'Towards the 2028 LA Olympics!" 'Yoon Nam-gyu II'Yoo Yeon-rin Contracts With Wow Management
Nov 19, 2024
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Yoo Hae-rin has emerged as a next promising Korean women's table tennis player by winning the U-19 title at the WTT Youth Contender Algeria in 2024 after lifting the 2024 WTT Youth Contender Tunisia and Berlin U-17 Women's Singles Championship. He is also ranked No. 1 in the world in the mixed doubles U-19 WTT rankings with Kwon Hyuk of the same age. 'The strongest of the same class'Yu Yue-lin-Kwon Hyuk-jo proved his potential by winning the 2023 WTT Youth Star Contender Tunisia U-15 and then beating his three-year-old brothers and sisters in the 2024 WTT Youth Star Contender Skopje (Montenegro) to win the U-19 mixed doubles.
Yoo Yeon-rin is the only child of Korea Exchange coach Yoo Nam-kyu, the first gold medalist in men's singles and Korean table tennis at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, and is attracting attention as a future and hope to lead Korean women's table tennis along with Shin Yu-bin, Joo Chun-hee and Kim Na-young, growing every year with extraordinary DNA and competitive grit.
With this contract, Wow Management Group said "We plan to create an optimal environment for athletes Cho to concentrate solely on their sports." Yoo Hae-rin is pleased to be with "Wow Management." I want to be more responsible and participate in the 2028 LA Olympics" conveyed his aspirations. Yoo will try to win a medal at the World Junior Championships in Sweden from the 22nd.
Wow Management Group is an agency of more than 60 professional billiards players, including LPGA Park In-bee, Ryu So-yeon, Kim A-rim, Lee Jung-eun 6, KLPGA Hwang Yoo-min, Choi Ye-rim, Ko Ji-woo, and Yoo Hyun-joo, and Cho Jae-ho, Gangdong-gung, David Martinez, Kim Ga-young, Lee Mi-rae, and Han Ji-eun, and is also actively exploring prospects for amateur sports in the same summer. Following speed skating Lee Na-hyun, table tennis Kwon Hyuk, and rhythmic gymnastics Son Ji-in, she will be accompanied by Yoo Yeon-rin, a promising female table tennis player.
Reporter Jeon Young-ji sky4us@sportschosun.com
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