fifteen years as Korea's number one player and a gold medal in the Seoul








Olympics. In announcing his withdrawal from the sport Yoo said that he has








recently started to feel his physical limitations and decided to let junior








players vie for the nation's top spot. Yoo didn't show up at the table tennis








training village and said that he would not compete in the pre-olympic








contest scheduled for January 8th to 10th.









Yoo first played as an international in 1986 when he was a high-school








senior and won a gold medal in the Asian games. In 1989 he won the mixed








doubles at the World Championships and a gold at the 1989 Beijing Asian








Games. Yoo will coach the Samdasoo table tennis team to be formed on








January 19.