Top Two Seeds Kawakami and Otalvaro to Battle for Men's Table Tennis Gold at Youth Olympics
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Lee Seung-su won a bronze medal in the men's singles table tennis event at the 2026 Dakar Summer Youth Olympics by defeating Ricky Ho of Hong Kong. This marks the first medal win for Korean table tennis at the Youth Olympics in 16 years since the 2010 Singapore Games, proving his standing as the next-generation ace of Korean table tennis.
South Korean table tennis hopeful Lee Seung-su (15, Daejeon Dongsan Middle School) won a bronze medal at the Youth Olympics. On the 6th (Korean time), at the Dakar Expo Center in Senegal, Lee Seung-su defeated Lee Kee-ho (Hong Kong) 4-2 (11-8 11-8 11-5 8) in the men's singles bronze medal match of the 2026 Dakar Summer Youth Olympics.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Ahn Hong-seok = South Korean table tennis prospect Lee Seung-su (Daejeon Dongsan Middle School) won a bronze medal in the men's singles table tennis event at the 2026 Dakar Summer Youth Olympics.
Top two seeds Kawakami and Otalvaro to battle for men's table tennis gold at Youth Olympics
DAKAR, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- Top two seeds Ryuusei Kawakami of Japan and Emanuel Otalvaro of Colombia will face off for the men's singles gold medal at the Dakar Youth Olympic Games on Thursday after winning their respective semifinals. U17 world No. 1 Kawakami overcame Lee Seung-soo 4-2 in a 51-minute semifinal. He took the opening game 11-6 before losing a closely contested second game 20-18. Kawakami then regain
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