Did a Western reporter intentionally bump Chinese table tennis champion Wang Chuqin in a racist attack at the 2024 Paris Olympics?! Take a look at the viral video, and find out what the facts really are!
Claim : Western reporter bumped Chinese athlete in racist attack!
People are sharing a video which they claim shows a Western reporter intentionally bumping Chinese table tennis champion Wang Chuqin in a racist attack at the 2024 Paris Olympics!
磊哥聊政经 (translated) : The foreign reporter deliberately bumped into our athletes. Look at the reporter’s face. He deliberately bumped into Wang Chuqin. Do you know how difficult it is for our athletes now? This is the racism in the bones of Westerners.
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Truth : Western reporter did not bump Chinese athlete in racist attack!
This is yet another example of fake news about the Olympic Games, and here are the reasons why…
Fact #1 : She is a photographer, not a reporter
I should start by pointing out that the woman is not a reporter. She is a Swedish photographer, which can be confirmed by her grey vest that said “PHOTO 1717”. She was also lugging two large and heavy cameras – one with a long monopod attached, and the other held up to her face.
This photographer was allegedly banned from the Field of Play (FOP) for one game, but even if that’s true – it is unknown whether the temporary ban was issued because she bumped into the Chinese athlete, or some other infraction.
I am aware of her identity, which confirms that she is an accredited photographer working at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Fact #2 : She was swerving to avoid two other men
In the viral video (above), the female photographer appears to swerve right to “intentionally” bump into the Chinese athlete – table tennis champion, Wang Chuqin. However, a different video (below), which shows two different angles, tell a different story.
This different video shows that Wang Chuqin had just ended an interview. He bent down to pick up his lanyard, and turned right into the photographer. Just before the video switches to a different angle, you can see that the photographer was swerving to avoid two men approaching on her left – one with a blue shirt, and one with a black shirt.
When the angle switches again, you can see the two men (wearing blue and black shirts respectively) that the photographer was trying to avoid, walking along the left side of the narrow lane. If she did not swerve right, she would have walked into those men.
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Fact #3 : The photographer apologised to Wang Chuqin
Some netizens who noted that the photographer was swerving to avoid the two men have, however, said that she was still rude for not apologising to Wang Chuqin. That’s not accurate either.
In yet another video taken from a different angle, you can see that the photographer was actually looking into the eyepiece of her camera (which was pointed to her left), and was surprised when she bumped into the Chinese athlete.
The photographer can be seen immediately saying, “Oh, sorry”, before quickly swerving out of his way.
I should point out that Wang Chuqin did not appear to complain about being bumped by this photographer. Neither did he appear to suggest that the photographer never apologised to him.
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Fact #4 : That was not a racist attack
Regardless of whether you think the photographer was careless or simply being a lettuce, it is obvious that she did not intentionally bump into Wang Chuqin. That was most definitely not a racist attack.
All of the video evidence show that the photographer was likely trying to get a shot of someone to her left, and swerved right to avoid the two incoming men, when she slammed into Wang Chuqin who, coincidentally, just started walking away from his interview.
What is clear is that it was all just an accident, and it was not a racist attack on a Chinese athlete by a Western reporter. Her startled face when she bumped into him says it all.
To the people who are cursing her and even doxing her, your actions are a reflection of your character, not hers. Everyone makes mistakes, and that was obviously just an accident. She did not do anything to deserve your pent-up animosity towards white people, or Westerners.
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