South Korea's table tennis team, Shin Yu-bin and Lim Jong-hoon, pose for a commemorative photo with China's Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha, who won gold medals, and North Korea's Ri Jong-sik and Kim Kum-yong, who won silver medals, at the table tennis mixed doubles awards ceremony for the '2024 Paris Olympics' held at South Paris Arena 4 in Paris, France on the 30th (Korean time).
The scene of South Korean, North Korean, and Chinese players taking a selfie together at the 2024 Paris Olympics table tennis mixed doubles awards ceremony is heating up China.
On the night of the 30th (local time), the Olympic table tennis mixed doubles podium was occupied by China's Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin, who won the gold medal, North Korea's Ri Jong-sik and Kim Kum-yong, who won the silver medal, and Lim Jong-hun and Shin Yu-bin, who won the bronze medal.
Since North Korea returned to the Olympic stage after eight years, the scene of the two Koreas standing side by side on the podium was very special. Also present were Chinese players who border North Korea.
Lim Jong-hoon and Shin Yu-bin smiled brightly while taking a selfie with North Korea's Ri Jong-sik and Kim Kum-yong, who won silver medals, and China's Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin, who won gold medals, on the podium.
At this competition, there is a "victory selfie" sequence where the winners of each event take a commemorative photo after the awards ceremony, and the North Korean athletes could not avoid it.
China is also cheering the selfies of the athletes from the three countries that were created in this way. As the scene was broadcast on CCTV and other platforms, related photos and comments continued to be posted on Weibo and WeChat Moments, reflecting the high interest in the scene.
Wei Gui, a critic for the Pengpai Newspaper, said, "It seemed as if the athletes had made a beautiful wish for the world while achieving their dream of winning a medal at the Olympics," and "The scenes of Lim Jong-hoon holding a cell phone and Sun Yingsha adjusting their seats were such ordinary moments that I could feel that they had the same "small but certain happiness" as ordinary people, regardless of their rankings at the Olympics." Wi Gui said, “At that moment, regardless of our country, ranking, or win or lose, we felt the same joy, and some people even felt warm emotions from this scene of harmony and friendship,” and evaluated that “this scene in the photo best represents the Olympics.” He mentioned that five of the six athletes, excluding Lim Jong-hoon, were “00 Hou (born after 2000)” and added, “It symbolizes our common expectations for a beautiful future,” and “The world should be this beautiful, and it can be this beautiful.” Positive responses poured in on Weibo as well, such as “North Korean and South Korean athletes communicated with each other,” “This scene was very warm to watch,” “It seems that there are no borders in sports,” “I sincerely hope that South Korea and North Korea communicate more,” and “This was a very precious scene.” 안전놀이터
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