'Hot Tears' Shin Yubin Reaches Table Tennis Singles Semifinals for the First Time in 20 Years... Lim Aeji Wins First Women's Boxing Medal (Summary) [Paris Olympics]

Badminton Kim Won-ho - Jeong Na-eun Secure Silver After Defeating Senior Pair
Swimming Lee Eun-ji Advances to First Women's Backstroke Semifinal...Final Cancelled
Men's and Women's Archery Teams All Advance to Round of 16

The daily medal haul that continued after the opening of the 2024 Paris Olympics came to a halt for one day. The Korean delegation, taking a breather, found greater hope through the fierce performances of the Taeguk heroines.

On the 1st (local time), at the South Paris Arena in Paris, France, Shin Yubin of Korea celebrated after a hard-fought victory against Japan's Hirano Miu in the women's singles quarterfinals of the 2024 Paris Olympic table tennis event.
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Shin Yu-bin (Korean Air), Korea's female table tennis ace, defeated Miu Hirano (Japan) 4-3 in the women's singles quarterfinals held on the 2nd (Korean time) at the South Paris Arena in Paris, France, achieving the remarkable feat of reaching the singles semifinals for the first time in 20 years since the 2004 Athens Olympics.

Having previously won a bronze medal in mixed doubles with Lim Jong-hoon (Korea Exchange), Shin Yu-bin now challenges for her second medal in Paris. On the 2nd at 5 p.m. Korean time, she will compete against China's Chen Meng (ranked 4th) at the same venue for a spot in the final.

On the 1st (local time), at the North Arena in Paris, France, during the 2024 Paris Olympic boxing women's 54kg quarterfinals, Korea's Lim Ae-ji cheered after winning by decision against Colombia's Yenny Marcela Arias Casta?eda. [Image source=Yonhap News]

Lim Ae-ji (Hwasun County Office) is set to become Korea's first female boxing Olympic medalist. Lim advanced to the semifinals by winning a 3-2 decision over Yeni Marcela Arias Casta?eda (Colombia) in the women's 54kg quarterfinals held at the North Paris Arena in Paris.

In Olympic boxing, there is no separate bronze medal match; both semifinal losers receive bronze medals. Thus, Lim Ae-ji has brought a medal to Korean boxing for the first time in 12 years since Han Sun-chul's silver in the men's 60kg category at the 2012 London Games. Lim will face Hatice Akba? (T?rkiye) in the semifinals on the 4th at 11:34 p.m. Korean time.

In the badminton mixed doubles semifinals, where a showdown between Taeguk warriors took place after securing a silver medal, the juniors emerged victorious.

The world-ranked 8th pair Kim Won-ho (Samsung Life) and Jung Na-eun (Hwasun County Office) defeated their seniors, the 2nd-ranked Seo Seung-jae (Samsung Life) and Chae Yoo-jung (Incheon International Airport), 2-1 (21-16, 20-22, 23-21) at the Porte de la Chapelle venue in Paris to advance to the final.

On the 1st (local time), at La Chapelle Arena in Paris, France, during the mixed doubles badminton semifinal of the 2024 Paris Olympics, Korea's Kim Won-ho and Jeong Na-eun faced off against Korea's Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yoo-jung.
The Kim Won-ho and Jeong Na-eun pair won with a set score of 2-1 (21-16, 20-22, 23-21) to advance to the final.
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This is the first time in 16 years since the 2008 Beijing Games that Korean badminton has reached the mixed doubles final, following the gold medal win by Lee Yong-dae and Lee Hyo-jung. This silver medal marks Korea's best performance since the 2008 Beijing Games (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze).

Kim Won-ho and Jung Na-eun will face the Chinese pair Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong around 11:10 p.m. Korean time on the 2nd in a fierce battle for the gold medal. Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yoo-jung will compete against Japan's Watanabe and Higashino for the bronze medal.

Knowing each other well, the match was decided by the juniors' stamina. Despite a 0-5 losing record against their opponents, Kim Won-ho and Jung Na-eun secured their first win ahead of the Olympic final after a close match.

Jeon Hun-young, Lim Si-hyun, and Nam Su-hyun are holding the Taegeukgi flag after securing victory in the women's team archery final at the 2024 Paris Olympics, held on the 28th (local time) at the Les Invalides Archery Stadium in Paris, France. [Image source=Yonhap News]

The archery team, which swept the men's and women's team events, saw all six members advance to the individual round of 16. Following the men's team members Kim Woo-jin (Cheongju City Hall) and Lee Woo-seok (Kolon), and the women's team member Nam Soo-hyun (Suncheon City Hall) advancing to the round of 16, on this day, women's team members Jeon Hoon-young (Incheon City Hall) and Lim Si-hyun (Korea National Sport University) also passed the round of 32. Despite the previous day's bad weather delaying the schedule by a day, male archer Kim Je-deok (Yecheon County Office) defeated opponents in both the round of 64 and 32 consecutively.

Lee Eun-ji shows a disappointed expression after finishing 15th in the women's 200m backstroke semifinal at the 2024 Paris Olympic swimming event held on the 2nd (Korean time) at the La D?fense swimming pool in Paris, France.
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Lee Eun-ji (17, Bangsan High School), the youngest member of the Korean swimming team, advanced to the semifinals for the first time ever for a Korean swimmer in this event by ranking 10th overall with a time of 2:09.88 in the women's 200m backstroke heats held at the La D?fense swimming pool in Paris. However, she slipped back in the semifinals with a time of 2:11.86, finishing 15th and failing to advance to the final.

Korea has recorded 6 gold medals, 3 silver medals, and 3 bronze medals in this competition so far.