Men's table tennis, 2-3 defeat to China... Bronze medal at Busan World Championships
Jang Woo-jin took second place against Wang Chu-qin, and Lee Sang-soo took the 'legend' Ma Rong and produced a famous match.
China advanced to the finals for the 15th time in a row... The winner of the France-Taiwan match competed for the title, and China defeated Japan 3-2 in the women's finish line... Achieved 6 consecutive wins.
Korean men's table tennis failed to overcome the 'Great Wall' of China and won a bronze medal in the team event at the World Championships for the fourth time in a row. 파워볼
Korea (5th place), led by coach Joo Se-hyuk, played a full match against China (1st place), led by coach Wang Hao, in the men's semifinals of the BNK Busan Bank 2024 Busan World Table Tennis Championships held at the BEXCO Special Stadium in Busan on the 24th, with a match score of 2-3 lost the comeback.
As a result, Korean men's table tennis failed to advance to the team finals of the World Championships for the first time in 16 years since the 2008 Guangzhou Games.
I had to be satisfied with winning the bronze medal for the fourth time in a row since the 2016 Kuala Lumpur Games.
Another achievement was securing a spot in the team competition finals at the 2024 Paris Olympics, which is given to teams that make it to the quarterfinals.
Although Korea lost, it displayed a spectacular performance against China, the 'strongest' team ranked 1st to 3rd in the world rankings, and impressed the Busan citizens and table tennis fans who filled the 4,000 spectators.
The men's national team advanced to the tournament after winning all four games in the group stage, where they were paired with Poland, India, Chile, and New Zealand, and advanced to the semifinals by defeating India and Denmark in succession.
Korean table tennis, whose women's team was eliminated in the quarterfinals after losing to China, ended its competition schedule with the men's team also losing to China that day.
Chinese men's table tennis extended its record of consecutive finals progression dating back to the 1993 Gutenberg Tournament to 15.
China will clash with France, who defeated Taiwan 3-1, for the championship trophy at 8 p.m. on the 25th.
China, which has never missed a gold medal in the team event at the World Championships since the 2001 Osaka Games, will attempt to win its 11th consecutive title in this tournament.
Korea placed 'ace' Jang Woo-jin (14th) in 1st singles, Lim Jong-hoon (18th, Korea Exchange) and veteran Lee Sang-soo (27th, Samsung Life Insurance) in 2nd and 3rd singles, respectively.
China selected Wang Chuqin, ranked second in the world and four-time winner of the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, in the first singles, ranked first in the second singles, Pan Zhendong, and ranked third and 'table tennis GOAT (greatest player of all time)' Ma Rong in the third singles.
Jang Woo-jin, who played first singles, hit Wang Chu-qin fiercely and brought the first game to 11-7.
Jang Woo-jin, who heated up the table from the start, did not take a step back and countered with a strong attack.
Jang Woo-jin gave up 2 games, but won 3 games in a close deuce match.
He was able to block Wang Chuqin's forehand attack, which was starting to show up, well in game 4 and won with a game score of 3-1 (11-7 2-11 13-11 11-6).
It was the first match score given by China in this tournament.
Lim Jong-hoon of the second singles was unable to block Pan Zhendong's sharp attack and lost 0-3 (8-11 6-11 8-11).
In 3 singles, the 'eldest brother' match between 33-year-old Lee Sang-soo and 35-year-old Ma Rung progressed to a full game.
In the last five games, Lee Sang-soo pushed his opponent with aggressive attacks, while Ma Rung showed signs of shakiness, with easy shots hitting the net.
In the end, Lee Sang-su defeated Ma Rung 3-2 (11-7 4-11 12-10 6-11 11-4).
Jang Woo-jin, who played in the 4th singles match, lost to Pan Zhendong 0-3 (6-11 7-11 10-12) after several unfortunate mistakes, and the match went to the 5th singles match.
Lim Jong-hoon, who was the last runner, performed well against Wang Chu-qin, leading 4-1 at one point in two games.
However, he was unable to overcome Wang Chuqin's sophisticated forehand and one-beat-fast backhand and lost 0-3 (5-11 7-11 5-11).
In the women's final, China won 3-2 against Japan in a close match and achieved their 6th consecutive victory in the tournament.
China's 'ace' Sun Yingsha took the lead in winning the championship by completely defeating Japan's two-horses, Hina Hayata and Miwa Harimoto, with a game score of 3-0.