Chinese pair Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha won the mixed doubles gold medal in table tennis at the Paris Olympics after beating Ri Jong Sik and Kim Kum Yong of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) 4-2 in the final.
The top-seeded Chinese duo, winners of the 2021 and 2023 world championships, came from behind to beat the North Korean duo 11-6, 7-11, 11-8, 11-5, 7-11, 11-8 at the Paris South Arena 4 stadium.
This is China’s first Olympic gold medal in table tennis mixed doubles, after mixed doubles made its Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020, where the Japanese pair of Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito won gold in a Japan-China final on home soil.
The bronze medal went to South Koreans Lim Jong-hoon and Shin Yu-bin, who beat Hong Kong’s Wong Chun Ting and Doo Hoi Kem of China 4-0.
South Korea’s team of Lim Jong-hoon and Shin Yu-bin, who had lost the semi-final to China, faced Hong Kong’s Wong Chun Ting and Doo Hoi Kem for bronze and came out on top. This is South Korea’s first medal in table tennis since the 2012 Games.
Source: https://reporteasia.com/deportes/2024/07/31/china-conquista-el-oro-en-dobles-mixtos-de-tenis-de-mesa-en-los-juegos-olimpicos-de-paris/
