President Yang Ha-eun X Yoo Han-na won the right to pray! Park Kang-hyun X Kim Min-hyuk Wins Men's Uniforms

Aug 19, 2024

President Yang Ha-eun X Yoo Han-na won the right to pray! Park Kang-hyun X Kim Min-hyuk Wins Men's Uniforms
Photo by Ahn Sung-ho (Korea Table Tennis Association)
President Yang Ha-eun X Yoo Han-na won the right to pray! Park Kang-hyun X Kim Min-hyuk Wins Men's Uniforms
Photo by Ahn Sung-ho (Korea Table Tennis Association)
'Korea' Yang Ha-eun and Yoo Han-na-jo (Posco International) lifted the trophy once again in the women's doubles under the presidential flag.

Yang Ha-eun and Yoo Han-na won the women's doubles final of the 40th presidential national table tennis competition held at Gwangju Women's University Stadium in Gwangju on the 18th, winning 3-2 (11-2, 2-11, 11-5, 9-11, 11-6, 11-6) after a close game with Mirae Asset Securities Kim Seo-yoon and Lee Da-eun.

Yang Ha-eun and Yoo Han-na group, which POSCO boasts, is the strongest doubles group in Korea, having swept the championship cup at the general championship last year, the unemployment championship in March this year, and the women's doubles at the national championship in May. After winning the 37th tournament in 2021, he regained the top spot for the first time in three years, reaffirming his strongest position. Yoon Hyo-bin and Shim Hyun-joo (Mirae Asset Securities) and Kim Ha-young and Park Ga-hyun (Korean Air) tied for third place.

President Yang Ha-eun X Yoo Han-na won the right to pray! Park Kang-hyun X Kim Min-hyuk Wins Men's Uniforms
Photo by Ahn Sung-ho (Korea Table Tennis Association)
President Yang Ha-eun X Yoo Han-na won the right to pray! Park Kang-hyun X Kim Min-hyuk Wins Men's Uniforms
Photo by Ahn Sung-ho (Korea Table Tennis Association)
In the men's general doubles final, Kim Min-hyuk and Park Kang-hyun-jo (Korea Water Resources Corporation) beat Oh Joon-sung and Park Kyu-hyun-jo (Mirae Asset Securities) 3-1 (2-11, 15-13, 11-4, 11-3) to win the championship. Kim Min-hyuk and Park Kang-hyun-jo have a history of winning the competition in 2015 when they belonged to Samsung Life Insurance nine years ago. Kim Min-hyuk and Park Kang-hyun, who moved to the Korea Water Resources Corporation side by side after passing through the Armed Forces Sports Unit, set a unique record of recapturing the trophy together as members of other teams for the first time in nine years.

The Korea Water Resources Corporation had the pleasure of winning the title for the second consecutive time following Park Jung-woo and Jang Han-jae's victory in this event last year. Lee Sang-hyuk and Kim Seok-ho-jo (Korea Water Resources Corporation). Oh Min-seo and Kim Soo-hwan-jo (Sancheong County Office) tied for third place.

Meanwhile, men's Daejeon Dongmun Elementary School and women's Yeongcheon Poeun Elementary School dominated all events in the elementary school division, which ended on the same day. On the 19th, the men's and women's singles and team finals will be held. The semifinals of the men's team event were compressed into the semifinals of Mirae Asset Securities, Korea Water Resources Corporation, the Armed Forces Sports Unit, the Korea Exchange, and the women's team event was compressed into the semifinals of Hwaseong City Hall, Korean Air, Samsung Life Insurance, and Mirae Asset Securities.



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