Lim Jong-hoon and Shin Yu-bin celebrate after winning the bronze medal against Hong Kong’s Wong Chun-ting and Du Hoi Kem in the bronze medal match of the table tennis mixed doubles at the 2024 Paris Olympics held at South Paris Arena 4 in Paris, France on the 30th (local time).
South Korea’s table tennis mixed doubles pair of Shin Yu-bin (20, Korean Air) and Lim Jong-hoon (27, KRX) brought an Olympic medal to South Korea’s table tennis team for the first time in 12 years.
Shin Yu-bin and Lim Jong-hoon defeated Hong Kong’s Wong Chun-ting and Du Hoi Kem 4-0 (11-5 11-7 11-7 14-12) in the bronze medal match for the 2024 Paris Olympics table tennis mixed doubles held at South Paris Arena 4 in Paris, France on the 30th (local time) to win the bronze medal. This is their first Olympic medal in 12 years since the silver medal in the men’s team event at the 2012 London Olympics.
Shin Yu-bin and Lim Jong-hoon widened the gap in the score early in the first set and easily won 11-5. They also pushed their opponents back by winning the second and third sets 11-7.
In the fourth set, Hong Kong’s counterattack began. Korea was ahead 4-0 in the beginning, but the pace was pushed back and at one point, they allowed a comeback. After that, Korea fiercely followed and the match became a 10-10 deuce. In a situation where the score was tied at 12-12, Korea went ahead by one point at 13-12, and then won one more point to secure the victory at 14-12. 파워볼사이트