North Korean pair Kim Hye Song and Ri Mi Gyong shock sporting world;win Asian title

North Koreans Kim Hye Song and Ri Mi Gyong caused a sensation at the Asian Table Tennis Championships at Pattaya. In the womens doubles final, they beat prodigies Mima Ito and Miu Hirano.

The win was more surprising since the Japanese pair was beaten without a contest in straight games.

Mimo Ito tired of junior titles, now aiming for the Olympics!

Mima Ito had created a huge sensation and created history by winning the ITTF Cadet and Junior Table Tennis titles at the age of 10 in 2011. She recently repeated the feat at the Chinese Taipei Junior Open (Premium Junior circuit).

Mima is now no longer satisfied with Cadet and Junior titles, but she is aiming at the Olympics already. She is just 12 years old!

At Taipei, in the finals of the Cadet Girls’ Singles event she beat No. 2 seed Hong Kong’s Minnie Soo Wai Yam 11-5, 8-11, 11-8, 11-7 and in the Junior finals, beat No. 4 Ayana Morita, 11-5, 11-7, 11-7, 7-11, 11-8.

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