"Shin Yu-bin X Jang Woo-jin, ace!" From 7th to 13th, Kazakhstan 亞 Table Tennis Championships medal challenge
Oct 06, 2024
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The male and female aces, who have regained their first medal in 12 years at the Paris Olympics, will again challenge the Asian stage. The men's team consisted of Jang Woo-jin (Se-ah), Cho Dae-sung (Samsung Life Insurance), Lim Jong-hoon, Ahn Jae-hyun (Korea Exchange), Oh Jun-sung (Mirae Asset Securities), and the women's team consisted of Shin Yoo-bin (Korean Air), Jeon Ji-hee (Mirae Asset Securities), Lee Eun-hye (Korean Air), Seo Hyo-won (Korea Racing Authority), and Kim Na-young (Posco International). Along with the men's and women's singles and the men's doubles, the men's doubles consisted of Jang Woo-jin-Cho Dae-sung, Lim Jong-hoon-Ahn Jae-jo, the women's doubles consisted of Shin Yoo-bin-Jeon Ji-hee, Kim Na-young-Lee Eun-hyejo, and the mixed doubles consisted of Shin Yoo-bin-Im Jong-hoon and Kim Na-young-Cho Dae-sung. Ju Se-hyuk, the men's national team coach whose term expired after the Paris Olympics, will be the head coach of Korean Air, Oh Kwang-heon, the women's team coach, has moved to Boram Sangjo, and Hwang Sung-hoon and Seok Eun-mi, the men's and women's teams coach, will lead the team under a temporary coach system.
The Asian Table Tennis Championships were originally the best national competition in Asia, which was held every two years, but it has changed to an annual format since this year. The Asian Championships will also serve as the Asian regional qualifying round for the World Championships. The top 26 players in the men's singles, the top 29 in the women's singles, the top 15 in the men's and women's doubles, and the top 14 in the mixed doubles will be allocated to the individual competition at the Doha World Championships in Qatar next year.
The competition, which will be held for the first time in more than a year since last year's Pyeongchang Asian Championship, will be held in Astana, Kazakhstan from the 7th to the 13th. The men's and women's team events start from the 7th to the 10th, and the men's and women's individual events start from the 9th to determine the winners (Groups) until the 13th in the order of mixed doubles, men's and women's doubles, and men's and women's singles. South Korea won a silver medal in the women's team event, a bronze medal in the men's team event, two bronze medals in men's doubles (Jang Woo-jin-Im Jong-hoon, Park Kang-hyun-Ahn Jae-hyun), and one bronze medal in women's doubles (Shin Yu-bin-Jeon)
Ji-hee) and one mixed doubles bronze medal (Shin Yoo-bin and Lim Jong-hoon) have won six medals. Both men's and women's singles were eliminated in the round of 16, leaving a regret. As tickets to the world championships are at stake, they are expecting a performance of the quarterfinals or higher. The tournament will feature not only Chinese and Japanese aces, but also traditional powerhouses such as Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore, and ambush from India, Thailand and Iran, which have soared in power.
Fans are paying keen attention to whether the men's and women's table tennis teams, which have regained medals for the first time in 12 years since London in 2012, will continue to rise in their first international competition since the Olympics. Hwang Sung-hoon and Seok Eun-mi, the coaches of the men's and women's teams, said, `After the Olympics, players have adjusted their conditions through injury management and rest, and have maintained their sense of play by continuously participating in the WTT international competitions"First of all, I will try to win medals in each event after securing a stable berth for the world championships." expressed his determination.
Reporter Jeon Young-ji sky4us@sportschosun.com
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