`One in 11 is 金"' Super Mini Team with 13 medals, Fearless Miracles of the 2000s
Aug 11, 2024
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As of the 11th, ahead of the closing, he is seventh overall with 13 gold medals, 8 silver medals, 9 bronze medals, and a total of 30 medals. On the last day, she is expecting a medal in the women's individual event of the modern pentathlon and the women's 81kg weightlifting class. If the medal is added, it will be the best performance in 12 years since the 2012 London Games (gold 13, silver 9, bronze 9).
It is a 'jackpot incident' caused by a super-mini team of 144 players since the 1976 Montreal Olympics. By simple calculation, one in 11 national team members won an Olympic gold medal, and one in 4.8 people won an Olympic medal.
'39 Gold Medals' There are 388 Chinese squads and '38 Gold Medals' U.S. squads of 592. '18 Gold Medals' Australia had 460 '18 Gold Medals' Japan had 432, '16 Gold Medals' host France had 573, and '14 Gold Medals' Great Britain had 327 squads. Less than one-third of them, Team Korea's mini-squad, won the battle between 'David and Goliath'.
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Beyond the statistics of adults, the better-than-expected performance was eventually attributed to the players of 'One Team Korea', who were unwavering even in the theory of elite sports crisis. The only player to win three consecutive gold medals in London, Rio, and Paris, Koo Bon-gil (Korea Sports Promotion Foundation) said, "Our Korean players themselves are so good," he said, expressing extraordinary pride. "Before going to the Paris Olympics, I was worried a lot outside, saying that it was the smallest team ever. So players, coaches, and support staff did their best in their roles. Since it's a crisis, we've become more united among ourselves, he analyzed the reason. "When there were a lot of people and dispersed, I couldn't concentrate, but all the national representatives worked really hard with the idea of 'one team'We're one', and as a result of pouring out 100% and 200% of themselves" he said. "As in the men's sabre team event (Park Sang-won, Do Kyung-dong), young athletes who are new to the Olympics tried without fear, resulting in better results."," he added.
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