The future of table tennis is bright. Yoo Young-rin X Choi Ji-wook VS Park Ga-hyun X Kim Ga-on, youth table tennis mixed together. Go to the finals side by side, secure and happy!
Jul 01, 2025
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Choi Ji-wook (Great Advertising) and Yoo Hae-rin (Posco International) and Kim Ga-on (Korea Exchange) and Park Ga-hyun (Korean Air) succeeded in the final round of the Asian Youth Table Tennis Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on the 30th.
Choi Ji-wook (Great Advertising) and Yoo Hae-rin (Posco International) turned North Korea's Jeonju Pyeong-Cho Hong-rim team into a 3-1 game score (11-7, 11-9, 8-11, 11-7) in the semifinal inter-Korean match. Choi-Yujo, who beat Japan's Ryuussei Kawakami-Yuna Ojio in the round of 16, and Taiwan's Quangwanhong-Chenmin Shinjo in the quarterfinals, overwhelmed the North Korean group, an ambush that reached the semifinals by beating the Chinese championship candidate Wen Luibo-Jen Zeman group in the quarterfinals.
Kim Ga-on (Korea Exchange) and Park Ga-hyun (Korean Air) reached the semifinals in the round of 16 by beating strong players such as China's Li Hechon-Chin Yu-shan and Taiwan's Changyuan-Yewitian group in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, they reached the final with a 3-2 victory (11-9, 8-11, 11-7, 3-11, 11-3) after a full game battle with India's Bhattacharjee Ankur-Kotecha Tanesha Joe. At 8:45 p.m. on the 1st, the U-19 mixed doubles championship was narrowed down to a one-man match between Korean youth representatives.
In addition, Lee Hyun-ho (Daejeon Dongsan Middle School) and Heo Ye-rim (Hwaseong City Corporation) advanced to the semifinals side by side in the U-15 men's and women's singles. After winning the team event, Heo Ye-rim aims to win two individual titles. Kim Ga-on (Korea Exchange), Kwon Hyuk and Lee Jung-mok (Daejeon Dongsan High School) for the U-19 men's singles, Park Ga-hyun (Korean Air) and Yoo Hae-rin (Posco International) for the women's singles, are ahead of the round of 16. Men's and women's doubles groups Kim Ga-on (Korea Exchange), Choi Ji-wook (Daejeon Advertising), Kwon Hyuk-Lee Jung-mok (Daejeon Dongsan High School), women's Park Ga-hyun (Korean Air), Yoo Hae-rin (Posco International), Lee Da-hye (Korean Air) and Moon Cho-won (Sangseo) are preparing for the first round of 32.
The 29th Asian Youth Table Tennis Championships, which opened on June 26 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, is a competition hall for young players who can see the future of Asian table tennis at a glance. Men's and women's U-19 (junior) and U-15 (cadette) players compete in individual events such as men's and women's team events, men's and women's singles, doubles, and mixed doubles. In the men's and women's team event, which concluded on the 28th, the South Korean national team won one gold medal (women's U-15), two silver medals (men's U-19), and two bronze medals (women's U-19 and men's U-15).
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
