Shin Yubin Advances to Women's Table Tennis Singles Round of 16 [Paris Olympics]

Shin Yubin (8th rank, Korean Air) advanced to the women's singles round of 16 in table tennis.

On the 31st (local time), at the South Paris Arena in Paris, France, during the women's singles round of 32 in table tennis at the 2024 Paris Olympics, South Korea's Shin Yubin is attacking Hungary's Georgina Pota.
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On the 31st, at the South Paris Arena in France, Shin Yubin defeated Georgina Pota (71st rank, Hungary) 4-1 (9-11 11-9 11-4 11-1 11-9) in the women's singles round of 32.

This is the first time Shin Yubin has reached the round of 16 in the Olympic women's singles. At the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, she contended for the round of 16 against Doo Hoi Kem (47th rank, Hong Kong) but lost and was eliminated.

Shin Yubin will compete against Lily Zhang (29th rank, USA) at 3 a.m. KST on August 1 for a spot in the quarterfinals.

On the previous day, Shin Yubin teamed up with Lim Jonghoon (Korea Exchange) in mixed doubles and won a bronze medal. This is the first medal Korean table tennis has won at the Olympics in 12 years.

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