At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, table tennis women's singles player Lee Mi-gyu (33 years old, Ulsan Metropolitan City Paralympic Sports Association) won a valuable bronze medal, giving our team the first medal.
Lee Mi-gyu won the bronze medal in the women's table tennis singles (sports class 3) semifinals of the Tokyo Paralympic Games held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Japan, losing 3-1 to Alena Canova of Slovakia.
Tokyo Paralympic Table Tennis doesn't play for third or fourth place, but awards a tie for third place, so only reaching the semi-finals will secure a medal.
The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) have decided to temporarily apply a joint third place only to this tournament to compete fiercely in the quarterfinals and to enhance the immersion of the final.
Yesterday (27th), Lee Mi-gyu, who secured a medal by confirming advancing to the quarterfinals, lost in the semifinals and won the bronze medal.
This is our team's first medal on the 5th day of the Paralympic opening.
Lee Mi-gyu, who met at the Mixed Zone after the first medal was confirmed, said, "It's very unfortunate. It's a pity that I couldn't adapt quickly. heart," he said.
Even when he said that he fought well, he said, "I achieved my goal, but as I climbed up, I became more greedy. I wanted to do better, but it's a pity that it didn't go well," he said with a smile, saying, "I still have no regrets."
Afterwards, the 'maknae' of the Korean national teamJi-yu Yoon (21 years old, Seongnam City Hall) also won a bronze medal in the same class.
In the semifinals, Yoon Ji-yu met Xuejuan (China), who won the 2016 Rio Paralympics twice, and lost 3-2.
Although he did not reach the final, he took the first medal in the individual event at the Paralympic Games held in five years, waving away from his disappointment that he placed 4th in the individual event in Rio.
(Photo = Provided by the Korea Sports Association for the Disabled, Yonhap News)