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"Seo Hyo-won, the best defender in the world. Thank you for the memories we shared."
The World Table Tennis (WTT) posted a video dedicated to the retirement of Seo Hyo-won (38, Korean Horse Association) on its official social network service (SNS) on the 7th (Korea time). Celebrated and blessed the end of the world's greatest 'attacking defender' with table tennis fans around the world.
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| Photo by Ahn Sung-ho, a late reporter at the monthly tabletop |
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Last month's World Table Tennis Championships in Doha, Qatar, were the stage for her retirement from the national team. Since he won his first national flag at the age of 26 in 2013, he has been running forward for 12 years. Through TV broadcasts at the Korea Open in 2011, he attracted attention as a 'Takgu-eol-jjang' with his fresh appearance and unrivaled skills and has since risen to stardom. In the women's singles at the nation's most prestigious all-around championships, he won the 2011 defensive screening for the first time in 54 years, and set a record of winning twice in seven years in 2018. She also proved her international competitiveness by lifting the trophy in the women's singles at the Korea Open in 2013. Her persistent and elegant cut that loosened her opponent's strength and her powerful and fierce attack that flew as soon as she let her guard down was her own lethal move. He led the women's team to the bronze medal at the Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games in 2018 and the Hangzhou Asian Games in 2023, and beat Chinese ace Chen Xingtung in the round of 16 of the WTT Star Contender in July last year, setting an example of a player with his best performance until the last minute.
In the video dedicated to his retirement, the WTT captured Seo Hyo-won's performance over the past 12 years under the title of the 2013 Korea Open and the title of "Best Career Ranking World No. 8" " for 52 weeks in women's singles, with the caption "One of the best defenders in the world table tennis."
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| Photo provided =Korea Professional Table Tennis League |
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Seo Hyo-won set a farewell stage for the 2025 Dunamu Pro Table Tennis League (KTTP), which opened on the 6th. Seo Hyo-won said, `After catching the racket in elementary school, I ran without regret for nearly 30 years.' "He wasn't the first-place player from the beginning. After coming to the Korean Racing Authority, I met coach Hyun Jung-hwa, Park Sang-joon, and Kim Bok-rae, and my life at table tennis changed. He also wore the national flag and rose to 8th place in the world ranking. It started with the Paris World Championship in 2013 and ended with the Doha World Championship in 2025. "The endorphins of my life have always been table tennis. Thanks to my love of table tennis, I was able to come this far. I tried to be faithful to the process rather than to my grades, and I always worked hard the same way without worrying about the results. Exercise does not betray. I really liked table tennis and I was happy to play for the team," he said with a big smile.
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Seo Hyo-won injured her finger during the national team selection match for the Paris Olympics last year. It was difficult to use the high-altitude serve, which is his specialty. He endured with painkillers in each tournament, but he finally decided to say goodbye to his beloved table tennis as he reached the point where he could hardly bend his fingers. Seo Hyo-won expressed his special gratitude to Hyun Jung-hwa (senior vice president of the Korea Table Tennis Association), a teacher and mentor who led the possibility of a 'worldly player' that he did not know immediately after the dissolution of Hyundai Cement in 2008. The current coach of the 'Korean Women's Table Tennis Legend' said, `It is positive mindset that made Hyo-won become the longest and best player. I hope you will play a role for your juniors and Korean women's table tennis after your retirement. I will continue to support life after retirement.'
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
