Korea, 1st silver, 5th bronze at Pyeongchang Asian Table Tennis Championships
Possibility of China sweeping gold medals… Hangzhou Asian Games dark clouds
Wiped out in the round of 16 in men’s and women’s singles…no medals
The pair of Shin Yu-bin (right) and Jeon Ji-hee are disappointed after conceding a point to China’s Sun Yingxia-Wang Yidi (China) in the women’s doubles semifinals of the 2023 Pyeongchang Asian Table Tennis Championships held at the Pyeongchang Dome Gymnasium in Gangwon-do on the morning of the 10th. Pyeongchang = News 1
Korean table tennis was shocked to finish the Asian Championships held at home without a single gold medal. The highly anticipated women’s doubles team of Shin Yu-bin (Daehang Hanggong) and Jeon Ji-hee (Mirae Asset Securities) also bowed to China in the semifinals and ended up in bronze. In this tournament, which is a prelude to the Hangzhou Asian Games, Korea only won no medals in the men’s and women’s singles, leaving them with only homework ahead of the Asian Games.
Shin Yu-bin and Jeon Ji-hee (world no. 1) lost 1-3 (5-11) to China’s Sun Ying-sha and Wang Yidi (no ranking) in the women’s doubles semifinals on the last day of the 2023 Pyeongchang Asian Table Tennis Championships held at Pyeongchang Dome in Gangwon-do on the 10th. They lost 11-5 9-11).
The team of Shin Yu-bin and Jeon Ji-hee attempted to win their second consecutive title following the 2021 Doha Games, but failed. At the time, China did not participate due to COVID-19 quarantine issues.
As a result, Korea ended the competition with one silver medal and five bronze medals. In addition to one silver medal in the women’s team event and one bronze medal in the men’s team event, the team of Lim Jong-hoon (Korea Exchange) and Shin Yu-bin won a bronze medal in the mixed doubles, and the team of Lim Jong-hoon and Jang Woo-jin (Mirae Asset Securities) and Ahn Jae-hyun (Korea Exchange) and Park Kang-hyeon (Korea Water Resources Corporation) won a bronze medal in the men’s doubles. We won one each.
Korean table tennis men’s doubles team Lim Jong-hoon (left) and Jang Woo-jin defeated China’s Ma Rong and Wang Chu-jin 1-3 (11-6 5-11 8-11 7-11) in the semifinals of the 2023 Pyeongchang Asian Table Tennis Championships held at the Pyeongchang Dome Gymnasium in Gangwon-do on the 9th. ) and failed to advance to the finals. Provided by the Pyeongchang Asian Table Tennis Championships Organizing Committee
The pair of Shin Yu-bin and Jeon Ji-hee struggled from the beginning against world singles No. 1 Sun Ying-sha and No. 3 Wang Yidi in the semifinals. Chinese players harassed Korea with sophisticated attacks. The pair of Shin Yu-bin and Jeon Ji-hee won the second set and caught up to 8-8 in the third set, but fell behind. In the end, the women’s doubles final was narrowed down to a match between China, with China’s Wang Man-yu and Chen Meng defeating Japan’s Miyu Nagasaki and Miyu Kihara (3-2 wins). In fact, China, which won gold medals in women’s doubles, secured 6 out of 7 gold medals. With only the men’s singles results remaining, China is expected to win and sweep even this.
In particular, Korea was eliminated in the round of 16 in the men’s and women’s singles without a single player reaching the final. It was a performance that did not take advantage of the competition held at home. Shin Yu-bin (No. 9), the only Korean male or female player in the world’s top 10, was expected to pass the round of 16 with ease, but she suffered a shock loss 2-3 to Thailand’s Orawan Paranang (No. 92). .
This tournament was a prelude to the Hangzhou Asian Games, which opens on the 23rd. Korea won this tournament and tried to continue its upward trend in the Asian Games. However, without being able to cross the Great Wall of China, they headed to Hangzhou.
Eunyoung Kang Reporter kiss@hankookilbo.com
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2023-09-10 05:02:22
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