[Asian Games] Today's Match: Table Tennis Shin Yubin, with 'Three Bronze Medals', Challenges for Final Gold

Women's Doubles Participation... Male Ace Jang Woojin Also Competes in Singles
Woo Sanghyuk High Jump Qualifiers... Men's and Women's Baduk Team Semifinals
Baseball National Team vs. Taiwan... Women's Basketball Round of 8 vs. Philippines

Shin Yubin of the women's table tennis team, who won three bronze medals at this Asian Games, will go for the final gold medal hunt on the 2nd.

On the day when the table tennis competition concludes after 11 days of fierce battles, Shin Yubin will team up with Jeon Jihee to play in the women's doubles semifinal at 1 p.m. They will face the Japanese pair Harimoto Miwa and Kihara Miyu, ranked 33rd in the world. The Jeon Jihee-Shin Yubin pair is ranked number 1 in the world in women's doubles. If they win, they will play the final at 7:30 p.m. Shin Yubin previously won bronze medals in women's singles, women's team, and mixed doubles events.

Shin Yubin is taking a commemorative photo after receiving the bronze medal at the women's singles table tennis award ceremony of the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games (AG), held on the 1st at the Archer Canal Sports Park Gymnasium in Hangzhou, China.
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Jang Woojin, the ace of the men's table tennis team, will play the men's singles semifinal against China's Fan Zhendong, the world number 1, at 2:30 p.m. Jang Woojin is ranked 13th in men's singles. If Jang Woojin beats Fan Zhendong, he will compete in the gold medal match at 8:45 p.m.

Archery, with 10 gold medals at stake, enters the full-scale tournament phase. The round of 16 matches for recurve and compound mixed team events, recurve and compound men's and women's team events, and recurve and compound men's and women's individual events from the round of 64 to the round of 16 will be held.

The recurve and compound mixed team representatives will play their round of 16 matches at 10 a.m. The recurve team will face Tajikistan, and the compound team will face Mongolia.

The recurve men's and women's team representatives will play their round of 16 matches at 12:10 p.m. The women's team will face Uzbekistan, and the men's team will face North Korea.

The compound men's and women's individual round of 32 matches will take place at 2:35 p.m. Ju Jaehoon and Yang Jaewon will compete in the men's individual event, while Oh Yuhyun and So Chaewon will compete in the women's individual event. The round of 16 will continue at 3:05 p.m.

The recurve men's and women's individual round of 64 matches will start at 4:25 p.m. Lee Wooseok and Oh Jinhyeok, and Lim Siyun and An San, who are competing in the men's and women's individual events, will start from the round of 32 at 5:45 p.m. If they win, the round of 16 will begin at 6:15 p.m.

Woo Sanghyeok, who is challenging for the gold medal in the high jump, will participate in the qualifiers held at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium along with Choi Jinwoo. The competition starts at 10:10 a.m. Woo Sanghyeok is in Qualifying Group B, while his gold medal rival, Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim, is in Group A. Clearing 2.26 meters or ranking among the top 12 will secure advancement to the final. The final, where medals will be decided, is scheduled for 8 p.m. on the 4th.

In athletics field events, the women's pole vault, women's long jump, and men's discus throw finals will be held. On the track, gold medalists will be decided in the men's and women's 200m, women's 3000m steeplechase, men's 110m hurdles, and men's 1600m relay events.

The badminton team, which won gold in the women's team event and bronze in the men's team event, will go for medals in the individual events.

In the mixed doubles round of 32, the pairs Seo Seungjae-Chae Yujeong and Kim Wonho-Jung Naeun, ranked 5th and 6th in the world respectively, will compete. Seo Seungjae-Chae Yujeong will play at 11:40 a.m., and Kim Wonho-Jung Naeun at 11 a.m. Seo Seungjae and Kim Wonho will also compete in the men's doubles round of 32 matches in the afternoon. Kim Wonho will play with Choi Solgyu at 1:40 p.m., and Seo Seungjae with Kang Minhyuk at 4:20 p.m.

The men's badminton national team pair Seo Seung-jae (right) and Kang Min-hyeok are celebrating after winning the men's team semifinal match against India on the 30th of last month. On that day, Korea ultimately lost 2-3, securing the bronze medal.
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The men's hockey team will play their last group stage match at 10 a.m. against Oman, which will decide whether they advance to the semifinals. A total of 12 countries are participating in men's hockey. They are divided into two groups of six, with the top two teams from each group advancing to the semifinals. South Korea currently holds 3 wins and 1 loss, ranking 3rd in Group B. Oman has 2 wins and 2 losses, ranking 4th in Group B. If South Korea beats Oman, they can advance to the semifinals.

This is because the top two teams in Group B, China and Malaysia, will face each other in their last group match at 9:45 p.m. China is undefeated with 4 wins and 0 losses, ranking 1st in Group B. Malaysia has the same 3 wins and 1 loss record as South Korea but leads in goal difference, placing 2nd.

Assuming South Korea beats Oman and China beats Malaysia, South Korea will advance to the semifinals as the 2nd place team behind China. If Malaysia wins, three teams will be tied with a 4-1 record, but South Korea will secure at least 2nd place in the group due to a better goal difference than China.

In Go, the women's semifinals will be held at 10:30 a.m., and the men's semifinals at 4 p.m. The women's team will face Hong Kong, and the men's team will face Japan. If the women's team loses, they will play the bronze medal match at 4 p.m. If they win, the final will be held at 10:30 a.m. on the 3rd. The men's team bronze medal match and final are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. on the 3rd, respectively.

The baseball team, which defeated Hong Kong 10-0 by cold game in 8 innings the previous day, will play their second group match against the toughest opponent, Taiwan. The game starts at 7:30 p.m.

Kim Hye-seong, the captain of the men's baseball national team, is hitting a go-ahead RBI single in the bottom of the 8th inning with two outs and runners on first and second during the Group B preliminary round baseball game against Hong Kong at the Baseball and Softball Sports Center No. 1 Field in Shaoxing, near Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, on the 1st.
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The men's and women's basketball teams will face Bahrain and the Philippines respectively at 9 p.m. The men's team will play a knockout match to advance to the quarterfinals, and the women's team will play a quarterfinal match.

The women's volleyball team will play their second group match against Nepal at 11:30 a.m. They suffered a 2-3 come-from-behind loss to Vietnam in their first match the previous day.

The men's and women's 1m springboard diving events will take place. The women's event featuring Kim Suji and Kim Nahyun will start at 5 p.m., and the men's final with Woo Haram and Kim Youngtaek will begin at 8 p.m.

In weightlifting, the women's 59kg and 64kg categories will be contested. Han Jian will compete in the 64kg final starting at 8 p.m.

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