On April 24, Beijing time, the Korean Table Tennis Association, a strong opponent of national table tennis, announced the big list of participants in the Asian Games and the World Table Tennis Championships. This year's Asian Games and the World Table Tennis Championships, the Korean team and the Japanese team attach great importance to it and specially hold a selection competition. At present, after two rounds of selection competitions, the Korean Table Tennis Association has been released. South Korean celebrities Lee Sang-so, Jung Young-sik, Shin Yu-bin, Seo Hyo-won, Liang Xiayin and other athletes who are very familiar to fans were all defeated.
The final roster of the South Korean team, the men's team, are Jang Yu-jin, Cho Dae-sung, Ahn Jae-hyun, Hwang Min-ha and Cho Seung-min. In terms of women's teams, they are Tian Zhixi, Kim Na-young, Lee Shi-win, Yoon Hyo-bin and Kim Ha-young. It is understood that the Korean Table Tennis Association plans to start pre-competition training on May 29, and then start participating in international competitions to improve rankings and strive to occupy a favorable position in the World Table Tennis Championships and Asian Games.
It is worth mentioning that the nomination of the Korean women's team World Table Tennis Championships player, Kim Ha-young, deserves the attention of fans. Kim Ha-young, 24, is also a Chinese player who has represented national table tennis in the youth category. Jin Heying, whose original name is Li Yiran, is from Tianjin, China, and she once won the 19th National Junior Women's Singles Championship, which can be described as unlimited potential. However, entering the adult group, Li Yiran's competitiveness has declined significantly, and he has disappeared from the crowd.
Subsequently, Li Yiran began to emulate Tian Zhixi, went to South Korea to start playing, with solid basic skills, Li Yiran was favored by the coaching staff of the Korean Table Tennis Association, successfully joined the Korean nationality, and changed her name and surname, and the former national table tennis genius girl Li Yiran became a Korean Chinese player Kim Ha-young. Since 2020, Kim Ha-young has begun to represent South Korea in international competitions. Kim Ha-young has a good strength, and this Korea World Table Tennis Championships Selection Tournament successfully won the tickets for the World Table Tennis Championships.
It is worth mentioning that when Kim Ha-young represented the national table tennis competition, he defeated Japanese Olympic champion Ito Mimachi. At last year's Middle East Star Challenge, Kim Wong-young successfully reached the quarterfinals of the women's singles. Many fans expressed their support and understanding for Kim Ha-young to go abroad to represent South Korea in the competition, continue to chase the dream of table tennis, and complete the sports career. But I don't quite understand why I changed my name and surname, from Li Yiran to Jin Heying.
The roster of the South Korean Asian Games and the World Table Tennis Championships is dominated by the new generation of young players, and Japanese and Korean table tennis have blown up the storm of youth. In addition, the Korean men's team has as many as 3 left-handed athletes in the roster. In this regard, South Korean coach Joo Se-hyuk said that we will plan to create a combination of strong offensive ability, do not worry about the disadvantages of the ranking, young players have injected a new breath into the national team, and we will start in a challenging way.