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Jike Zhang of China competes during Men Single 1. Round at Table Tennis World Championship at Messe Duesseldorf in Dusseldorf, Germany on May 31, 2017. Maja Hitij/Bongarts/Getty Images
Table tennis, known as the “national sport” in China, has been dominated globally by Chinese athletes for over two decades, but various scandals have overshadowed the honor.
One example was how retired table tennis prodigy Zhang Jike used his girlfriend’s intimate videos to pay gambling debts.
