On the evening of August 3, in the women’s singles final at the Paris Olympic Games Table Tennis Tournament, Sun Yingsha lost to her Chinese teammate Chen Meng with a score of 2-4 and ultimately won the silver medal.
Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng are not only current teammates on the national team but also close friends who have been intimate since their youth. After the match, they hugged each other and exchanged words of encouragement and congratulations.
When asked what Chen Meng said to her after the game, Sun Yingsha replied, “She told me to keep working hard and try again. I feel that fate is fair—it doesn’t want me to think I’m already strong enough, but rather it wants me to accumulate more experience and mature further. Isn’t it often said that many people make a ten-year commitment to become champions?”