Shin Yubin and Lim Jong-hoon Aim for Gold Medal Celebration This Time

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Do you remember this scene? Three years ago at the Hangzhou Asian Games, South Korean table tennis mixed doubles pair Shin Yubin and Lim Jong-hoon drew widespread attention with their affectionate celebration on the podium. Now, they have declared their ambition to perform a gold medal celebration at the upcoming Nagoya Games.

Reporter Yu Byeongmin has the story.

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Shin Yubin and Lim Jong-hoon won a mixed doubles bronze medal alongside Jeon Ji-hee and Jang Woo-jin at the Hangzhou Asian Games, capturing the hearts of fans during the awards ceremony.

When Chinese spectators cheered as Jang Woo-jin sweetly straightened Jeon Ji-hee's collar, Lim Jong-hoon playfully adjusted Shin Yubin's collar and joined her in making a cheek heart, prompting praise that it looked like a scene from a K-drama.

Sweating it out in training ahead of the Nagoya Games in September, Shin Yubin and Lim Jong-hoon are dreaming of a gold medal celebration this time.

[Shin Yubin / National Table Tennis Team: We want to win the gold medal (at the Asian Games) and perform a great celebration.]

[Lim Jong-hoon / National Table Tennis Team: I have the ambition to achieve better results than we did in Hangzhou, and (as for the celebration) it's entirely up to Yubin...]br>
Entering their fifth year of playing together as a pair, the two athletes have more than earned the right to target the gold.

By defeating the world number one mixed pair of Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha consecutively at the WTT Finals in December of last year and the Smash finals in the United States last month, they have brightened their prospects for victory at the Asian Games.

They kept quiet about their strategy for overcoming Chinese opponents.

[Lim Jong-hoon / National Table Tennis Team: It's a secret. China might be watching this...]br>
[Shin Yubin / National Table Tennis Team: I'm sorry. I'm not very good with words...]br>
Shin Yubin, who claimed the women's doubles gold medal alongside Jeon Ji-hee at the previous games, is now aiming for two gold medals with her new partner, Zhu Chenxi.

[Shin Yubin / National Table Tennis Team: As I hold the honorable position of representing the national team, I will do my best to achieve the greatest results.]

(Camera: Hwang In-seok | Video Editing: Ha Seong-won)
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