Shin Yu-bin lost to the defending champion Chen Meng in the women's singles semifinals in table tennis at the Paris Olympics on Friday, a result that sent the South Korean to the bronze medal match.Shin, world No. 8, bowed out against the fourth-ranked Chinese 4-0 (11-7, 11-6, 11-7, 11-7) at South Paris Arena 4 in the French capital.Shin, 20, is off to the bronze medal match on Saturday. She will face the loser of the other semifinal match set for Friday, between Sun Yingsha of China and Hina Hayata of Japan.Shin will try to win the first table tennis singles medal for South Korea, male or female, in 20 years. Shin is also the first South Korean singles player since 2004 to even play in an Olympic semifinals.Shin was no match against Chen, who won both the women's individual and team gold medals at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.Source: Yonhap News Agency
(Olympics) Shin Yu-bin loses in women’s singles semifinals in table tennis, off to bronze medal match

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