Doksan High's Kim Seoyoon Wins Triple Crown Including Table Tennis Championship Singles Title

Doksan High School Sweeps All Events at the 67th National Men’s and Women’s Championships

Doksan High ace player Kim Seoyoon also won the singles title, achieving a triple crown at the tournament.

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Geumcheon-gu (Mayor Yuseong Hoon) announced that Doksan High School achieved the remarkable feat of winning first place in all events at the '67th Pixelscope National Men’s and Women’s Championships' held at the Gimcheon Indoor Gymnasium from June 29 to July 5.

This tournament is a prestigious nationwide competition with the largest number of participants in the country. The matches were held in men’s and women’s divisions for ‘elementary school’, ‘middle and high school’, ‘university’, and ‘general’ categories, consisting of three events: ▲team competition ▲doubles (limited to high school division) ▲singles.

Doksan High School won decisively 3:0 in the women’s high school team final, and the doubles pair Kim Seoyoon and Lee Seungmi also claimed first place. In particular, Doksan High School ace player Kim Seoyoon won the singles event as well, achieving a triple crown at the tournament.

Additionally, Munseong Middle School’s Kim Dahee and Yoo Yerin took second and third place respectively in the girls’ middle school singles event.

The district plans to award prize money to the middle and high school table tennis teams that achieved excellent results.

Meanwhile, Geumcheon-gu has youth teams, Munseong Middle School, Doksan High School, and the Geumcheon-gu Office women’s table tennis team. These teams have been established and operated as a mutually beneficial system where seniors and juniors communicate, coach, and train together, developing into a model case nationwide.

Moreover, table tennis enthusiasts formed the ‘Geumbitnarae Supporters Association’ in 2010 (with about 500 members) to support the Geumcheon-gu Office table tennis team by donating vehicles and providing about 300 million KRW annually to youth, elementary, middle, and high school team coaches and players, becoming a strong pillar for the development of table tennis in Geumcheon-gu. Since last year, the ‘Geumbitnarae School,’ a sports-specialized alternative school, has been officially authorized and operated by the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education.

Mayor Yuseong Hoon said, “Despite the difficult situation due to COVID-19, the local girls’ middle and high school table tennis teams were able to achieve excellent results in nationwide competitions thanks to the efforts of coaches and players and the great interest and support of the residents. We will continue to actively support the teams so they can achieve even better results in more competitions through systematic training.”

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