unclear what the real reasons are behind her surprise and unusual outburst.
However, at the World Championship in Dortmund, Germany, in March this year, Wang was shown the red card for protesting a series of dubious service calls by German umpire Klaus Seipold and Kosovo's Jeton Beqiri during Singapore's 3-0 win over Taiwan in a Group B match.
She initially refused to leave, and women's team coach Zhou Shusen and assistant coach Jing Junhong were also involved in the incident.
Afterwards, the Singapore team were also given a formal warning by the tournament organisers on their conduct.
Wang could not be contacted later to further explain her verbal lashing.
When approached after the incident, table tennis team manager Loy Soo Han declined comment. Likewise, Singapore Table Tennis Association Chief Executive Officer Wong Hui Leng did not want to speak on the matter, adding further mystery to Wang's behaviour. -
Lost many reason. If she really good what can empire do to prevent her from winning?
