Toward the top of the Asian Championship...Shin Yu-bin and other national table tennis teams leave the country
Toward the top of the Asian Championship...Shin Yu-bin and other national table tennis teams leave the country
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The Korean national table tennis team, which will participate in the 2024 Astana Asian Table Tennis Championships, departed for Incheon International Airport on the morning of the 5th. Korean national team players, including Jang Woo-jin (Sea) and Shin Yoo-bin (copyright), regrouped around the men's and women's aces, vowed to do well and boarded the plane.
The Asian Table Tennis Championships were originally the best national competition in Asia, which was held every two years, but have been changed to an annual format since this year. This is why the Asian Championships will also serve as the Asian regional preliminary for the world championships, which have been changed to the Final's method, not the division. In fact, the top 26 players in men's singles, the top 29 in women's singles, the top 15 groups in men's and women's doubles, and the top 14 groups in mixed doubles will be allocated individual tickets for next year's World Championships in Doha, Qatar. In last year's competition in Pyeongchang, the top 10 countries in the team event were given the right to participate in the World Table Tennis Championships in Busan in February.
As the Asian Table Tennis Federation (ATTU), which co-hosts the Asian Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), is reportedly considering holding the Asian Table Tennis Championships separately from individual and team events every year, just like the World Championships. The Asian Table Tennis Championships will be decided in the order of individual and team events for the next year's World Championships, and will also be held as a preliminary round for the World Championships. Therefore, this could be the last Asian Championships where both team and individual events will be held. The final decision will be made at the ATTU General Assembly, which will be held during the upcoming event.
The competition, which will be held for the first time in about a year following the previous competition in Pyeongchang, Korea, will be held in Astana, Kazakhstan from the 7th to the 13th. Kazakhstan, whose popularity of table tennis in Korea has increased due to the recent rapid increase in power, has attracted the competition. The men's and women's team competitions will start from the 7th to the 10th, and the men's and women's individual competitions will start from the 9th to select winners (Groups) in the order of mixed doubles, men's and women's doubles, and men's singles until the 13th.
At the 2023 PyeongChang competition, Korea won six medals including women's team silver, men's bronze and men's doubles bronze medals (Jang Woo-jin, Lim Jong-hoon, Park Kang-hyun and Ahn Jae-hyun), women's doubles bronze medals (Shin Yoo-bin, Jeon Ji-hee), and mixed doubles bronze medals (Shin Yoo-bin and Lim Jong-hoon). However, both men and women were eliminated in the round of 16 or lower in the individual singles, which drew more attention. With tickets for next year's world competition at stake, more efforts will be needed in the individual singles.
The national team is comprised of men's Jang Woo-jin (Se-ah), Cho Dae-sung (Samsung Life Insurance), Ahn Jae-hyun (Korea Exchange), Im Jong-hoon (Korea Exchange), Oh Jun-sung (Mirae Asset Securities), women's Shin Yoo-bin (copyright), Jeon Ji-hee (Mirae Asset Securities), Seo Hyo-won (Korea Racing Authority), Kim Na-young (Posco International), and Lee Eun-hye (copyright). In addition to the team competition and singles in which all the entries participate, the men's doubles team is comprised of Jang Woo-jin, Cho Dae-sung, Lim Jong-hyun, women's doubles Shin Yoo-bin, Kim Na-young-Lee Eun-hye, mixed doubles Shin Yoo-bin, Lim Jong-hoon, and Kim Na-young-Cho Dae-sung. The men's and women's command tower, whose term has expired after the Paris Olympics, remains vacant and Hwang Sung-hoon and Seok Eun-mi, coaches of the men's and women's teams, will lead the team. 메이저놀이터
Asia is a region where world-class table tennis powerhouses are concentrated. China and Japan are leading contenders, as well as Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore. Korea needs to make careful preparations against the dark horses such as India, Thailand and Iran, and Kazakhstan, whose home team has seen rapid increase in power. The upcoming event is also meaningful as it is the first official national competition since the Paris Olympics. Attention is focusing on whether the national team, which won medals in Paris, will be able to continue its strides at the Asian Championships.
"After the Olympics, athletes maintained their physical condition by managing injuries and taking rest, and continued to participate in international competitions of the WTT to maintain a sense of play," said Hwang Sung-hoon and Seok Eun-mi, the coaching staff of the men's and women's teams. "First of all, I will secure a stable berth to participate in world competitions and then challenge for medals in each event." The time difference between Astana and Seoul is four hours. The finals in each event will be held at the venue late at night. It is hoped that Korean table tennis fans who started early in the morning will also get more excited.