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The women’s doubles where our players fought over the bronze medal was a stage of tears with no winners or losers.
It was a match of friendship that won two consecutive precious medals in Korean badminton.
Reporter Seo Bong-guk reports.
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In the early part of the second set, where Kim So-young and Gong Hee-yong had a 1-0 lead in the set score, a friendship rally of over a minute continues.
Shuttlecock went back and forth 74 times in 84 seconds.
It would have been nice to fight for a gold medal, but an ironic fate separated the four players who ate together even on the day of the bronze medal match.
As a result of their best efforts, the so-called ‘King Kong’ group won 2-0.
After finishing the ceremony with a short shout, Kim So-young and Gong Hee-yong crossed the net and hugged Lee So-hee and Shin Seung-chan tightly.
[김소영·공희용 / 배드민턴 여자복식 동메달 : (미안하다는) 그런 말 하는 게 더 안 좋은 걸 알지만 서로 얼마나 힘들게 연습한 지 알기 때문에 미안하다는 말이 먼저 나왔습니다.]
After losing to China and Indonesia respectively and being pushed to the 3rd place match, the Korean national team finished the tournament with one bronze medal for the second time in a row.
Men’s Table Tennis defeated Brazil and advanced to the quarterfinals.
Jang Woo-jin defeated the world’s 7th-ranked Calderano and fought an individual singles defeat.
In the women’s group, Shin Yu-bin played an active role in singles and doubles, defeating Poland, and in the quarterfinals, the runner-up team Germany played a difficult match.
Partica’s fighting spirit as a Polish doubles runner despite being a paralympic disabled athlete was impressive.
This is YTN Seo Bong-guk.
YTN Seo Bong-guk ([email protected])
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