Korean Table Tennis Rivals in Selfie Praised as ‘True Spirit’ of Olympics
South Korean table tennis Olympian Lim Jong-hoon pulled out his phone on Tuesday evening to snap a selfie with his North Korean rivals—the rare moment of unity between the two Koreas immediately went viral.
South Korean mixed table tennis bronze medal winners Lim and Shin Yubin, North Korea’s Ri Jong Sik and Kim Kum Yong, who won silver, and the gold medallist Chinese team Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha smiled together as Lim snapped the photo.
The two Koreas, which competed as one team in many events at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics, the 2004 Athens Summer Olympics, and the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics, went their separate ways this year.