Shin Min-jun, the first major championship champion, “will be a knight suitable for the world title”

Shin Min-joon, 9th Dan, raised the championship cup at the ’25th LG Ship Chosun Ilbo Previous Awards Ceremony’ held at Joy Hall on the 1st floor of the main building of the Chosun Ilbo in Jung-gu, Seoul on the 5th. (Provided by Korean origin) © News1

Shin Min-joon (22), who successfully won the major world championships for the first time in his life, vowed to show more advanced skills.

Shin Min-jun 9th Dan received the championship cup and 300 million won in prize money at the ’25th LG Ship Chosun Ilbo Previous Awards Ceremony’ held at the Joy Hall on the 1st floor of the main building of the Chosun Ilbo in Jung-gu, Seoul.

After the awards, Shin Min-joon 9dan said, “I felt so many fans cheering me for this competition, and I thought I had to work harder.” .

Shin Min-jun 9th team, who participated in the finals with a seed in this tournament, defeated China Dinghao 6th in the 16th round and Korea’s Lee Tae-hyun 7th in the 8th after winning the victory over Wang Yuanjun 9th (Taiwan) in the round of 32. In the semi-finals, he reached the final by defeating Park Jung-hwan, runner-up runner-up in the first half.

In the final, Shin Min-joon, who met with China’s No. 1 Kerze 9 dan, lost in the first country, but won in the second country and made the victory as the starting point. Then, in the 3 countries that took place on the 4th, he succeeded in winning the reversal.

With this, Shin Min-joon, who joined in July 2012, was honored to reach the top in the first finals of the major world championships that advanced for the first time in his life. It is the 11th LG Cup championship in Korea.

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