Image of table tennis body tarnished
In the report “STTA chief has no regrets over ‘painful’ Feng axing” (Dec 2), Singapore Table Tennis Association president Ellen Lee said: “We wanted to preserve her dignity for her and ... I gave her a graceful exit.”
In the report “STTA chief has no regrets over ‘painful’ Feng axing” (Dec 2), Singapore Table Tennis Association president Ellen Lee said: “We wanted to preserve her dignity for her and ... I gave her a graceful exit.”
I do not consider it a graceful exit for paddler Feng Tianwei. I doubt she would either. In fact, many thought it was a shock exit — using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. We are all human.
Would more future talents want to join the STTA, whose image has been tarnished, and be treated in such a way eventually?
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