Oh Jun-sung and Yoo Ji-rin, 'Second generation of table tennis,' will advance to the round of 16 in the singles at the World Youth Championship

Oh Jun-sung and Yoo Ji-rin, 'Second generation of table tennis,' will advance to the round of 16 in the singles at the World Youth Championship

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The momentum of the 'second generation of table tennis', who produced gold medals in the women's team event at the World Youth Championships, is also continuing in the men's and women's singles.

Oh Joon-sung (Mirae Asset Securities) and Yoo Ye-rin (Hwaseong City Corporation's youth team) passed the first round of the men's and women's singles (the round of 32) at the 2024 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Youth Championships held in Helsingborg, Sweden on the 27th (Korea time).

Oh Sang-eun, the silver medalist in men's team event at the 2012 London Olympics, and Oh Jun-sung, the son of Mirae Asset Daewoo, beat Mateusz Zalevski of Poland 4-0 (11-6 11-5 11-6 11-3) in the round of 32 men's singles. 메이저사이트

Yoo Yeon-rin, the daughter of Korea Exchange coach Yoo Nam-kyu, the 1988 Seoul Olympics gold medalist in men's singles, also won 4-2 (9:11:11:7:6:11:4:5) and succeeded in advancing to the round of 16.

However, Park Ga-hyun (copyright), who collaborated with Yoo Young-rin to win the U-19 women's team tournament, lost to Japan's Mao Takamori 3-4 and failed to advance to the round of 16 in the women's singles, and Kim Ga-on (Duhogo) in the men's singles also failed to pass the gate to the round of 32.