"We'll win a bronze medal!" Shin Yubin x Jeon Jihee x Lee Eunhye's 中꺾...The first 銅 challenge in 16 years!
Aug 09, 2024
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The women's table tennis team consisting of Shin Yu-bin (20, Korean Air, 7th in the world), Jeon Ji-hee (32, Mirae Asset Securities, 15th in the world), and Lee Eun-hye (29, Korean Air, 44th in the world) was completely defeated by the strongest China 0-3 in the semifinals of the team event at the South Paris Arena on the 8th (Korea time). It was such a complete defeat against Sun Ying-sha, Chen Meng and Wang Man-yu, who are ranked 1st to 3rd in the world, that there was no set for more than 10 minutes. However, the women's table tennis team, which met in the mixed zone, cheered up once again. What matters is the undaunted mind of 'China as well'. The final game of the Paris Olympics, the bronze medal match, remains. At 5 p.m. on the 10th, he will compete for the bronze medal against the loser of the Japan-Germany match. Shin Yu-bin, Jeon Ji-hee, and Lee Eun-hye 'The Three Musketeers' will challenge for the first medal in 16 years since the bronze medal in the 2008 Beijing Games.
"'Youngest on top' Shin Yu-bin "I'm sorry for the result, but rather than being disappointed, I want to prepare well again and finish well with the last medal in the bronze medal, and Lee Eun-hye answered "Same thoughts" and Jeon Ji-hee responded "One heart."
It was regrettable that Shin Yoo-bin and Jeon Ji-hee-jo gave up 1-2 games too easily against Chen Meng-Wang Man-jo in the first doubles. It took three games and continued a tight race for four games, but it was not enough to turn the game around. As Oh Kwang-heon, head coach of the women's national team, Shin Yu-bin and Jeon Ji-hee are the gold medal doubles group at the Hangzhou Asian Games, so they are not behind any doubles group in the world. Whether Germany comes up or Japan comes up in the 3-4th place match, this doubles group holds the key to the match and the fate of the medal. In this regard, Jeon Ji-hee said, `I don't know which team will come up, but I think we should prepare so that our play can come out better so that we can solve it better from a disappointing start today.' "No matter which team you're against, you have to make sure your play comes out well without any regrets."," he said emphatically.
Team Player'Lee Eun-hye is trying to win her first medal in the Olympics, saying, "It's our last event in this Olympics. We will unite in one mind and try to win a medal by pouring out everything we have without regret." Shin Yu-bin, who reached the semifinals in the mixed doubles for the first time in 12 years and women's singles for the first time in 16 years, also vowed another history in the team event. "It's really the last game of the Olympics. I really want to make a race where I don't have any regrets. I want to win a medal with the mindset that I put everything into one ball" expressed his determination.
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