Original title: Two highlights from the Busan World Table Tennis Championships team competition
Xinhua News Agency, Busan, South Korea, February 15 (Reporters Tan Chang, Su Bin, Feng Yasong) The 2024 ITTF Busan World Table Tennis Team Championship will start on the 16th. Reporters have been checking the team rosters online and visiting the competition venues offline for days. Internally and externally, in addition to completing the scheduled tasks, I also received two tidbits.
Family members come together
Official information shows that there are 12 groups of players from the same family participating in this tournament. Among them, the most well-known are undoubtedly Harimoto Tomokazu, Harimoto Mei and their siblings from the Japanese team. This is the first time for 15-year-old Harimoto Miwa to participate in the World Table Tennis Championships team competition. She has previously locked in the qualification to represent the Japanese team in the Paris Olympics.
On January 4, Zhang Benzhihe celebrated scoring in the game.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Dongzhen
Zhang Benzhihe said that he was surprised to see his sister catch up with him and participate in the World Table Tennis Championships. He hoped that the two could promote each other and achieve better results in the future. “I often see my brother competing in the World Table Tennis Championships. I really want to play with him as soon as possible. I am very happy to achieve this goal.” Miwa Zhang said.
The Le Brun brothers of the French team have shone in the European table tennis world in recent years, especially the 17-year-old younger brother Felix, who has made a strong rise and is currently ranked sixth in the world. Felix said before the game that this was his first time competing in South Korea and he hoped to stand on the podium with his brother.
On January 5, Alex Le Brun (left)/Felix Le Brun in the game.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Dongzhen
The host occupies the “C position”
The World Table Tennis Championships were held in South Korea for the first time. The host country had the upper hand in building momentum for the home team and attracting spectators. The reporter saw that on a giant promotional poster outside the Busan Convention and Exhibition Center, the competition venue, the person occupying the center position was not the men’s world number one Fan Zhendong, nor the women’s number one Sun Yingsha, but the world’s eighth-ranked Korean female player Shin Yubin. .
A promotional poster for the event taken outside the Busan Convention and Exhibition Center on February 15.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Tan Chang
At the pre-match press conference held on the afternoon of the 15th, Shin Yu-bin, as a player representative, sat between ITTF President Petra Sorin and Busan World Table Tennis Championships Team Competition Organizing Committee Co-Chairman Ryu Seung-min. Shin Yubin said that the South Korean team playing at home is preparing seriously and wants to show a good appearance to the audience. “I hope everyone will come to the stadium to cheer for our national team players.”
When talking about the special significance of this competition, Solin said that it was at the 1988 Seoul Olympics in South Korea that table tennis entered the Olympics for the first time, which changed the development trajectory of table tennis.
Looking ahead to the competition, Solin said: “From seasoned veterans to talented rookies, each player will bring their unique talent and passion, and they are ready to showcase the best of our sport.”
2024-02-15 15:58:00
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