South Korea women’s table tennis team Shin Yu-bin (right) and Jeon Ji-hee are disappointed after losing to China’s Chen Meng and Wang Man-yu in the semifinals of the women’s team table tennis match at the 2024 Paris Olympics held at South Paris Arena 4 in Paris, France on the 8th (local time).
The Korean women’s table tennis team failed to overcome the Great Wall of China at the threshold of the finals.
The Korean women’s table tennis team, consisting of Shin Yu-bin (20, Korean Air), Jeon Ji-hee (32, Mirae Asset Securities), and Lee Eun-hye (29, Korean Air), was completely defeated by China with a match score of 0-3 in the women’s team table tennis semifinals held at South Paris Arena 4 in Paris, France on the 8th (
local time). It was a one-sided defeat, as they only won one set in the doubles. Korea got off to a shaky start, losing 1-3 (4-11 5-11 11-9 9-11) to China’s Chen Meng-Wang Man-yu in the first doubles, led by the Jeon Ji-hee-Shin Yu-bin combo. After losing the first and second sets, they won the third set in a close match and even closed the fourth set to 9-9, but were unable to turn things around.
Korea’s chances of victory have been greatly reduced after losing the first doubles match, which she was relatively most confident in. In the second singles, Lee Eun-hye was in danger after being crushed by Sun Ying-sha 0-3 (5-11 1-11 3-11), and in the third singles, Jeon Ji-hee also lost to Wang Man-yu 0-3 (3-11 7-11 3-11), leaving Korea without winning a single game.
Korea, which advanced to the semifinals of the women’s team event for the first time in 12 years since the 2012 London Games (4th place), failed to beat the world’s best, China. Following the men’s team’s 0-3 loss to China in the quarterfinals of the team event the day before, the women’s team event was also blocked by the Great Wall of China.
The Korean women’s table tennis team will play the loser of the Germany-Japan match for 3rd place at 5 p.m. on the 10th, Korean time. If they win the bronze medal match, they will win a medal in this event for the first time in 16 years since the 2008 Beijing Games. 안전놀이터