On July 31, Beijing time, the women's singles table tennis event of the Paris Olympics broke out again, and Bian Songjing, a player from the "Mysterious Division" North Korean team, won four consecutive games from 0-3 behind, eliminating Puerto Rico star and sixth seed Diaz to advance to the quarterfinals.
Prior to this, Bian Songjing had already broken through the masters in a row, defeating Hong Kong's first sister Du Kaiqin 4-1, narrowly defeating Germany's main Mitterham 4-3, and now pulling the higher-ranked Diaz off the horse, showing super combat effectiveness, and it is entirely possible to win medals like mixed doubles teammates Lee Jung-sik / Kim Qinying, which is really not to be underestimated!
Friends who follow the table tennis world know that North Korean athletes rarely participate in international competitions, but they train very hard in China, and they will come to China from time to time to train and study, so although their world ranking is very low, their basic skills are very solid, they have won the world championship many times, and they have also won Olympic medals, and they are opponents that even the Chinese team is afraid of.
In this Olympic Games, the North Korean combination Lee Jung-sik / Kim Qin-young successively upset Tomokazu Zhang Moto/Hina Hayata, Carlsen/Carlberg, Huang Zhenting/Du Kaiqin advanced to the mixed doubles final, although they lost to Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha in the end, but it has been regarded as shaking the table tennis world.
In the women's singles, the North Korean team sent Bian Songjing to participate, and her performance also amazed the fans - as mentioned earlier, in the first round, Bian Songjing met the strong Hong Kong athlete Du Hoiqin, who had swept Wang Manyu in an international competition, but quickly collapsed after encountering the "Mysterious Division", and was eliminated 1-4 after only winning one game, which is not an opponent at all.
In the second round, Bian Songjing met the European Championship women's singles runner-up and Germany's core main Mittenham, and as a result, Bian Songjing fought a 7-game comeback from 0-2 down, and finally won 4-3 again, and then played against Diaz.
Although he is an athlete from Puerto Rico with a weak table tennis foundation, Diaz is very strong, and has been trained in China, and his level has improved by leaps and bounds, once ranked in the top ten in the world, and is also the sixth seed in the Olympic Games, this time after meeting Bian Songjing, he quickly won 11-6, 11-6, 11-9 to push the opponent into a desperate situation, and was only one step away from victory.
However, then Bian Songjing showed super psychological quality, and soon won four games in a row 11-9, 11-8, 11-6, 11-7, and staged a shocking reversal to advance to the women's singles quarterfinals, and only need to win two more games to win medals.
So what about North Korean athletes getting on the Olympic podium again? The suspense still exists, let's wait and see what happens!