Thirty-nine medals. Park Tae-hwan. "Game prize, one lump sum cash..Pensions are not much.""

Jul 14, 2024

Park Tae-hwan, who won 39 medals and had a great time as an athlete, talked about the prize money

Park Tae-hwan appeared on TV CHOSUN 'Hae-man's Baekban Travel' (hereinafter 'Baekban Travel'), which aired on the 14th, to find the taste of the sea in Haenam, Jeollanam-do.

Park Tae-hwan, who has won many gold medals in the Olympics, international competitions, etc., came up with the idea of a pension "The sports pension is fixed. The amount of money that comes out a month is fixed, but I already got my P.E. pension score in high school, so I get the prize money in lump sum cash from the next game." Then "Should I say the amount of pension I've filled? The amount is not much. "This table is enough to live on." He laughed at the production team's attention.

On the other hand, Park Tae-hwan responded to Heo Young-man's question, `How did you start swimming?,' and the doctor recommended swimming, which is good for breathing. At first, I couldn't go into the water because I didn't like water and I was scared. I had a time to play with my parents in the middle. Then my mother threw a coin, and I picked it up like a lightning bolt, so I got close to the water from then on."

"As I won first place in the country in the sixth grade, I thought I should work harder. That was when my mother was sick. But every time I went to the tournament and saw you win, you never cared about being sick. As I worked harder, I even became a member of the national team," he said, expressing his affection for his mother, who had been fighting cancer.

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Thirty-nine medals. Park Tae-hwan. "Game prize, one lump sum cash..Pensions are not much.""

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