“I just want to compete together as a team and enjoy the process.”
Korea’s first female gymnast to win an Olympic medal
(Antwerp=AP/Newsis) = Yeo Seo-jeong (22, Jecheon City Hall), a member of the Korean gymnastics team for the 2024 Paris Olympics, revealed that she feels more pressure than she did during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The photo shows Yeo Seo-jeong performing in the women’s final of the vault at the World Gymnastics Championships held at the Sports Palace in Antwerp, Belgium on the 7th (Korean time). 2023.10.07
(Seoul = Newsis) Reporter Park Gwang-on = Yeo Seo-jeong (22, Jecheon City Hall), a member of the Korean gymnastics team for the 2024 Paris Olympics, revealed that she feels more pressure than she did at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. However, she also expressed expectations that she will be able to enjoy this competition more because she has teammates competing with her.
According to the organizing committee of the competition on the 26th (local time), Yeo Seo-jeong said this after completing women’s gymnastics podium training at the French Paris Bercy Arena the previous day (25th).
Podium training refers to the formal practice time that takes place before the start of a gymnastics competition.
Specifically, when asked how her mindset has changed since going through the fierce competition at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Yeo Seo-jeong said, “I feel more pressure than at the Tokyo Olympics,” and “I want to win another medal in the vault, but I haven’t been able to practice much.”
He continued, “But I think I’ll be able to enjoy it more with my teammates since I’m here as a team.”
“We finished 12th (in the 2024 Paris Olympics qualifiers),” said Yeo Seo-jeong about the team’s goal. “Whether we do well or not, I just want to compete together as a team and enjoy the process.”
(Jincheon=Newsis) Reporter Kim Jin-ah = Yeo Seo-jeong (22, Jecheon City Hall), a member of the Korean gymnastics national team for the 2024 Paris Olympics, revealed that she feels more pressure than she did at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The photo shows Yeo Seo-jeong, a member of the national gymnastics team, training at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics D-30 Media Day held at the Jincheon National Athletes’ Village in Chungcheongbuk-do on June 26, 2024. (email protected)
“We finished 12th (in the 2024 Paris Olympics qualifiers),” said Yeo Seo-jeong about the team’s goal. “Whether we do well or not, I just want to compete together as a team and enjoy the process.”
Da-young Lee (19, Korea National Sport University), who participated in the Paris Olympics with Yeo Se-jeong, said about the possibility of the team advancing to the finals, “If Yeo Se-jeong pushes herself, we might have a chance.”
Regarding the podium training that day, Yeo Seo-jeong said, “Overall, it wasn’t bad,” and “This is my first time competing in the women’s team event at the Olympics in 36 years, and it was nice to be able to finish training at the competition venue.”
Yeo Seo-jeong is the first Korean female gymnast to win an Olympic medal. She won a gold medal in the vault event at the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games and a bronze medal in the vault event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
In particular, Yeo Seo-jeong led the way in women’s gymnastics’ participation in the Olympic team event for the first time in 36 years since the 1988 Seoul Games. She has also served as captain of the women’s national team since last year.
Yeo Seo-jeong is also the daughter of the ‘vault emperor’ Yeo Hong-chul, executive director of the Korea Gymnastics Association (professor at Kyunghee University) who won a silver medal in the men’s vault event at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
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