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At the Paris Olympics on July 30, the final champion of table tennis was gradually revealed.
In the mixed doubles event, North Korea's Kim Jin-young and Lee Jung-sik took the lead and won their first gold medal in Paris.
The battle for the championship and runner-up between the two is not only the first championship of the competition, but also an opportunity for the North Korean table tennis team to defend its glory in the Olympic arena.
In this match, the combination of Chinese players Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha also has the same challenge goal, and what kind of wonderful story will the two sides produce on the field in the end?
The confidence of the North Korean combination.
The North Korean players are not honed in the competition through the commercial events of the Netzhuo News Network, and the combination of North Korean players is considered to be a pair of dark horses, who can go all the way in this competition, but it also makes many people extremely curious about their strength process.
North Korean players rarely appear at commercial events such as the World Table Tennis Championships or the Table Tennis World Cup, and the occasional appearance gives the impression that they appear out of nowhere.
So why don't North Korean players participate in such events?
In fact, the reason is also very simple, many North Korean players have extremely high technical ability, but also have financial constraints, so they finally decided not to participate in events with financial interests.
They only compete in events such as the Olympics and team events, which allows them to gain international recognition without too much pressure.
It is understood that the pair of Kim Qin-young and Lee Jung-sik had never played before, but when it came to the qualifying round, their performance amazed the entire table tennis world, thus qualifying for direct promotion.
After their dark horse road successfully advanced this time, they carried out the momentum of winning the championship to the end, and even before the finals, they maintained a full victory in all the games, which made people see their strength.
Kim Qin-young is very short, only 149cm, so as a woman, he is almost only neck to chin height when standing next to the man Lee Jung-sik, and he is a very short existence.
However, a small player like Kim Qin-young often has excellent basic skills in the game, and during the game, Kim Qin-young moves very fast, which does not affect the accuracy of her play.
Lee Jung-sik is not very tall, only 173cm, so he is also very supportive of short players like Kim Jin-young to stand up and shine.
In the course of the competition, after designing tactics and adjustments, Kim Qinying was able to reach a height of 190cm, which is quite good.
To sum up, the reason why the North Korean team was able to achieve such results is that they have solid basic skills and a very high degree of tacit understanding, and they seem to cooperate through telepathy in the competition, and they can easily achieve good results.
The Chinese pair took to the action.
In the Mixed Doubles, China's Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha will take on North Korea's Kim Jin-young and Lee Jung-sik, who have different styles but complement each other.
Sun Yingsha is a player who is very good at pressing forward in her position, and Wang Chuqin, as a man, must always assist Sun Yingsha in pressing forward in the game.
Therefore, in the game, Wang Chuqin's role is equivalent to Sun Yingsha's protector, responsible for defending and counterattacking the opponent's attack.
Through observation, it was found that Wang Chuqin would make corresponding defensive preparations in the front court every time he played, waiting for Sun Yingsha's forward pressure attack.
When Sun Yingsha makes a mistake in attacking the ball, Wang Chuqin will counterattack in time to help Sun Yingsha defend.
This kind of cooperation strategy not only improved the degree of cooperation between the two, but also helped them find the best combat mode, and gradually cooperated more and more tacitly.
Under such a style of play, the combination of Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin quickly gained momentum in the group stage, winning with a score of 3-0 and advancing all the way.
In the semi-finals against the Japan pair, the two once again showed a strong understanding, successfully advancing 3-1 in the mixed doubles match.
In the final, the Chinese team faced the North Korean pair, and the two sides were in a stalemate from the beginning of the game, and the score changed alternately, and finally the Chinese team won the championship with a score of 3-2.
Match recap.
After the start of the game, North Korea's Kim Qinying first served to attack, after several rounds of ball competition, Sun Yingsha first sent the ball up, the second ball counterattacked, Wang Chuqin also counterattacked again, and at this time Kim Qiying made a kill, the score reached 2-0.
Then Wang Chuqin served again, Sun Yingsha counterattacked, and Jin Qiying killed again, and the score reached 3-0.
The Chinese were behind from the start, but then Sun Yingsha attacked, Wang Chuqin also counterattacked, and finally hit the ball into bounds, and the score fell behind to 1-5.
But soon, Wang Chuqin served again, Sun Yingsha counterattacked, and Jin Qinying also killed again, but Wang Chuqin served again at this time, Sun Yingsha counterattacked, and finally counterattacked and successfully won the ball, and the score reached 2-5.
Then in the course of the game, the two sides always went back and forth with the score, and whenever the Chinese team fell behind, they would quickly overtake, and when the Chinese team was ahead, the North Korean team would quickly tie the score, so the game was always in a state of seesaw.
In the second game, the scores of the two kept alternating at the beginning, and finally played to 5 draws, but then the Chinese pair overtook the score, and the North Korean team scored 9-8 at this time, and the winner of this game may also win the game.
However, the Chinese pair showed their strength at the crucial moment and eventually won the second game 11-9.
Then the third game began, and the Chinese team fell behind at the beginning, and the score had come to 6-1.
However, the Chinese pair quickly turned the tide as if a switch had been pressed, and the North Koreans finally won the third game 11-6.
In the final fifth game, the scores of both sides continued to rise alternately, and finally both sides came to the critical moment of the 10-draw tiebreaker, which was also the most tense moment, and if it was not handled well, it would lead to a direct loss of the game.
There was plenty of time left for both sides at the critical moment, with North Korea taking the lead in serving and attacking, followed by a counterattack by the Chinese pair, followed by a serve, and the North Korean pair Hu Jinqi made a kill.
At this time, Wang Chuqin did not react in time and immediately performed, but after a tug-of-war, it was the Chinese combination who won in the end.
epilogue
In this game, Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha's performance is really amazing, especially the tacit understanding between the two, as if through telepathy, they can easily point out each other's intentions, so as to cooperate.
The duo also had a very good mentality on the stage, and they were calm when it came to critical moments, which really helped them seize many good opportunities and eventually win.
In table tennis, the improvement of psychological quality and adaptability is equally important, so coaches should also guide and help the players accordingly in order to make their strength more prominent.
In the future table tennis arena, there may be more and more players with special playing styles and styles, and their appearance will add a lot of spectacle to the game.