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| The women's cardette team that won the gold medal in the team event. From left, coach Kim Won-geun, coach Lee Soo-bin, coach Seo Ah-young, Kim Min-seo, Heo Ye-rim, Lee Hye-rin, and Baek Jeong-heum. Photo courtesy of the Korea Table Tennis Association |
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| The women's cardette team that won the gold medal in the team event. From left, coach Kim Won-geun, coach Lee Soo-bin, coach Seo Ah-young, Kim Min-seo, Heo Ye-rim, Lee Hye-rin, and Baek Jeong-heum.Photo courtesy = Korea Table Tennis Association |
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| Hyeon Jung-hwa, senior vice president of the Korea Table Tennis Association, congratulating and encouraging the returning athletes.Photo courtesy = Korea Table Tennis Association |
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| Chae Jong-gul, president of the Korea Middle and High School Table Tennis Federation, who delivers a bouquet of welcome and encouragement.Photo courtesy = Korea Table Tennis Association |
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The youth table tennis team, which performed well at the Asian Youth Table Tennis Championships, returned home.
A total of 16 players, including four junior (U-19) men and women, and four Kadet (U-15) men and women, improved through Incheon International Airport on the morning of the 3rd, including coach Kim Won-geun (full-time coach of the Korea Table Tennis Association), coach Choi Joo-sung (Daejeon Dongsan Middle School), coach Kim Kyung-ah (Korean Air Coach), coach Baek Kyung-joon (Daejeon Dongsan Middle School), coach Baek Jeong-heum (Hwaseong City Corporation Coach), coach Lee Soo-bin (Cheongyang Military Table Tennis Association), and leaders. Employees of the association, including Hyun Jung-hwa, senior vice president of the Korea Table Tennis Association, Chae Jong-gul, president of the Korea Joonggo Table Tennis Federation, and Joo Se-hyuk, director of the Korean Air Women's Table Tennis Team, visited the airport in the early morning to celebrate the achievements of juniors and disciples who will become the future of Korean table tennis.
In this competition held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from the 26th to the 2nd of last month, the Korean national team won a total of eight medals, including two gold medals (women's cardette team event, junior mixed doubles), two silver medals (men's junior team event, junior mixed doubles), and four bronze medals (women's junior team event, men's cardette team event, men's cardette singles, and women's cardette singles). It is a remarkable achievement compared to last year's competition, when only three medals were won without a gold medal.
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| Mixed doubles gold medal, Kim Gaon-Park Ga-hyun. Photo courtesy = Korea Table Tennis Association |
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| Hyeon Jung-hwa, senior vice president of the Korea Table Tennis Association, who delivers bouquets of welcome and encouragement.Photo courtesy = Korea Table Tennis Association |
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| "Legend Shredding" Korean Air coach Joo Se-hyuk also came to the airport to congratulate his junior students on their accomplishments. Photo courtesy = Korea Table Tennis Association |
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In particular, the women's Cadet team, which consisted of Heo Ye-rim (Hwaseong City Corporation), Lee Hye-rin (Hosu-don Girls' Middle School), Kim Min-seo and Seo Ah-young (Cheongyang Military Table Tennis Association), beat Japan, which beat China, in the final and won. It is Korea's first team gold medal in the men's and women's junior teams since the competition was reorganized into a youth system. Following the women's youth table tennis' surprise victory in last year's world championship team event, this time the Cadet national team went beyond China and Japan to the highest place on the podium. The junior national team, which includes world champions Park Ga-hyun (Korean Air) and Yoo Hae-rin (Posco International), won a team bronze medal, and swept mixed doubles gold and silver medals with male junior players such as Kim Ga-on (Korea Exchange) and Choi Ji-wook (Daebo), respectively. In the final, Kim Ga-on and Park Ga-hyun won 3-2 against Choi Ji-wook and Yoo Hae-rin. The Asian Youth Table Tennis Championships is the venue for the Asian Table Tennis 'Future'. As it is an Asian youth competition where table tennis powers are concentrated, it is a stage to predict the world table tennis performance such as the Olympics in the near future. Wang Chuqin, Lin Shidong, Sun Yingxia, and Wang Man Yu all came from the tournament's winners. The advancement of Korean youth players in this tournament is meaningful in terms of future and hope.
Hyun Jung-hwa, senior vice president of the Korea Table Tennis Association, said at a simple welcoming ceremony at the airport that "This tournament will remain a good stimulus for the future career." We will do our best to support the Korea Table Tennis Association, so please work harder" conveyed a heartfelt request. Chae Jong-gul, chairman of the Middle and High Table Tennis Federation, said "Thank you for your good performance. I hope that the confidence raised through this competition can be used as a driving force in other events such as singles and doubles. The federation promised to work together."
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