[Asian Games] ‘I Want to Skip the Fasting’… Jeon Ji-hee's 'Divine Move' Returns with a Gold Medal
Ahead of the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, the Korea Table Tennis Association was worried about how to fill the two singles entries.
Shin Yu-bin (19, Korean Air), who emerged as an 'ace', was a clear singles resource both in terms of ranking (8th) and skill.
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The second entry was the problem.
Among the representative players, Jeon Ji-hee (30, Mirae Asset Securities), who had the second highest ranking (33rd) after Shin Yu-bin, seemed likely.
She has reigned as the best in Korea for over 10 years, and her skills are also great, but Jeon Ji-hee, with her wealth of experience in international competitions, was a singles card that was difficult to throw away.
However, Jeon Ji-hee was expected to achieve medal-level results in the mixed doubles with Jang Woo-jin and the women's doubles with Shin Yu-bin.
Additionally, there were concerns that Jeon Ji-hee's stamina, now in her 30s, would not be able to withstand it if she had to compete in all four events before the women's team.
But Jeon Ji-hee made a big decision.
He first conveyed to his national team that he would not participate in the singles match.
Thanks to Jeon Ji-hee, Seo Hyo-won got the opportunity to stand on the singles stage at her third Asian Games.
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He stopped challenging in the round of 16, but fought tirelessly.
Jeon Ji-hee, who saved her strength, teamed up with Jang Woo-jin to win a bronze medal in mixed doubles, and on the 2nd, the last day of the table tennis schedule, she won a gold medal with Shin Yu-bin.
The pair of Jeon Ji-hee and Shin Yu-bin defeated North Korea's Cha Soo-young and Park Soo-kyung in the women's doubles final at the Hangzhou Asian Games held at the Archer Canal Sports Park Gymnasium in Hangzhou, China on this day.
It was the first Asian Games gold medal for Korean table tennis in 21 years.
Jeon Ji-hee's 'divine move' changed the history of Korean table tennis.