Original title: The Chinese team wins 9 gold medals in the World Youth Table Tennis Championship
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 12. On the 11th local time, the 2022 World Youth Table Tennis Championships concluded in Ladis, Tunisia. The Chinese team won two gold medals in U19 men’s singles and U15 women’s singles. So far, the Chinese team has won nine of the fourteen gold medals in this tournament.
The U19 men’s singles final was played between Chinese players Lin Shidong and Chen Yuanyu. The two teamed up to win the U19 Men’s Doubles Championship the day before. Lin Shidong, who has superior strength, lost a game first, won four games in a row with a relatively clear advantage, and won the championship with a total score of 4:1. Lin Shidong won all four events in this World Youth Championship.
Chinese players Yan Yulu and Xiang Junlin, who previously won the doubles championship, joined the final of the U15 women’s singles. After the sixth inning, the two sides tied a score of 3:3. In the deciding game, Yan Yulu played proactively, won the deciding game, and won his third gold medal in this World Youth Championship.
In the other two individual events of the closing day, the U19 women’s singles champion belonged to Japan’s Kihara Miyu, while the French player Kedong won the U15 men’s singles championship.
