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| Seo Hyo-won, Jeon Ji-hee, Seo Hyo-won, Lee Eun-hye. Photo Source=WTT |
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"I can't forget the moment I was with Yubin."
Jeon Ji-hee, a member of the Korean national team, expressed her heartfelt gratitude to Shin Yu-bin (Korean Air) at a surprise retirement ceremony organized by the World Table Tennis (WTT).
WTT prepared a retirement ceremony 'THANK YOU FOR THE MEMORIES, JEON JIHE' for Jeon Ji-hee' at the Smash Games in Singapore on the afternoon of the 3rd. Korean table tennis legend Joo Se-hyuk (former men's national team coach) and Seo Hyo-won (Korea Racing Authority), who have been in the same league with each other since the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, and Shin Yoo-bin (Soul Partner) and Lee Eun-hye (Korean Air) who collaborated for the first women's team bronze medal in 16 years at the Paris Olympics last year accompanied them to the final retirement ceremony.
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| From left, director Shin Yoo-bin, Jeon Ji-hee, Joo Se-hyuk, Seo Hyo-won, and Lee Eun-hye. Photo Source=WTT |
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At the retirement ceremony, the main video of his career was shown on the stadium's electronic display, and as memories passed by like a beacon, tears that Jeon Ji-hee had endured. Jeon Ji-hee said, `I'm so grateful to the players and coaches I've met in Korea for 14 years. The members of the national team who were with us, Hye-soo, Eun-soo, and Yoo-bin..." Then he burst into tears again. "To me, Shin Yu-bin is.... When I think of Yubin, I cry. I can't forget the moment I spent with him. I won a gold medal at the Asian Games with Yubin, and after meeting Yubin, my team's performance improved and it had a big impact on me. Please support Yubin a lot from now on" he concluded. Jeon Ji-hee then said goodbye in Chinese to her Chinese fans.
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Shin Yu-bin went on stage on the day and handed Jeon Ji-hee a bouquet of flowers and a framed gift with two caricatures on it as the player's representative. We shared the last moment, hugging Jeon Ji-hee, who was in tears. In an interview with WTT, Shin Yu-bin expressed his infinite gratitude and affection for Jeon Ji-hee 'Best Partner'. "I played doubles with Ji-hee and went to the Olympics together twice. I played my first doubles with Ji-hee in my first national team. "Of course, I learned a lot of table tennis and we were able to achieve good results together. I think I met the 'best partner'. I wonder if this kind of luck can follow again.', he recalled the performance of the 'fantastic doubles team'. "Jihee bought me a lot of delicious food, took me here and there, and raised me almost."," he said with a smile.
Seo Hyo-won, who has been with Jeon Ji-hee for the longest time as a best friend and rival for the Korean women's team, said, `I want to tell Ji-hee that I am now resting comfortably and supporting her for her second life. I really want to say that I only looked at table tennis and did my best in Korea, that I had a hard time, and that Ji-hee really gave me a lot of strength. Seo Hyo-won said, "I was eating outside with Ji-hee after the Hangzhou Asian Games in 2023 and I remember someone watching Ji-hee and saying, 'Thanks to Ji-hee, I was so happy at this Asian Games.' I want to say that Jihee is a person who gave happiness to so many people and that she is a happy person who is loved a lotHe blessed his best friend's junior with a new flower path.
Reporter Jeon Young-ji, sky4us@sportschosun.com .
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
