Yoo Bin, the first multi-medal player in 32 years since Hyun Jung-hwa, had a hard time, but I believed in my efforts
May 25, 2025
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Shin Yu-bin (21, Korean Air) returns home with multiple medals at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Doha World Championships. Shin Yu-bin contributed to Korea's winning two medals, including a bronze medal with Lim Jong-hoon (28, Korea Exchange), a bronze medal in the mixed doubles at the Paris Olympics, and a bronze medal with Yuhan (23, POSCO International) and a bronze medal in the women's doubles. It is another multi-medal following the women's team event and mixed doubles multi-medal at the Paris Olympics. It is a great achievement to win back-to-back multi-medals in the 'War of Stars', the Olympics, and the World Championships, where not a medal is difficult. Shin Yu-bin will also be recorded as a female athlete who has won two or more medals in an individual event in 32 years since Hyun Jung-hwa (single gold, mixed silver) at the Gothenburg Games in 1993.
Shin Yu-bin and Lim Jong-hoon reaffirmed their world-class skills with their first world championship medal following the bronze medal at the Paris Olympics. Shin Yu-bin said, `A medal at a world tournament is always pleasing and meaningful.In particular, he expressed his joy, saying, "I won more memorable medals because I beat difficult opponents such as Lin Yun-ju and Cheng Qing in the quarterfinals." Lim Jong-hoon said, `We prepared hard for this event because there was no mixed doubles medal only at the World Championships"He confessed. In the semifinals, Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingxia (China) were given the final round after a close game of deuce. Im Jong-hoon "Wang Chu-chin - Sun Ying Xiazo was undefeated after the formation, and I will prepare more with the aim of finding fault with the record."," vowing to avenge.
Another bronze medal, the women's doubles Shin Yu-bin and Yu Hanna, secured the bronze medal by beating the world's No. 1 Japanese team, but missed the final in the semifinals with a 2–3 loss to the group 'European Champion Group' Bernadette Schötz (Romania) and Sofia Polkanova (Austria). Shin Yu-bin, who won silver medal with Jeon Ji-hee in Durban two years ago, failed to make it to the final for two consecutive years. But 'left-handed ace'Yuna made her perfect debut on the podium in her first world championship stage. In fact, the duo has already won the international stage when they were junior. He won the 2018 Asian Junior Championship and finished second in 2019. Since then, while Shin Yu-bin has swept Jeon Ji-hee, the silver medal at the Durban World Championship, and the gold medal at the Hangzhou Asian Games, 'left-handed ace'Yuna has been the country's best doubles specialist, losing back-to-back championships with her teammates. It completely filled Jeon Ji-hee's gap and raised expectations for the Asian Games and Olympic stages in the future.
Shin Yu-bin smiled broadly, saying, `I'm so happy that I was lucky to have achieved such a great performance, and I'm so grateful to meet outstanding partners.' `I'm so happy that I won another medal at the World Championships.' "I felt good because two medals were decided in a day. Perhaps that's why the game went better afterwards. "There was quite a period of sluggishness while preparing for the Paris Olympics last year. But without much care, I believed in my efforts. I was able to cheer up more with good people around me. Thanks to them, I was able to win a medal"I expressed my appreciation.
Thanks to the growth and performance of ace players such as Shin Yoo-bin, South Korea's table tennis won two bronze medals in the transition period of generational change.Ahn Jae-hyun (Korea Exchange), the bronze medalist at the 2019 Budapest Games, was the only male and female representatives to reach the quarterfinals in singles. Unfortunately, he missed the medal, but Ace's revival is meaningful. Now, he will run again with the goal of the Aichi and Nagoya Asian Games next year and the 2028 LA Olympics. Oh Sang-eun, the head coach of the men's national team, said, `We are planning to train mainly on skills such as racket control and defense" he said. Seok Eun-mi, the coach of the women's national team, said, `We will continue to transplant fast table tennis focused on forehand attacks", foreshadowing a strong offensive table tennis led by Shin Yu-bin, Yoo Han-na, and Kim Na-young.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
