Doubles, national team, was not a domestic enemy Im Jong-hoon X Ahn Jae-hyun (Korea Exchange) won the doubles!
Apr 26, 2025
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Lim Jong-hoon and Ahn Jae-hyun won the men's general doubles final at Gangneung Arena on the 25th, defeating Mirae Asset Securities Park Kang-hyun and Woo Hyung-kyu 3-0 (13-11, 11-7, 11-6). The domestic stage was narrow for Ahn Jae-hyun-jo, who worked together several times on the international stage after high school as a senior and junior at Dongmun High School in Daejeon. Ahn Jae-hyun's lively connection overwhelmed the opponent with Lim Jong-hoon's destructive drive.
Lim Jong-hoon and Ahn Jae-hyun-jo reunited after high school when Lim Jong-hoon transferred to the Korea Exchange where Ahn Jae-hyun played in 2023. From the first year of meeting again, he won the business table tennis championship, lifted three championships (2023 Antalya, Rio, 2025 Chennai) at the WTT Contender, and in October last year, he is the strongest duo with the men's doubles gold medal in 32 years.
It is the first time that they have won the final competition together, but Lim Jong-hoon is a "double master" who has won 61st (Kang Dong-hoon), 62nd (Kim Min-seok), 65th (Kim Min-seok), and Ahn Jae-hyun is a "double master" who has won 68th (Cho Dae-sung) competitions during his time at Samsung Life Insurance. Lim Jong-hoon and Ahn Jae-hyun smiled brightly, saying, `It's a win I've already won, but I feel good as if it's my first time.'
Lim Jong-hoon and Ahn Jae-hyun's team will also challenge the men's doubles medal at the ITTF World Table Tennis Championships, which will open in Doha, Qatar on the 17th of next month. Ahead of the world championships, he finished preheating for the podium with a pleasant victory in the domestic competition following the gold medal at the Chennai Games. Lim Jong-hoon, who made consecutive finals with his senior Jang Woo-jin (Se-ah) in Houston in 2021 and Durban in 2023, said "Left-handed ace"We have a different mind, but we are not different." It's a different style than Woo-jin, but I'm trying to do well by changing my role to suit it." "I heard that doubles will be created at the Olympics. I want to keep trying with a partner that fits me well"" he said. Ahn Jae-hyun, who won the bronze medal in men's singles at the 2019 Budapest World Championships, is also "It is his second appearance in doubles at the World Championships. I went out with (Joe) Dae-sung in 2021. This time, I want to work with Jonghoon and show good results," he said, his eyes shining.
Im Jong-hoon and Ahn Jae-hyun will try to win two gold medals side by side as their team, the Korea Exchange, reached the final of the team competition. The Korea Exchange, led by head coach Yoo Nam-kyu, won 3-2 in the semifinals after a full-match battle with enemy Mirae Asset Securities. He will compete with the Korea Water Resources Corporation, which beat the Korea Racing Authority on the 26th.
Reporter Jeon Young-ji sky4us@sportschosun.com
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
