Modern Pentathlete Jeon Woong-tae “Paris will also ‘become a bastard’ Please look forward to the big bow ceremony.”
Modern Pentathlete Jeon Woong-tae “Paris will also ‘become a bastard’ Please look forward to the big bow ceremony.”
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“Because I am a person with a strong sense of purpose, I will continue to ‘become the person who will become’.”
Jeon Woong-tae (Gwangju Metropolitan City Hall), the leading figure of Korean Modern Pentathlon, has been saying in the past, “There is a saying,
‘Those who will become will become,’ and I think I am ‘the one who will become.’”
It was a statement of confidence ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where Korea's modern pentathlon team attempted to win the first Olympic berth
in history, and after keeping that promise with a bronze medal, he is shouting 'the guy who will become' even ahead of the new Olympics.
Jeon Woong-tae, who attended the 2024 Paris Olympics modern pentathlon team media day held at the Armed Forces Athletic Corps in Mungyeong,
Gyeongbuk on the 28th, expressed his ambition by saying, "Without any other modifiers, I will continue to be 'the ones who will do well.' The entire
national team will become 'the ones who will do well.'"
He has been a leading figure in Korean modern pentathlon for nearly 10 years, and he has been on a smooth path toward the Paris Olympics by
winning two gold medals at the Hangzhou Asian Games last year.
Entering this season, there was no prize in the individual event at the World Cup, but at the World Championships held in the middle of this month,
he won the bronze medal in the individual event for the first time in five years, giving him the green light to win an Olympic medal for the second time
in a row.
Jeon Woong-tae said, "As I was preparing for the 3rd Olympics following Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo in 2016, I thought a lot about how I could show a
better performance, but in the end, I think hard work is the only answer. Effort and the color of the medal are proportional, so I hope I can win the
gold medal. “I will do my best as much as possible,” he 안전한카지노 said.
He took the lead in introducing the unfamiliar sport of modern pentathlon, in which one athlete competes in fencing, swimming, horseback riding,
track and field, and shooting, to the world with an Olympic medal, and now hopes that modern pentathlon will become a definite 'fruit sport' for
South Korea.
Jeon Woong-tae said, "All four athletes who will participate in this Olympics have the potential to win a medal. We will use the World
Championships, where we achieved the best results ever, as a stepping stone to take a further leap forward. I also want to become someone who leaves
a mark." .
“I planned to analyze a lot of foreign players in the first half of this season and increase my pace in the second half, and it seems to be going well,” he
said. “I will prepare well for Paris by enduring a lot of exercise.”
As a veteran with a variety of experiences on the international stage, the Olympics in France, the 'origin' of modern pentathlon, is even more
meaningful.
It is an honor to compete in Versailles, one of the symbolic places in France, and it makes me proud to be a modern pentathlete,” said Jeon Woong-
tae with a smile. He also pledged, “I want to perform without regrets as this is the last Olympics where equestrianism will be held.”
He, who showed his 'bromance' with his senior national team member Jeong Jin-hwa, who came in 4th place right after him in Tokyo, by giving him a
deep hug, is planning a 'deep bow ceremony' in Paris.
"It was cool to see wrestler Kim Hyun-woo bow to the Korean cheering squad in the stands after winning a medal," he said. "If I do well this time, I
want to bow to the coach and the Korean cheering squad."
He continued, "I promised my close friends, Woo Sang-hyeok in high jump and Chun Jong-won in sports climbing, that if they won an Olympic
medal, we would do a ceremony where we would use our hands to form the initials 'W' in our common names. Unfortunately, it didn't work out well
for Jong-won, but I will try to continue on with Sang-hyeok."