At the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships in Doha, Mimato Ito won bronze in women's singles, and she also has to challenge the women's doubles

Japan's 24-year-old Mimato Ito, who won the bronze medal in the women's singles at the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships in Doha, repaid her mother with this achievement.

At last year's Paris Olympics, Ito was disappointed by losing the representative trials, but he started again with the recent goal of winning a medal in singles at the World Championships. The 2025 World Table Tennis Championships in Doha is the sixth time in Ito's career that she has participated in the World Table Tennis Championships individual event, and this time she won smoothly from the first match, and defeated Chinese star Wang Yidi 4-1 in the quarter-finals, securing a bronze medal in advance. When returning to Narita Airport in Japan from Doha on the 26th, Ito said with emotion: "If you don't defeat the Chinese players well, you won't be able to win a medal." I'm glad to be able to achieve this. ”

Misei Ito, who returned home, announced the medal with a smile

In this year's World Table Tennis Championships, Misei Ito did not bring a coach, but fought with her mother Mino Risa, who was sitting on a bench. It has been pointed out that Misei Ito listened to table tennis live through the microphone when she was in her mother's womb, and that Mino Risan's talent education has played a great role in promoting Ito's growth. A person involved in the Japanese table tennis industry said, "Misei Ito, who has a variety of resumes, needs a different role than before. It's not so much the technical guidance of the coach as the psychological support of the mother. This affects the outcome of the game. ”

Ito, who won her first women's singles medal at the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships in Doha, was relieved

Japanese media said that winning the singles medal at the World Championships for the first time with his mother became a kind of retribution, but this is not the end of Ito's end. "I've been trying to target singles, but I want to try my hand at women's doubles again, or take on new challenges," said Ito, who seems to be fighting hard.