Joint flag bearer for the Disabled AG opening ceremony.
“A glorious experience.
“I will do well in this game as well.”
Kim Hee-jin held the flagpole with both hands, and Joo Jeong-hoon straightened the Taegeukgi with one hand.
Two players of the same age, born in 1994, became each other’s hands and eyes and moved forward brilliantly. 온라인카지노
Korean goalball at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Para Games National team captain Kim Hee-jin (Sports Class B2,
Seoul Sports Association for the Disabled) and Taekwondo signboard Joo Jeong-hoon (Sports Class K44, SK Eco Plant)
competed at the competition held at the Olympic Sports Center Stadium in Hangzhou,
the capital of Zhejiang Province, China, on the 22nd at 8:30 pm (Korean time).
He led the Korean athletes from the front as a co-flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
3,020 athletes from 44 countries according to the order of the English alphabet abbreviations of the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) belonging to the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA).
2,101 executives and a total of 5,121 participants were introduced one by one, and the Korean team appeared in the 15th order of the day.
At the head of the team, dressed in navy blue uniforms and red ties,
Kim Hee-jin, who is visually impaired, and Joo Jeong-hoon,
who has no right hand, held up a large Taegeukgi together.
Kim Hee-jin, who was selected as the flag bearer, held the opening ceremony.
Prior to this, he expressed his feelings, saying, “I am honored to have been entrusted with such an important role.”
Joo Jeong-hoon also expressed his excitement, saying, “I am very nervous because it is a burdensome position,
but I want to walk well representing Korea.” and expectations at the same time.
As they had decided, the two players stood at the front of the team and said ‘cool’ They walked.
The two players, holding the large Taegeukgi,
walked toward the center of the stadium without wavering, and when Korea was called,
they waved the Taegeukgi together and applauded.
Kim Hee-jin He held on to the flagpole with both hands, and Joo Jeong-hoon held the tip of the national flag and stretched it out.
Kim Hee-jin, who completed her duties as flag bearer, said, “I felt a new emotion.
My heart was full when I appeared representing my country as a flag bearer.
I looked back on that day and said, “I felt like I had to do better in the game.”
Joo Jeong-hoon said, “My heart felt big.
I will definitely compete in the next competition as well.
“I thought I wanted to participate,” she said.
Kim Hee-jin, captain of the women’s goalball team, is participating in the Asian Para Games for the third time, but has not yet won a medal.
At last year’s World Championships, they advanced to the finals by defeating Japan,
known as ‘the world’s strongest,’ and then finished as runners-up and qualified for the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games.
As they are riding a good trend in recent international competitions,
they are expected to win a medal in this competition.
My hope of being able to compete has grown.
At the team selection ceremony held at the Icheon Athletes’ Village in Gyeonggi Province on the 13th
Kim Hee-jin said, “There are many formidable opponents in this tournament,
such as China and Japan, but I will not give up and do my best until the end.”
He expressed his determination going into the competition, saying, “As always, I will break my body and block it.”
The women’s goalball team will begin its medal journey starting with the match against Iran on the 23rd.
2020 Tokyo Paralympics bronze medalist Joo Jeong-hoon will participate in his first Para Asian Games.
Taekwondo was adopted as an official sport for the first time in this competition.
Joo Jeong-hoon said, “I didn’t want medals (in sports for the disabled) to look easy,
so I gritted my teeth and trained harder.”
Eun expressed his determination, saying, “I will go into the competition with the mindset that it is no use unless I get a gold medal.”
Joo Jeong-hoon said, “I have competed against players ranked 1st to 4th in the world in international competitions, but I can’t win.
I think there is.
He strengthened his resolve, saying, “I want to become the first gold medalist in this competition and become a player who opens the way for younger players.”
Joo Jeong-hoon will take on the golden kick in the men’s 80kg class on the 25th.