North Korea’s Ri Jong-sik and Kim Kum-yong defeat Hong Kong in mixed table tennis, secure silver medal

North Korean athletes win first medal at Paris Olympics If Shin Yu-bin and Lim Jong-hoon beat China shortly after the final on the 30th, it will be a ‘North-South showdown’

North Korea has won its first medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the table tennis mixed doubles.

North Korea’s Ri Jong Sik and Kim Kum Yong (unranked) won 4-3 (11-3 10-12 3-11 11-9 11-9 9-11 11-6) in the semifinals of the table tennis mixed doubles at the South Paris Arena 4 in Paris, France on the 29th (local time) against Hong Kong’s Wong Chun Ting and Du Hoi Kem (4th).

With this, North Korea will now compete for the gold medal at the same venue on the 30th against the winner of the other semifinal between Sin Yu Bin and Lim Jong Hun (3rd) and Wang Chu Jin and Sun Ying Sha (1st).

If South Korea beats China, the first ‘North-South showdown’ will take place at this competition.

Also, North Korea, which won at least a silver medal, has won its first medal at this Paris Olympics.

On the other hand, Hong Kong, which lost to North Korea, was pushed to the bronze medal match on the 30th. North

Korea, which returned after being punished by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for not participating in the 2020 Tokyo Games held in 2021 due to the COVID- 19 pandemic, returned to the Olympic stage for the first time in eight years since the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games through this competition. North Korea upset the Japanese pair of Tomokazu Harimoto and Hina Hayata, ranked second in the world, in the round of 16. Japan was a strong candidate to win this competition along with the Chinese pair of Wang Chujin and Sun Yingsha, ranked first in the world. North Korea, which had a major accident in the first game of its return to the Olympics after eight years, defeated Sweden’s Kristian Karlsson-Kristina Calberg (9th) in the quarterfinals and advanced to the semifinals. Then, it defeated Hong Kong, ranked 4th in the world, in the semifinals and advanced to the finals. North Korea took the lead by winning the first game 11-3. However, after a close match, it lost the second game 10-12 and then lost the third game 3-11 to Hong Kong, suffering a comeback. North Korea won the fourth and fifth games 11-9 and came back to win again, but lost the sixth game 9-11 and allowed a tie. In the end, the match was decided in the last seventh game. North Korea won the game early by winning seven points in a row, and then shook off Hong Kong’s pursuit and took the ticket to the finals. 토토사이트