Chen Meng (30 years old) defeated the world's number one Sun Yingsha (23 years old) 4:2, becoming the third player to defend the Olympic women's singles gold medal after Deng Yaping and Zhang Yining . Witness the arrival of the "Chen Meng Era".
Deng Yaping won the women's singles gold medal at the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games, while Zhang Yining won the women's singles gold medal twice at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games. Shortly after the
final, Chen Meng’s cousin Huang Xiaoming posted a congratulatory message on social media.
He used 20 "ah"s. His excitement can be seen from the text, and his comments quickly became hot searches.
Chen Meng won two Olympic championships. Coincidentally, his opponent in both finals was his teammate Sun Yingsha, and even the final winning score was exactly the same.
After the game, Chen Meng said in an interview, "It's very unexpected and surprising. I lost to Sasha many times in the past three years. In my memory, I have only won twice in the past three years, so in today's game, I I also competed with Shasha with the mentality of an attacker. "
The bronze medal was won by Japanese player Hayata Hina .
In the past, Chen Meng was quite concerned about being called "someone's cousin", but as her grades continued to improve, she soon had her own name, "I performed well in some competitions, but every time I would just say I am Huang Xiaoming's cousin. Later, after I gradually won some championships, fewer people said this. When they mentioned me, they would say "Chen Meng."
Chen Meng expressed that he had a good relationship with his cousin and regarded each other as his. As an idol, but as an athlete, she doesn't like to be called "Huang Xiaoming's cousin".
Nowadays, everyone says that Huang Xiaoming is "taking advantage" of the Olympic champion's popularity, while Chen Meng has won the honor with his own strength.
Huang Xiaoming even joked with netizens, "After all, I am the one who has climbed higher."
In fact, Huang Xiaoming has always paid attention to his cousin's competitions:
During the Tokyo Olympics, he used his mobile phone to watch live broadcasts;
In 2022, he also watched Chen Meng compete in the Table Tennis Team World Championships;
This time's Olympic finals, not to mention , Huang Xiaoming was so happy that he directly sent 100 red envelopes in the group. Netizens speculated that the amount might be tens of thousands of yuan.
A sports editor who has worked for many websites posted screenshots, revealing that a friend in Qingdao was in the same group of 100 people as Huang Xiaoming and grabbed Huang Xiaoming’s red envelope.
The moment Chen Meng won the championship, friends in the group congratulated Huang Xiaoming one after another, which made Xiaoming very excited. With a wave of his hand, he sent 100 red envelopes to one of the groups, letting the group members compete for luck. Some people got 122 yuan, and others got 122 yuan. I only got 6.72 yuan, a huge gap that made netizens laugh.
Huang Xiaoming humorously laughed at himself in the group, "My sister is the champion, and more people congratulate me than I am the best actor."
Indeed, the peak showdown between Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha made the CCTV ratings reach 10. What is that concept? Usually the most popular TV series may break 2 or 3, which is great. If it breaks 10, it is like the whole country is watching this game.
Huang Xiaoming is the "Three Golden Best Actor" and has won the Golden Rooster Award, Hundred Flowers Award and Huabiao Award, but the combined "ratings" may not be as good as Chen Meng's single game.
Seeing Chen Meng's good results, Huang Xiaoming, his cousin, was very proud. Even if netizens teased him for "taking advantage of the popularity of the Olympic champion", he laughed it off.
