Youth Olympic Table Tennis》Lin Jinting/Chen Yixin defeated Thailand in a fierce battle in 5 games! Mixed doubles wins bronze and wins third medal in team history

[Reporter Xu Mingli/Comprehensive Report] Taiwanese combination Lin Jinting/Chen Yanxin played in the 2026 Dhaka Youth Olympic Table Tennis Mixed Doubles Bronze Medal match early this morning. They overcame the set deficit twice and finally reversed 3:2 after 5 fierce games in the World Youth Championship last year. The gold medal-winning Thai team Pricharyan/Vijit Viriyagur is the third Youth Olympic table tennis medal in the history of the Taiwan team after Hong Zixiang, the men's singles silver medalist in 2010, and Lin Yunru/Su Peiling, the bronze medalist in the mixed team competition in 2018.

Pricharyan/Vijit Viriyagur won the gold medal in the U15 mixed doubles at the World Youth Championship last year, defeating the two Chinese combinations of Zhou Guanhong/Liu Ziling and Yu Haiyang/Zhu Qihui. Facing the Thai team who had a good understanding of each other, Lin Chenpei was in a desperate situation at 8:10 in the first game. Lin Jinting succeeded in receiving and backhanding the serve, resolving two game points in a row. However, he then hit the net with his forehand backhand and made a mistake in receiving the serve, losing 2 points and 10 :12 gave way; in the second game, the Taiwan team was chased to 7:6 after leading 7:2 at the beginning, and then was saved by the opponent for 2 consecutive game points at 10:7. At the critical moment, Lin Jinting succeeded with a backhand serve and regained the victory at 11:9.

In the third game, both sides took the lead. The Taiwan team scored 2 points in a row at a 9:10 disadvantage and forced the elimination point at 11:10. However, they were attacked by their opponents and lost 3 points in a row, and then lost another game at 11:13. Lin Chenpei, who had no retreat, scored 3 points in a row to expand his lead at 4:3 in the 4th game, and recovered 1 game at 11:6.

In the decisive game, the Taiwan team scored 3 points in a row at the beginning, forcing the opponent to call a timeout. After returning to the game, the Thai team scored 2 points in a row. Taiwan team coach Huang Shengsheng also urgently called a timeout to re-deploy tactics. Lin Chenpei then led 6:3 and was tied. , but the two responded quickly and succeeded in consecutive counterattacks, taking the lead at 10:8. The Thai team relied on the serve to resolve a late match point, but in the end Prichayan's backhand return ball went out of bounds. The Taiwan team narrowly missed the bronze medal at 11:9.