"Enjoy your anger today and joy tomorrow" 'Enthusiastic racket youth'Yoo Soo-young's first Paralympic silver medal
Sep 02, 2024
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Yoo Soo-young clinched the silver medal on the 1st (local time) by losing to China's set score 0-2 (10-21, 12-21) in the men's doubles (WH1, Grade 2) final at the Paris Paralympics badminton with his 26th-year-old partner Jung Jae-gun (47, WH1, Ulsan Jung-gu Office). It's a disappointing silver medal, but it's a brilliant silver medal.
Yoo Soo-young, born in 2002, started playing badminton when she was in middle school. I was interested playing badminton with my friends and discovered talent. In 2017, Chung Jin-wan, president of the Korean Sports Association for the Disabled, discovered him directly through the rookie camp and supported him in both water and mind in the athletes' village to raise the Dream Tree. He showed his outstanding skills enough to win a bronze medal in the men's singles at the National Sports Festival for the Disabled, which was held just seven months after entering the Icheon Training Center.
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Yoo Soo-young had a fighting spirit that could not live without losing, just like the motto "'If you're going to be the same as others, you didn't even start.'" Fell into Game Overwatch and ranked in the top 0.1%, and even ranked second in the Pokémon domestic battle competition. Communicate with Japanese friends who sent support DMs through SNS in Japanese, which they learned by themselves. As he said, `Once you get hooked, you have to go all the way.' His palms were covered with calluses and wounds that he met ahead of the 2021 Bahrain Asian Games for Youth with Disabilities. Hard work as hard as the desire to win, there is no medal that just comes to the world. My hobbies are drawing pictures and reading poems. The badminton empress is the same age as Ahn Se-young, and she is as frank and versatile as her play style.
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There was a doubles final that followed. He played in the final against Jung Jae-gun (47, WH1, Ulsan Jung-gu Office). When he briefly became a doubles pair two years ago, he broke up because he did not have a quarterfinal or higher performance, but when he got back together ahead of the Paris Paralympics, he won the international competition again and again. Yoo Soo-young prepared the doubles by taking a nap. I cried my eyes out and slept well.China's Ma Jianfeng-Kwitsumo match, the final opponent, was too strong. As a gold medalist at the Tokyo Paralympics, it was understandable. In the end, I lost again. I won a valuable silver medal. It was the first Paralympic medal for both Yoo and Jeong Jae-gun.
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He couldn't hide his anger throughout the interview, but when Jung Jae-gun's voice shook, referring to his father who died in June, his eyes tried to moisten again. "Uncle, smile. Make me laugh!" Let's ask him to say a word to his 26-year-old partner, Jeong Jae-gun "Thank you, uncle. Congratulations on your silver medal. Let's go eat ramen!" They are unsparing colleagues who go beyond the age gap and share every moment to fill each other's gaps. Yoo Soo-young said, `We made a sum two years ago and broke up because we didn't get good results. I always slipped in the quarterfinals. But this year, we got together again, and they were desperate for each other, and they won medals every time they participated in competitions. There have been two Spanish competitions, winning bronze in the first competition, gold in the second competition, and gold in the recent Scottish competition. I even won a silver medal at the Paralympics."
Yoo Soo-young will play a bronze medal match in the individual singles against Kim Jung-joon (46, Daegu Urban Development Corporation), a senior player in the world class. Although Daiki Kaziwara cannot meet 'Rival', his dream of winning a bronze medal in the individual event is desperate. If I receive a medal reward, I will go to Japan to meet my friend, Takumi Matsumoto, who was my opponent in the doubles semifinals.
Yoo Soo-young "No one knew during the Asian Games, but I think they recognize me a little this time. Thanks to your support, I was able to win a silver medal in doublesHe said, "'Well done with the silver medal' and "'This is great as well.'" I wanted to do better and be greater, so I'll pay back with a better performance next time as much as I cheered for him,' he said. Paris = Joint Compromise Foundation
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