The Korean baseball team could not keep the pride of being a 'defending champion' and finished the 2020 Tokyo Olympics empty-handed.
South Korea lost 6-10 to the Dominican Republic in the Tokyo Olympic baseball bronze medal match held at Yokohama Stadium in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan today (7th).
Korea lost in the bronze medal match following the winner's semi-final against Japan and the loser's semi-final against the United States.
Today, Korea starter Kim Min-woo (Hanwha Eagles) was dragged from the beginning of the game after being hit by Julio Rodriguez on the left two-run homer and Juan Francisco on the right with a solo homer in the first inning.
The Korean national team worked hard to chase, such as captain Kim Hyeon-soo (LG Twins) hitting a solo home run in the 4th inning, and in the 5th inning, the opposing pitching team was shaken and turned 6-5.
However, Seunghwan Oh (Samsung Lions), who appeared in the 8th inning, gave up 5 points and collapsed and suffered a painful reversal of defeat.
Korean baseball, which won 9 matches in Beijing in 2008, was aiming for a second consecutive championship in Tokyo in 2021, when baseball returned as an official Olympic sport after 13 years, but failed to even make it to the podium.
Baseball is excluded from the official event at the 2024 Paris Olympics, so there is no chance to make up for it until the 2028 Los Angeles Games.
(Photo = Yonhap News)