On July 30, Beijing time, in the mixed doubles final of table tennis at the Paris Olympics, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha defeated the North Korean combination Lee Jung-sik/Kim Qin-young 4-2 and won the championship. This is the first Olympic mixed doubles gold medal in the history of Chinese table tennis. The Shatou combination has been honed for 7 years and is worthy of the name of the world's No. 1 combination in the Paris Olympic cycle. In the face of the super dark horse, the Shatou combination withstood the impact of the opponent, made a good start for the national table tennis, and also conquered the biggest difficulty of the national table tennis to win the hardware.
Lee Jung-sik/Kim Jin-young made it all the way to the final, while Tomokazu Jang Moto/Hina Hayada and Hwang Jin-ting/To Hoi Kim both lost to the "Mysterious Division". In the face of the super dark horse, the Shatou combination crushed everything with strength.
In the first game, the Shatou team won 11-6, lost 7-11 in the second game, won 11-8 in the third game, and won 11-5 in the fourth game. Lee Jung-sik/Kim Jin-young were indeed tenacious and pulled back another game 11-7. The Shatou duo did not give their opponents another chance, winning the sixth game 11-8 to win the championship 4-2.
After winning the championship, Wang Chuqin covered his face with both hands to celebrate the championship, Sun Yingsha looked at him with a smile, and then Wang Chuqin also looked at his partner with a smile. It was a predictable victory, and Shatou was the most powerful mixed doubles pair in the Paris Olympic cycle.
Director Xiao Zhan took out the prepared national flag and handed it to Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin for display. Xiao Zhan stood between the two of them and raised his fist high. They left this unforgettable moment, and they made up for the regret that the national table tennis team missed the Olympic mixed doubles gold medal three years ago.
In the stands, Director Li Falcon also raised his fist to celebrate the national table tennis mixed doubles championship. The goal of the national table tennis is to win 5 Olympic gold medals, and the mixed doubles is off to a good start. Before the start of the Olympics, Liu Guoliang vowed to take back the mixed doubles gold medal from Japan. Unexpectedly, the Japan combination was eliminated in the first round, and the national table tennis Shatou combination finally passed all the way to the top.
Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha have been playing mixed doubles pairs since 2017, from the Asian Junior Championships to the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, from the Jakarta Asian Games to the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, and then to the Hangzhou Asian Games, they have achieved great glory, winning the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, Durban World Table Tennis Championships, Jakarta Asian Games, Hangzhou Asian Games, and WTT (World Table Tennis Professional League) Singapore Grand Slam, Saudi Arabia Grand Slam and other major championships.
Throughout the Paris Olympic cycle, Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin showed strong dominance. After winning the championship, Wang Chuqin couldn't hide his excitement, he said: "I feel very excited, this mixed doubles is not easy. I feel that in the past few years that we have been together, whether it is for Sasha or me, this mixed doubles gold medal has been in my heart for too long. I said I was going to trade my life for this gold medal, and I did. ”