August 5, 2011, 10:05 am

Wang tweeted on her Weibo at qq.com: "Please don't push Zhou Yang (one of Wang's teammate who wants to quit on her own will)！Don't force her to acknowledge mistakes!"

August 4, 2011, 21:04 pm

Wang Meng apologized to her fans on her Weibo at qq.com, for her behavior at the Qingdao training camp and its negative impact on the society, but adding that her apology was only for the Chinese people and she will hold a news conference to tell people the truth.

August 4, 2011

Wang Meng and Liu Xianwei were expelled from the Chinese national short track speed skating team and banned from domestic and international competitions. Wang was deprived of her captain's title in the national team. Other skaters, including Zhou Yang, quit the national team in protest of the decision to expel Wang Meng without any punishment to Wang Chunlu.

July 30, 2011

China's winter sports administrative center suspended Wang Meng and Liu Xianwei from training. The other four involved team members were allowed to keep training but have to write confessions as a punishment.

July 24, 2011 3:00 am

Wang Meng and other athletes, including Liu Xianwei, Zhou Yang, Liu Qiuhong, Han Jialiang and Liang Wenhao, returned to their training camp quite late and drunk in eastern Chinese city of Qingdao, Shandong province, and are criticized seriously by the team manager Wang Chunlu. Wang Meng, losing her temper, punched Wang Chunlu and smashed up furniture in her dormitory so violently that she cut her hands on glass.

June 7, 2011

Wang Meng and her teammates clashed with security guards who accused them of making too much noise during a night out in the southwestern Chinese city of Lijiang, Yunnan province.

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Wang Meng and her teammates clashed with security guards who accused them of making too much noise during a night out in the southwestern Chinese city of Lijiang, Yunnan province.

Zhang Quanling, a famous CCTV host and news reporter, tweeted on her Weibo at sina.com

" The dismissal (of Wang Meng) is far from the end of this matter. It's said that Wang Meng will disclose what goes on behind the scenes in terms of sponsorship and doping. The short track speed skating team's coach Li Yan stressed that the root reason why a team with so many achievements could become a negative example within just one year should not be covered up. Our rival, the South Korea team, is tittering at this scandal. "

Yuchi Xuemin, a CCTV sports special correspondent, tweeted on his Weibo at sina.com

" A meeting was held by the Winter Sport Administration Centre on Thursday night, Aug 4, at which Wang Meng and Liu Xianwei were expelled. Zhou Yang withdrew from the national team at the meeting, followed by Liang Wenhao and Han Jialing's declarations to withdraw from the national team after the meeting. Another squad member, Liu Qiuhong, also expressed her will to withdraw. All of the six are the leading speed skaters in China." 

Zhang Ruowen, a CCTV sports channel journalist, tweeted on his Weibo at qq.com

"I got a phone call from coach Li Yan just now. The once courageous and resolute woman showed me another side. 'What should I do now?' She asked. That is a good question. Most of the key players have left, so what should a coach do without her skaters? Please, give this matter a second thought."

Four-time Winter Olympic champion Wang Meng was expelled from the Chinese national short track speed skating team, for the second time, after a drunken brawl with team manager, announced the country's sports governing body on Thursday evening.

Also expelled was male speed skater Liu Xianwei, who was alleged to have stirred things up before the argument between Wang Meng and Wang Chunlu turned physical.

Four other squad members involved, including Zhou Yang, Liu Qiuhong, Han Jialiang and Liang Wenhao, were allowed to keep training with the national team, but would have to write confessions.

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