Korean Men’s and Women’s Table Tennis Achieve Perfect Victory on the Second Day of the Busan World Championships
The men’s team did not give up a single game to New Zealand and the women’s team did not give up a single game to Malaya, and declared the opening of Victory High School’s Yuinchon, “Please show off the skills you have accumulated through sweat and tears.”
The Korean men’s and women’s table tennis teams continued their cruise by achieving ‘perfect victories’ side by side at the BNK Busan Bank 2024 Busan World Table Tennis Championships.
The Korean (5th) men’s table tennis team, consisting of Jae-hyun Ahn (Korea Exchange), Sang-soo Lee (Samsung Life Insurance), and Gyu-hyun Park (Mirae Asset Securities), defeated New Zealand (5th place) in the second round of Group 3 of the men’s group stage on the second day of the tournament held at the BEXCO Special Stadium in Busan on the 17th. 35th place) and won with a match score of 3-0.
As New Zealand was classified as a relatively easy opponent, men’s national team coach Joo Se-hyuk benched the ‘one-two punch’ Jang Woo-jin and Lim Jong-hoon (Korea Exchange) and lined up with other players. 온라인카지노
Ahn Jae-hyun, who suffered a blow as a third singles runner in the first match against Poland the previous day, proudly appeared in the first singles on this day and showed off his pride by defeating Alfred de la Peña with a game score of 3-0 (11-6 11-5 11-1).
Lee Sang-soo, the eldest member of the national team, defeated Korean player Timothy Choi 3-0 (11-4 11-9 11-4).
Timothy Choi is a player who has been steadily associated with Korean table tennis, following his Korean father and training in Korea every vacation.
In his third singles match, ’19-year-old youngest’ Park Gyu-hyun made his World Championship debut.
He also defeated Maxwell Henderson 3-0 (11-5 11-2 11-8).
Like the men’s team, the women’s national team led by coach Oh Gwang-heon achieved a ‘perfect victory’ without any of its three players giving up a single game.
Korea (5th place) in Group 5 of the group lineup consisted of Shin Yu-bin (Korean Air), Jeon Ji-hee (Mirae Asset Securities), and Lee Sion (Samsung Life Insurance) to face Malaysia (28th place).
Shin Yu-bin and Jeon Ji-hee defeated Ho Ying and Line Karen 3-0 (11-2 11-9 11-4) and 3-0 (11-4 11-7 11-3), respectively.
Si-ion Lee defeated Chang Li-shan 3-0 (11-7 11-1 11-3) and achieved victory.
The opening ceremony was held this afternoon, the first holiday during the competition period, with the game schedule starting the previous day.
‘Legend’ from Busan, Hyun Jeong-hwa, Chairman of the Organizing Committee, announced the start of the opening ceremony.
The opening video ‘One Table, One World’, a slogan containing the meaning of world harmony, was screened, an EDM (electronic dance music) laser show with the concept of table tennis, and a performance of the competition theme song ‘Win for Love’ by singer Sohyang with powerful singing skills.
One after another, the opening stage was decorated.
Busan Mayor Park Hyeong-joon, co-chair of the organizing committee, said, “I am even more emotional because we succeeded in re-hosting the 2020 tournament after it was canceled due to COVID-19.
We will further raise the status of table tennis in Korea through the successful hosting of this tournament.”
Co-organizing committee chairman Yoo Seung-min, president of the Korea Table Tennis Association, said, “With the first World Table Tennis Championships held in Korea, Korean table tennis will once again stand as a clear leader on the world stage,” adding, “Today, this place is the beginning of all that history.”
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Lastly, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Yoo In-chon went on stage and officially declared the opening of the competition, asking “the 2,000 athletes from over 40 countries around the world to demonstrate without hesitation the skills they have accumulated through sweat and tears.”