Returned home having won two gold medals in international competitions in five years
“I tried to be a better player today than yesterday and tomorrow than today.”
Shim Seok-hee (25, Seoul City Hall), a national short track athlete who stood up after wearing the Taegeuk brand after twists and turns, said, “I tried to become a better athlete today than yesterday and tomorrow compared to today”.
Shim Seok-hee met with reporters after returning to Korea with his teammates via Incheon International Airport on the 14th and said, “I think I was very lucky (in the 1st and 2nd World Cup and the of the Four Continents). I will do my best as a member of the national team in the future. I will try my best to show you a good picture often.”
On this day, Shim Suk-hee came home wearing her favorite green hoodie.
Shim Suk-hee, wearing a hat and mask, seemed very aware of her surroundings.
Shim Suk-hee, who had been thinking about the interview request for a long time, carefully opened his mouth.
When asked, “How did you train?”, he said, “I tried to appreciate every moment.”
It will be like this in the future as well,” he said.
Shim Suk-hee went through a lot last year.
At the time of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, private messages exchanged with national team coach A were revealed and were heavily criticized.
He was also very shaken up, showing symptoms of panic disorder.
However, Shim Suk-hee won the third place in the national team selection competition last May and wore the Taegeuk brand again, and showed his skills at the 1st and 2nd competition of the 2022-2023 World Cup of the International Skating Union (ISU) and the Four Continents. Championships.
She won a bronze medal in the women’s 500m and a silver medal in the first race of the women’s 1,000m at the first round of the 2022-2023 ISU World Cup held in Montreal, Canada last month and the women’s 3,000m relay , winning gold medals. and winning two gold medals in the event.
It was the first time in five years since the third round of the 2017-2018 World Cup that Shim Suk-hee won two gold medals in international competition.
When asked, “How did it feel to be on the podium for the first time in a long time?”, he replied, “It wasn’t very familiar to me.”
After we won the women’s 500m, we talked about the ceremony with big smiles and clenched right hands.
The short track team, who returned to Korea that day, will transfer to Jincheon National Training Center in North Chungcheong Province, complete recovery training, and then depart for Almaty, Kazakhstan, where the third round will be held next month. World Cup.
/yunhap news
