I didn't want to give up the 7th place because I dislocated my shoulder 3 hours before the game"

Aug 04, 2024

Yeo Jung is performing in the women's vault final at the Paris Olympics held at the Versi Arena in Paris on the 4th (Korea time). Yeo Seo-jung ranked seventh in the total score of the first and second rounds. Paris (France) = Reporter Chung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.8.4/

"I had a dislocated shoulder, but I didn't want to withdraw."

Yeo Seo-jeong (Jecheon City Hall) ranked seventh out of eight finalists with an average of 13.416 points in the first and second periods in the women's gymnastics vault final at the Paris Olympics held at Versiarena in Paris on the 3rd (Korea time). He sought his second consecutive medal following the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics, but unfortunately failed.

Standing at the podium in the seventh order among the eight finalists on the day '3rd place at the World Championship, Tokyo bronze medalist'South Korea Yeo Seo-jung attempted to twist a round and a half of 5.4 difficulties in the first period, but the landing was shaken. The hand holding the cutting board slipped. My knees touched the mat and moved one step forward. It received 8.766 points in the implementation and 14.166 points in total. In the second period, he used a technique of 5.0 in difficulty, but lost his balance and fell forward. It received 7,666 points in the implementation, ranking seventh with a total of 12,666 points and an average of 13.416. It was different from the time when he ranked fourth with an average of 14.183 points in the first and second periods during the preliminary round.

The performance was completely different from the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics and the bronze medal at the World Championships. While Simone Biles of the U.S. and Rebecca Andrad of Brazil were competing for gold medals, she was also curious as to why she did not challenge herself in a fiery three-way race against Jade Carey of the U.S. and Ahn Chang-ok of North Korea. The question was solved in the mixed zone. When asked if training and conditioning were going well during the break in the middle of the game, Yeo Seo-jung "I stood nervous because I had a slight dislocation in my right shoulder while practicing. There was an injury during the practice session between half and two"He confessed.

When asked if she had thought about withdrawing, Yeo Seo-jung said, "I did well in the preliminary round, and I thought it would be even more regrettable if I abstained, so I wanted to finish the game somehow," he replied. "It's a shame, but I'm more fortunate that I came out with a big understanding..." he bit his lips.

When Yeo Hong-chul, the executive director of the Korea Gymnastics Association, brought up his father 'The original God of Cutting Board', Yeo Seo-jung "I think my father would just say good job." My parents also knew that my shoulder hurt during practice and worried a lot. I've been texting you, but I think you'll be very worried. He replied, "You're probably just worried a lot rather than the result." .

"As I prepared for the Paris Olympics, I was very nervous because I felt a lot of pressure and now I had a lot of injuries. Anyway, I should have controlled it well, but I'm sorry that it led to the injury. I'm sorry that you've been expecting a lot." "Thank you so much to the coaches and coaches for giving me the courage to continue doing it next to them, and the trainer also worked hard because there were many injuries now. Thank you so much. Thank you to all the people who cheered for us in Korea. I just thank them all" ended the second Olympics with the words.

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I didn't want to give up the 7th place because I dislocated my shoulder 3 hours before the game"

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