“It was good that Yubin waited until he grew up.” (Jeon Ji-hee) “I was able to play more comfortably because Ji-hee unnie was here.
” Korean Air) and Jeon Ji-hee (30, Mirae Asset Securities) teamed up to win medals at the individual World Table Tennis Championships.안전놀이터
World No. 12 Yubin Shin and Jihee Jeon placed third in the women’s doubles quarterfinals at the 2023 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Individual World Table Tennis Championships held in Durban, South Africa on the 25th (hereafter local time) Sofia Polcanova (Austria) and Bernadette Soetz (Romania) ) set the group to 3-0 (11-9 15-13 11-4) and secured the bronze medal.
It can be said to be the ‘slope’ of Korean women’s table tennis.
Shin Yu-bin and Jeon Ji-hee beat the ‘European Champion’ to secure the bronze medal at the World Table Tennis Championships
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Shin Yu-bin (Korean Air) and Jeon Ji-hee (Mirae Asset Securities) held the 2023 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in Durban, South Africa on the 25th (local time) She cheers as she secures a bronze medal in the women’s doubles at the individual World Table Tennis Championships. 2023.5.25 [provided by the Korea Table Tennis Association. Resale and DB prohibited] photo@yna.co.kr
Since the 2011 tournament, when Kim Kyung-ah and Park Mi-young won a bronze medal in women’s doubles, Korean women’s table tennis has never won a medal in singles or women’s doubles at the individual world championships.
In the midst of this, the women’s doubles medal was harvested at this competition, which was held one year before the 2024 Paris Olympics, and shot a ‘signal of revival’.
Jeon Ji-hee, a naturalized Chinese player who supported Korean women’s table tennis in the mid-2010s, and Shin Yu-bin, who is expected to be the ‘future’ of women’s table tennis by combining her skills and star qualities, collaborated on a medal based on her camaraderie beyond the 12-year age gap. One point is dramatic.
Although Jeon Ji-hee is recognized as a world-class powerhouse, she was particularly weak at the world championships.
Jeon Ji-hee, who came to Korea in 2008 and acquired her new citizenship in 2011, could not compete at the World Championships until 2018 due to the ITTF’s restrictions on naturalized players.
Shin Yu-bin and Jeon Ji-hee secure the bronze medal at the World Table Tennis Championships
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Shin Yu-bin (Korean Air) and Jeon Ji-hee (Mirae Asset Securities) hold the 2023 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Individual World Table Tennis Championships held in Durban, South Africa on the 25th (local time) She cheers as she secures a bronze medal in the women’s doubles. 2023.5.25 [provided by the Korea Table Tennis Association. Resale and DB prohibited] photo@yna.co.kr
Jeon Ji-hee only won a bronze medal at the 2018 World Team Championships, but failed each time at the individual World Championships.
She said that she suffered a lot when she saw athletes from Greater China standing on the podium at the World Championships or the Olympics, which she considered to be behind herself.
Perhaps because of her age, the appearance of Shin Yu-bin was a great stimulus to Jeon Ji-hee when the evaluation came out saying that her skills were declining little by little.
In the composition of competition between ‘new and old aces’, the singles match between the two drew great attention as a ‘big match’ in the table tennis world.
However, while they were competitors, they were also a ‘one team’. The two, who formed a doubles team from 2019, stood out on the international stage by creating synergy as they worked together.
In the end, Jeon Ji-hee achieved her world championship medal dream, which she could not achieve alone, with the help of her ‘brother of the same age’ Shin Yu-bin.
Shin Yu-bin and Jeon Ji-hee beat the ‘European Champion’ to secure the bronze medal at the World Table Tennis Championships
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Shin Yu-bin (Korean Air) and Jeon Ji-hee (Mirae Asset Securities) held the 2023 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in Durban, South Africa on the 25th (local time) She cheers as she secures a bronze medal in the women’s doubles at the individual World Table Tennis Championships. 2023.5.25 [provided by the Korea Table Tennis Association. Resale and DB prohibited] photo@yna.co.kr
After the victory in the quarterfinals, Jeon Ji-hee said, “I think it was good that Yubin waited until he grew up.
“It’s really good that it took a long time (to her first individual world championship medal),” she said.
Shin Yu-bin also appreciates Jeon Ji-hee.
She rose to stardom at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, held in 2021, but it was true that she did not perform as well as expected for a while.
At the 2021 Individual World Championships, she also suffered a painful withdrawal due to a wrist injury.
Shin Yubin, still in her teens, felt comfortable in her doubles, leaning a little on her older sister, her older brother.
In the mixed doubles with Lim Jong-hoon (Korea Exchange), she unfortunately failed to win her medal, but she eventually achieved her goal with Jeon Ji-hee.
Shin Yu-bin and Jeon Ji-hee ‘breath of fantasy’
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Shin Yu-bin (Korean Air) and Jeon Ji-hee (Mirae Asset Securities) compete at the 2023 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Individual World Table Tennis Championships Women’s held in Durban, South Africa on the 25th (local time) World No. 3 Sofia Polkanova (Austria) and Bernadette Sötz (Romania) play against each other in the quarterfinals of doubles. 2023.5.25 [provided by the Korea Table Tennis Association. Resale and DB prohibited] photo@yna.co.kr
Shin Yu-bin said, “I had an injury and it wasn’t easy in many ways, but I was able to do it more comfortably because Ji-hee unnie was there.”
The next opponent for Shin Yu-bin and Jeon Ji-hee is highly likely to be the world No. 1 Sun Ying-sa-Wang Man-wi pair (China).
Shin Yu-bin said, “My goal is to win more. I will discuss with my sister and prepare well so that I can make better content in the remaining games.”
Jeon Ji-hee, who was eliminated in the singles, seemed to be more concerned about Shin Yu-bin’s singles round of 16, which preceded her doubles semifinal. Shin Yu-bin also faces No. 1 Sun Ying-sa in her singles round of 16.
Jeon Ji-hee said, “I hope Yu-bin will not just think too happily and focus on fasting. I want to help as much as I can. I need to gather more strength.” She shouted ‘Fighting!’