Olympic Table Tennis Champions Graduate, Pursue Master's Degrees Amid Questions
Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu Move to Tsinghua University for Sports Studies
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Olympic table tennis champions Sun Yingsha (25) and Wang Manyu (29) graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and will pursue master's degrees in sports studies at Tsinghua University, sparking questions about their academic timeline and rigour amid intense training schedules.
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Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu are renowned Olympic table tennis champions pursuing higher education.
Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu, Olympic table tennis champions, graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and will pursue master’s degrees in sports studies at Tsinghua University this September. The duo, aged 25 and 29, entered Shanghai Jiao Tong University seven years ago under an exam-exemption scheme, majoring in human resource management. Their admission to Tsinghua’s sports studies program, with scores of 92.04 (Sun) and 89.44 (Wang), has prompted questions about their graduation timeline and the balance between academics and intense training schedules. Netizens have queried if they applied for delayed graduation, given the typical four-year undergraduate timeline, and expressed skepticism about the authenticity of their educational experience amid daily training.
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