It was destroyed when photographers crowded around the mixed doubles gold pair after the final against the North Koreans Ri Jong-sik and Kim Kum-yong.
– I lost control of my emotions for a moment when it happened. I don’t understand why the photographers behaved like that, said 24-year-old Wang.
– I assume it was an accident, that they didn’t mean it. Now there is nothing to do with it. I think I can also succeed with a spare racket.
For world number one Wang, it was the first major title, although he took two golds at the Youth Olympics in 2018. Sun won team gold and silver in singles at the Tokyo Olympics.
China won four out of five table tennis gold medals at the Tokyo Games. Then mixed doubles was the only title that was missing. Now it’s in the box, and the Chinese are betting on a full house.
– Every gold medal requires hard work. We don’t win just by showing up, or because people expect us to, Wang said.
North Korea did not participate in the Tokyo Olympics due to the corona pandemic, and the silver in table tennis on Tuesday was the country’s first Olympic medal in eight years.
There was great Asian dominance in mixed doubles. Lim Jong-hoon and Shin Yu-bin from South Korea took bronze with victory over Hong Kong pair Wong Chun-ting and Doo Hoi-kem.
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2024-08-01 18:58:29
