Daughter hunts for medals, 父 broadcasts'Gymnological Women' Yeo Hong-cheol X Yeo-jeong catches the airport (KBS Paris Olympics)
Jul 17, 2024
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Commentator Yeo Hong-chul, who will broadcast mechanical gymnastics on KBS' broadcast of the 2024 Paris Olympics, cheered for the women's mechanical gymnastics national team and daughter Yeo Seo-jung heading to Paris.
Yeo Seo-jung, the daughter of commentator Yeo Hong-chul, departed for France with men and women's national gymnastics athletes at Incheon International Airport on the morning of the 17th. Commentator Yeo Hong-chul hugged Yeo Seo-jeong at the scene and delivered warm injustice with a sandwich wrapped in a paper bag. Yeo Seo-jung said to her father Yeo Hong-chul, "Do well, I will do well."," replied valiantly. However, commentator Yeo Hong-chul said, `In Paris, it is hot during the day and there is no air conditioner, so you have to control your condition well"I couldn't hide my concern.
Earlier, Yeo Seo-jung said, "My dad has been a role model since I started gymnastics. The mentor who was the most helpful was my parents", he said "Since my parents also did gymnastics, they understand my concerns well and give me empathy and advice well".
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His father, commentator Yeo Hong-chul, is a former gymnastics star who won a gold medal in the men's vault at the 1994 Hiroshima and 1998 Bangkok Asian Games and a silver medal in the vault at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Daughter Yeo Seo-jung also won a gold medal in the women's vault at the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games, and became a bronze medalist in the vault at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In these two competitions, commentator Yeo Hong-chul also watched his daughter's game on TV. Attention is focusing on whether commentator Yeo Hong-chul will be able to join Yeo Seo-jeong at the moment of winning a medal.
At the Paris Olympics, South Korean women's gymnastics athletes, including Yeo Seo-jung, will compete in the Olympic team finals for the first time in 36 years. Yeo Seo-jung said, "As we are participating in the team competition, we will work hard together to prepare."I personally want to enter the vault final and run in the vault event" he said, showing his greed for the vault event.
206 countries from all over the world will participate in the 2024 Paris Olympics, which will open on July 26, and 329 events will be held in 32 sports. KBS plans to present a differentiated and lively broadcast of the games of the South Korean national team players who will play 'one hundred' on behalf of the country, just like the slogan of the Paris Olympics broadcasting 'Together Ensemble'.
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