North Korean Players Smiled to What Kim Soo-hyun Say
?Even the Solemn North Korean Players Smiled... What did Weightlifter Kim Soo-hyun Say
Kim Soo-hyun attends press conference with North Korean bronze medalist weightlifters in women"s 76kg weightlifting class
North Korean players, who rarely smile, became a hot topic by shaking their shoulders and smiling at the words of the South Korean player.
A press conference for the medalists of the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games weightlifting women"s 76kg group A competition was held at the Xiaoshan Sports Center in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, on the 5th.
Here were North Korea"s Song Kuk-hyang and Jeong Chun-hee, and South Korea"s Kim Soo-hyun (28, Busan Metropolitan Sports Council).
Song Guk-hyang won the gold medal with a total weight of 267 kg, beating Chun-hee Jeong, who weighed 266 kg.
im Soo-hyun finally won a medal in her third competition, finishing in third place with a total of 243kg.
At the press conference, Song Guk-hyang said with a solemn expression, "Today"s goal was not this record (267 kg) but the world record (North Korea"s Lim Jong-sim"s 278 kg).
It"s really disappointing," and added, "Today, the Chinese athlete (Liao Guifang) was unable to participate in this event (medallist press conference), and I am worried that the injury is serious.”
Jeong Chun-hee also said, "The Chinese player has a birthday today, so I would like to congratulate him.
I want the Chinese player to get better quickly and compete with his skills."
Liao Guifang was injured during the snatch competition and gave up the clean and jerk.
The North Korean players" comments could be interpreted as saying that they hoped that third place would be China"s Liao Guifang, not Kim Soo-hyun.
However, in this atmosphere, Kim Soo-hyun said, "I participated in my third Asian Games and finally won a medal.
I was so happy that I didn"t even know the Chinese player was injured...
Happy birthday to the Chinese player."
At this, Song Guk-hyang and Jeong Chun-hee bowed their heads and laughed.
It looked like he didn"t want to be seen smiling, but his shoulders were shaking from laughter.
Kim Soo-hyun said, "I like Rim Jeong-sim.
It"s an honor to play with two players who are better than Jeong-sim," and emphasized, "I want to set a bigger goal and be as good as these friends to go up to the next level."
Ling Jeongsim is a North Korean weightlifter who won gold medals at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics.
Song Guk-hyang and Jung Jun-hee looked surprised at Kim Soo-hyun"s well-wishing words.
But soon they regained their solemn expressions.
When asked about the secret behind the North Korean weightlifter"s sweep of gold medals in the five women"s weight classes held so far at the Asian Games.
Song Guk-hyang was overcome with tears and paused for a moment before replying, "I think I should repay the love of our dear Marshal Kim Jong-un."
She said, "Just as the saying goes that behind a great student is a great teacher, behind our achievements today is the hard work of our comrades.
I want to boast about such great leaders."
It has been four years since the 2019 World Championships that North Korean weightlifters appeared on the international stage.
This is due to the closure of borders in the aftermath of the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) and the suspension from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for not participating in the Tokyo Olympics.