Paired with Jeon Ji-hee and Lim Jong-hoon, they placed first in both the women’s doubles and mixed doubles group.
South Korea Secures All 6 Tickets for Doubles
Shin Yu-bin (Korean Air), who returned from injury, won two doubles tickets to the 2023 Durban Individual World Championships.
In the preliminary round for the World Championships held in Doha, Qatar on the 10th, Shin Yoo-bin paired up with Jeon Ji-hee (Mirae Asset Securities) and won first place in the group in the women’s doubles event, earning the right to advance to the finals.
While the first place in the group tournament is given the right to advance to the finals, Shin Yu-bin and Jeon Ji-hee won 4-0 over India’s Srija Akula-Leet Tennyson in their last game.
Shin Yoo-bin also teamed up with Lim Jong-hun (KGC Ginseng Corporation) in the mixed doubles, defeating Kazakh players 4-0 and securing the right to advance to the finals.
Shin Yu-bin, who was unable to show her skills last year due to a wrist injury, raised expectations by achieving desired results in the first international competition of the new year.
The national team secured all 6 World Championship doubles berths, including 2 where Shin Yu-bin collaborated with other players.
In the men’s doubles, Jang Woo-jin (Army Sports Corps)-Lim Jong-hoon pair and Lee Sang-soo-Cho Dae-seong (Samsung Life Insurance) pair will step on the world championship stage.
Jang Woo-jin and Lim Jong-hoon, who won the silver medal in the men’s doubles at the 2021 Houston Games, took the opportunity to challenge for the gold medal in two years.
In women’s doubles, Shin Yu-bin and Jeon Ji-hee, along with Choi Hyo-joo (Korea Racing Association) and Lee Si-on (Samsung Life Insurance), will compete in the world championships.
In the mixed doubles, the ‘promising combination’, Cho Dae-seong (Samsung Life Insurance) and Kim Na-young (POSCO International), together with Lim Jong-hoon and Shin Yu-bin, won a ticket to the finals.
The national team, which has won all of the doubles qualifiers for each event, the largest in a country, is now on its way to securing the singles qualifier.
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