The 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games and chengdu world table tennis championships will kick off in September, but for the 17-year-old Shin Yubin, the Olympic main player of the Korean women's table tennis team, all this has nothing to do with herself - because of the impact of her arm fracture, she has withdrawn from the recent series of competitions and then lost the list of the World Table Tennis Championships and the Asian Games.
However, Shen Yubin has now decided to return in May to participate in two WTT American races, and she also very generously congratulates The 16-year-old sister Jin Naying, who was selected for the World Table Tennis Championships and the Asian Games: I hope that everyone can win glory for the country together!
Shin Yubin is currently the youngest person in the Olympic main force of the China-Japan-South Korea table tennis national team, born in 2004, she is about 4 years younger than Sun Yingsha and Ito Mimachi, which is exactly the time of an Olympic cycle, so it is no exaggeration to say that the Korean team has taken a step ahead in the cultivation of reserve strength.
However, just when Shin Yubin was satisfied, she first suffered consecutive defeats at the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games, missed the medal, and then suffered a serious injury at the end of the year, and the Houston World Table Tennis Championships did not finish the game and withdrew halfway, and has been recuperating until now.
Just when Shen Yubin missed the Hangzhou Asian Games and the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships selection, Jin Naying, born in 2005, suddenly emerged, defeated her teammates in a row, obtained the qualifications of these two competitions, and became a big dark horse of Korean women's table tennis, which also means that Shen Yubin will face more severe competitive pressure, and the age advantage that was once proud of has also been impacted by smaller athletes!
However, in the face of the rise of Kim Na-young, Shin Yubin still sent his own blessings: although the two are competitors, they are also teammates who support each other, and will jointly shoulder the burden of foreign wars of the South Korean team in the future and challenge strong enemies such as the Chinese team.
According to the official websites of the International Table Tennis Federation and the World Table Tennis Federation, Shen Yubin signed up for two WTT American races in one go, obviously preparing to do a big job. Although the top players of the national table tennis and The Japanese team did not participate, Chinese Taipei's Zheng Yijing, Chen Siyu and others will become strong opponents of Shen Yubin, and it is not easy for her to win the championship.
So can 17-year-old Shen Yubin use the championship to welcome his comeback? Missing the opportunity of the Asian Games and the World Table Tennis Championships, can she return to the main team of the South Korean team next year? Let's wait for the first race on May 5th!