N. Korean table tennis team to arrive in S. Korea on Sunday for table tennis competition in Daejeon
  • 6 years ago
North Korea's table tennis team is to arrive in South Korea this Sunday to participate in the 2018 Korea Open Table Tennis competition in Daejeon.
The North's team is comprised of 16 table tennis players and 9 officials... and will be led by Kim Song-i, the 2016 Olympic bronze medalist in the women's singles.
The Korea Table Tennis Association says it'll discuss with North Korea about forming joint teams in the men's and women's doubles for the competition... and chances are high that the female players will form joint teams as they already have experience of joining forces at the world championships in May.
The North Korean team will return home on Monday 23rd July.
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