There was a tremendous amount of tension between south and north korea for decades. North Korea had attempted to become nuclear power house in recent few days and it even attempted the war in crypto world when it was rumoured that North Korea was behind the hacking attempts on some of the large south korean crypto exchanges. There are many such examples which were set to rest when the two nations decided to come under the same flag.
In the Korean Open Table Tennis championship, the doubles team of korea set the sentiments of unity amongst both Korean nations when inter korean team bit the Chinese competition in the korean open final Table Tennis Championships.
This year (2018) the competition was held in Chungmu Sport Arena of Daejeon, South Korea. The total prize money which would be distributed in this tournament is more than $266000. Mixed Doubles championships are announced Saturday Afternoon.
Xu Xin
Xu Xin is the Chinese Player who dominated this tournament in last decade. He is ranked world Number 5 as per the latest rankings. However, he was successful in winning Korean Open in 2013,2014 and 2016.
Cha Hyo Sim and Jang Woojin
These two players were the real heroes of the tournament who marked the History. They were the partners in the table tennis competition mixed doubles for the first time. They won the finals against beat China’s Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha. Union of the team mates from South and North Korea was also appreciated by the International Table Tennis Feedration
Sports lovers would definately appreciate this event and it would be always remembered due to the union of South and North Korean players after a significant gap. This event proved that Re-unions are good for nations.
