Korean unified team wins gold at 2018 Korea Open Table Tennis mixed doubles
  • 6 years ago
Inter-Korean cooperation has led to some great results this week in table tennis.
A pair of players from South and North playing together... have won gold in the mixed doubles at the Korea Open in Daejeon.
South Korea's Jang Woo-jin and North Korea's Cha Hyo-sim beat a Chinese team in the gold medal match 3 to 1.
Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon, who was watching,... praised the Koreans for playing so well despite not having much time to practice together.
He also said their spirit will contribute to the improvement of inter-Korean relations.
South Korea's Jang Woo-jin said it was one of the most memorable matches of his career.
He expressed his appreciation to the North Korean players and staff, saying they built deep trust in a short period of time.
Here's what he said after they won.


"I want to thank Hyo-sim a lot, because, every time I tried to take risks and got nervous, she told me to play just as we'd been doing and stayed very calm. She was really friendly and I depended on her a lot. If there's another opportunity to form a unified team, I'd love to play with Hyo-sim again one day."
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