On August 23, the Korean Table Tennis Association held a meeting to talk about the men's team coach Kim Taek-so mentioned that Jung Young-sik qualified for the Tokyo Olympic Games by virtue of his recommended athletes, and the poor results put the athletes themselves under a lot of pressure. Jung Young-sik mentioned in a letter to the Korean Table Tennis Association: "For the development of Korean table tennis, this time I decided to withdraw, through physical and technical improvement, from next year to continue to play for the country." ”
The South Korean volleyball team, in conjunction with Jung Young-sik's request, sent Cho Seung-min to replace Jeong Young-sik at the Asian Championships, and Hwang Min-ho to replace Jung-sik in the World Table Tennis Championships.
Korean Table Tennis Team Asian Championships Lineup:
Men's Singles: Lee Sang-so, Ahn Jae-hyun, Cho Seung-min, Jang Woo-jin, Lin Jong-hoon
Women's Singles: Xu Xiaoyuan, Shen Yubin, Li Shiwen, Cui Xiaozhu, Tian Zhixi
Men's Doubles: Jang Yu-jin / Lin Jong-hoon, Ahn Jae-hyun / Cho Seung-min
Women's Doubles: Tian Zhixi / Shin Yubin, Choi Hyo Joo / Lee Shi-wen
Mixed doubles: Zhang Yuzhen / Tian Zhixi, Ahn Jae-hyun / Shin Yu-bin
Korean Table Tennis Team World Table Tennis Championships Lineup:
Men's Singles: Lee Sang-so, Ahn Jae-hyun, Lim Jong-hoon, Jang Woo-jin, Hwang Min-ho
Men's Doubles: Jang Woo-jin / Lin Jong-hoon, Ahn Jae-hyun / Cho Dae-sung
Mixed doubles: Zhang Yuzhen / Tian Zhixi, Zhao Dacheng / Shen Yubin
At the Tokyo Olympics, the Korean table tennis team was shocked by the lack of success, especially before the game, the men's team shouted out the bold words of winning the championship, but they did not expect to lose a mess, which was questioned and criticized by Korean fans.
Yoo Seung-min, chairman of the Korean Table Tennis Association and Olympic champion, is also very annoyed, bluntly saying that the results are not good to be replaced, which makes veteran Jung Young-sik feel great pressure.
Indeed, the South Korean table tennis team in recent years has performed mediocrely, not only in the gap with Chinese table tennis, but also by the neighboring Japanese team behind, if you do not make up your mind to carry out drastic reforms, I am afraid that it will continue to decline, Jung Young-sik, Jang Yu-jin, Lee Sang-so, Xu Hyo-won, Tian Zhixi seem to be good, but it is difficult to break into the top three in international competitions, perhaps Yoo Seung-min really should learn from Japan, start from the doll, start from scratch, step by step to cultivate outstanding talents.
At the Asian Championships, the Chinese team abstained, Japan sent second-tier players, and the South Korean team is expected to achieve good results, but I don't know if they can seize the opportunity to reverse the decline. The World Championships is a real knife and real gun competition, will the South Korean team still emerge a dark horse like Ahn Jae-hyun? Let's wait and see.