Shin Yu-bin's 'Golden Combination' Jeon Ji-hee Special Retirement Ceremony..."I was so happy"
Shin Yu-bin's 'Golden Combination' Jeon Ji-hee Special Retirement Ceremony..."I was so happy"
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"Honestly, I thought about retiring for a long time, and I thought about quitting after the Paris Olympics because it was hard. I put in a crazy performance with (Shin) Yu-bin starting in 2023, and I was so happy to come to the end of my life at table tennis, and I think I did a good job not giving up."
Jeon Ji-hee, who devoted herself to the Korean table tennis national team, attended a special retirement ceremony held at the 'Korea Table Tennis Association (KTTA) Awards 2025' held at the JW Marriott Dongdaemun Square Seoul Hotel in Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul on the 14th.
Jeon Ji-hee, who has played under the national flag since the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, worked with South Korean female ace Shin Yoo-bin (copyright) to harvest the silver medal in women's doubles at the Durban World Championships in May 2023. 스포츠토토
In addition, following the women's doubles gold medal at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games in September of that year, the women's team bronze medal was combined and the national team was returned at the Paris Olympics last year.
Jeon Ji-hee played a farewell match against Shin Yu-bin in the women's singles round of 64 at the World Table Tennis (WTT) "Singapore Smash 2025" on the 3rd.
At that time, Shin Yu-bin won the game 3-0, and after the game, the two hugged and drew hearts.
When asked to pick the most memorable moment during her career, Jeon Ji-hee recalled the time when she won the gold medal at the Hangzhou Asian Games, saying, "When I watch the video when I can't sleep, I wonder if I played the doubles so well."
Regarding the regrettable moment, he said, "If I didn't come to Korea, I don't think there would have been a table tennis player named Jeon Ji-hee. There is nothing regrettable, but I regret that I couldn't leave a name on the trophy as a player because I was so compatible with Yubin."
"I have been in Korea for 15 years. I was separated from my family since I was young, and they waited for me. I will come back to Korea whenever the table tennis association or Yubin asks me to do so," he said, expressing his desire to contribute to Korean table tennis.
Shin Yu-bin, who attended the awards ceremony and congratulated Jeon Ji-hee's retirement, said, "It was an honor to be with my sister as a player."
Regarding her new doubles partner, Shin Yu-bin added, "I've been working with my sister (double breathing) until recently, and I don't know what's going to happen in the future, so I think we should do our best in the given situation."