"Buktak-gu hit a big accident!" 日 Defeat Harimoto Jo, the favorite to win the championship, and advance to the quarterfinals
Jul 28, 2024
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North Korea's Ri Jung-sik and Kim Geum-yong (no ranking) beat Japan's Tomokazu Harimoto-Hayata Hina (world No. 2) 4-1 (11-57-111 11-4 15-13 12-10) in the round of 16 of the mixed table tennis doubles at the Paris Olympics held at South Pariahrena 4 in France on the 27th (Korea time). North Korean table tennis, such as 'Guardian', which disappeared from the Olympic stage after the COVID-19 pandemic, once again showed 'Spicy Taste' against Japan.
Harimoto-Hayatazo competed with Shin Yu-bin and Lim Jong-hoon until last month, and along with the myth of winning four consecutive WTT tournaments, pushed Shin-Imazo to the third seed and secured the second seed after Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingxia of China. Japan, which won its first gold medal in mixed doubles at the Tokyo Olympics, challenged for its second consecutive gold medal.
North Korea beat Japan's dream of winning two consecutive games. North Korea widened the gap from 1 game to 8-1 and won 11-5. Japan, which maintained its two-game battle line, won 11-7, but Ri Jung-sik and Kim Geum-yong-jo brought back three games lightly to 11-4 and wrote the best drama of the tournament by winning a four-game deuce match 15-13 and a five-game deuce match 12-10.
Lee Jung-sik and Kim Geum-yong-jo, led by head coach Kim Hyuk-bong, have emerged as the best dark horse in the tournament.
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