Oh Jun-seong (Mirae Asset Securities) booked the record for the youngest Korean men’s table tennis to participate in the Asian Games (AG).
Oh Jun-seong secured the Taegeuk mark by placing 먹튀검증second in the men’s division at the 2023 PyeongChang Asian Championships and Hangzhou Asian Games’ second round of selections for the national team, which ended at the Dangjin Indoor Gymnasium in Chungcheongnam-do.
Oh Jun-seong, who dropped out at the end of last year when he was a freshman in high school and went into unemployment, will turn 17 in September when the Hangzhou Asian Games will be held.
It is a challenge for an Asian Games medal at a younger age than Korea Exchange coach Yoo Nam-gyu, who participated in the 1986 Asian Games in Seoul at the age of 18, in his third year of high school.
Oh Jun-seong, who started his career as a representative player early, is interested in whether his father Oh Sang, who has won numerous medals in international competitions including the Asian Games, may surpass the record of manager of Mirae Asset Securities.
Oh Jun-seong is evaluated as having a perfect command of table tennis already at his junior age.
As he became the national team on his own in less than a year after joining, his expectations grew.
Ahn Jae-hyeon (Korea Exchange) took 1st place and Park Kang-hyun (Water Resources Corporation) took 3rd place and passed the 2nd selection round.
The three winners of the second selection round will play an active part in the Asian Championships and Asian Games, along with Jang Woo-jin (Sangmu) and Lim Jong-hun, who were previously selected in the first selection round.
In the women’s division, Shin Yu-bin (Korean Air) and Jeon Ji-hee (Mirae Asset Securities) passed the first round, while Lee Eun-hye (Korean Air), Yang Ha-eun (POSCO International), and Seo Hyo-won (Korea Racing Association) placed first to third in the second round, which was held this time. and put the Taegeuk mark on it.