"Another Korea-Japan match!""The People's Peepyak""Shin Yu-bin's third great challenge to Korean women's table tennis begins."

Aug 03, 2024

Tableball national team Shin Yoo-bin is shedding tears after winning the women's singles quarterfinals of the 2024 Paris Olympics table tennis match against Japan's Hirano Miu (13th in the world) 4-3 after a close game at South Paris Arena 4 in France on the 1st (Korea time). Paris (France) = Reporter Chung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.8.1/

"People's Peepyak" Shin Yoo-bin (20, Korean Air, 8th in the world) will start the bronze medal challenge.

Shin Yu-bin will face Hina Hayata (world No. 5) in the women's singles bronze medal match at the Paris Olympics held at Arena 6 in South Paris, France at 1:30 p.m. on the 3rd (Korea time).

It is a match between Korea and Japan that puts the pride of Shin Yu-bin, who lost 0-4 to Chen Meng in the semifinals, and Hayata, who lost 0-4 to Sun Ying-sha. Shin Yu-bin's all-time record with Hayatawa was defeated in four games. Including the Japanese professional league, it has lost all five games. They lost 2:4 in the round of 64 at the 2019 Czech Open, 1-0 in the final of the 2021 Doha Asian Championships, and 0-3 in the team event at the Hangzhou Asian Games last year. However, in the most recent Macau World Cup round of 16, he lost 3-4 after a close game of full-game deuce, showing a different appearance from the past. Shin Yu-bin said of Hayata "He is a very good player. Everyone knows it and I know it. Still, if we analyze the opponent's weaknesses well and prepare well, we will be able to play well,' he expressed confidence.

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Shin Yu-bin won the women's singles quarterfinals of the Paris Olympics table tennis tournament held at the South Paris Arena in France on the afternoon of the 1st, 4-3 at the game score after a close game against the "Japanese ace" Hirano Miu (13th in the world). Shin Yu-bin is shedding tears of emotion. Paris (France) = Reporter Chung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.8.1/

It is a great challenge to win the bronze medal for the first time in 20 years. There are only two Olympic medalists from the Korean women's singles: 'Grand Slam Legend' Hyun Jung-hwa (1992 Barcelona Dong) and 'World Class Shaving God' Kim Kyung-ah (2004 Athens Dong). Shin Yoo-bin, who has written the history of going to the semifinals for the first time in 20 years, will challenge the history of Korea's third singles medalist. Shin Yu-bin won the mixed doubles bronze medal with Lim Jong-hoon (Korea Exchange) on the 30th, bringing his first medal in 12 years to Korean table tennis. If he beats Hayata to win the bronze medal, he will write the history of Korea's third multi-medal and first women's table tennis medal after Yoo Nam-kyu (director of the Korea Exchange, singles gold and doubles bronze) at the 1988 Seoul Olympics and Kim Taek-soo (director of Mirae Asset, singles and doubles bronze) at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. The path Shin Yu-bin walks is the history of Korean women's table tennis.

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"Another Korea-Japan match!""The People's Peepyak""Shin Yu-bin's third great challenge to Korean women's table tennis begins."

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