I beat my cold physique Yoo Nam-gyu's second generation, Yoo Hae-rin, POSCO's first transfer!Along with Yoon Nam-kyu, the great priest, Kwon Hyuk, he won two singles and mixed awards (WTT Us Contender Pristina)

Jun 02, 2025

'Legend Yoo Nam-gyu II' and the future of Korean women's table tennis, Yoo Ye-rin (Posco International), won her first two gold medals at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Youth Contender Pristina 2025.

In the WTT youth contenter Pristina 2025 Under-19 (U-19) women's singles final held in Pristina, Kosovo on the 2nd (Korea Standard Time), Yoo Hae-rin beat the 'India Prospect' Sindhla Das 3-1 (3-11, 11-8, 11-7, 15-13) and lifted the trophy. He was shaken by losing one game 3-11, but succeeded in turning the tables by bringing down 2-3 games, leading 5-1 in the last four games, calmly overcoming the crisis of allowing the reversal and deuce games, standing tall for two gold medals with a 15-13 victory and a thrilling upset victory.

In the U-19 mixed doubles, which was coordinated with Kwon Hyuk (Korea Exchange), who is 'father's disciple', Yoo Hae-rin turned the Kawakami Ryuussei-Takeya Misuzujo 3-2 (9-11, 10-12, 11-9, 11-7, 12-10) after a close game.

Yoo Yeon-rin proved her rise by winning two gold medals just two months after moving to POSCO International, led by coach Jeon Hye-kyung, in April. POSCO International, along with Kim Na-young and Yoo Han-na, has established itself as a clear women's table tennis next-generation ace. `I suffered from a cold shortly after I came to Kosovo, but I did my best every season without giving up until the end So I even won my first championship. The desire to win beat the cold. I want to win this championship and perform well on the senior stage," he said, his eyes shining.

POSCO International coach Jeon Hye-kyung said, `After Yerin transferred, I trained really hard, overcoming early morning and night training. As I became more comfortable psychologically, table tennis has grown. I am proud that the results of the training after the transfer led to good results." "As a senior member of the women's table tennis team, I will do my best to produce good players who can compete and coexist with Shin Yu-bin in the national team."It was also said that " Later, Jeon boarded a flight to Kosovo early in the morning for the European tournament, which will continue throughout June.

Director Yoo of the 1988 Seoul Olympics gold medalist and director of the Korea Exchange 'Famous Daughter Babo' did not hide his joy at the mixed doubles victory between Kwon Hyuk and his daughter Yoo Ye-rin and two gold medals together. Kwon Hyuk showed a perfect performance in the final, turning Italy's Danilo Faso 3-0 (11-9, 11-7, 11-9). Coach Yoo said, `I was really happy to see the results of the game until 3 a.m. After coming to the business team, Kwon Hyuk played hard training from morning to night and persevered, and today's good results came out. Yerin also found psychological stability under the coach Jeon's dedicated guidance after moving to POSCO. Kwon Hyuk and Yoo Young-rin are also No. 1 in the WTT U-19 mixed doubles world ranking. This is the future of Korean table tennis.

This season, Yoo will run with the logo of his team, POSCO International, and his sponsor Se-ah '0914' on his uniform. Director Yoo Nam-gyu said, "Thank you for supporting Se-ah of Lee Tae-sung, chairman of the Korea Table Tennis Association, to help Yerin grow further in the international arena." 0914 is the patron logo of the Simone handbag brand. Chairman Park Eun-bin, who has a special love for table tennis, has been supporting the future and supporting him for two years in commemoration of September 14, the day he met Yerin." As the working vice president of the Korea Table Tennis Association, he emphasized the meaning of the support and interest of the sponsors for the youth, saying, "Careful and warm support is helping Yerin and other promising players dream bigger."," he added.

Reporter Jeon Young-ji sky4us@sportschosun.com

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.