BTS member V expresses support to South Korean table tennis star Shin Yu-bin

July 27, 2021

South Korean table tennis teen phenomenon Shin Yu-bin received a special message from BTS member V supporting her Olympic bid.

Olympic ARMY: Shin, the youngest ever Korean Olympic table tennis player at 17, is a self-proclaimed BTS fan and V is her favorite among the group’s members, reported Korea Herald.

The ping-pong star has shown off photos of BTS members in her backpack during interviews.
She also owns an autographed album by BTS, which she shared on social media with the hashtags “BTS” and “Bangtansonyeondan.”
She previously shared that “Dope,” BTS’ single from the 2015 EP “The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Pt. 1,” gets her mood up.
She considers herself “a seongdeok,” a slang term in Korean that translates to “successful fan.”

Returning the love: V, reportedly an avid table tennis player himself, replied to a post about Shin on the fan community platform Weverse with the comment, “Fighting” in Korean with a thumbs up emoji.

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In the post, a user shared a picture of Shin with the caption quoting what she said from a previous television interview: “I listen to BTS’s new songs often… my condition feels better.”
The fan wrote in Korean, “Country representative for table tennis, Shin Yu-bin athlete. BTS, thank you today too for letting many people gain strength.”
BTS ARMY members responded positively to the interaction, appreciating how the celebrities from different fields supported each other.

On Tuesday, Shin lost to a match with Hong Kong’s Doo Hoi-kem in the table tennis singles at the 2020 Olympics, reported the Standard. Doo also defeated the Netherlands’ Britt Eerland later in the evening to advance to the quarter-finals.

Featured Image via @shin_yubin_ (left), @choi_bts2 (right)

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