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Men"s and Women"s Short Track "Crystal Globe" Park Ji-won and Kim Gil-li"s Golden Return

 

 

Park Ji-won and Kim Gil-li “We will win a gold medal at the World Championships”

Seo Yi-ra “A gold medal that marks the second chapter of an athlete’s life… Our goal is the Milan Winter Olympics”

Park Ji-won (Seoul City Hall) and Kim Gil-li (Seongnam City Hall) of the Korean short track team, who won the overall championship in the men"s and women"s division in the 2023-2024 International Skating Union (ISU) World Cup series and received the "Crystal Glove", made a golden return.

The Korean short track team returned to Korea through Incheon International Airport on the afternoon of the 20th.

When the arrivals hall door opened and the men"s and women"s national teams, including Park Ji-won and Kim Gil-li, walked out, dozens of fans gathered at the airport cheered enthusiastically.

Ji-won Park and Gil-li Kim took first place in the men"s and women"s divisions, respectively, this season.

Park Ji-won won the gold medal in the men"s 1,000m final of the 6th competition of the 2023-2024 ISU Short Track World Cup held in Gdansk, Poland on the 19th, and worked with Kim Geon-woo (Sports Toto), Jang Seong-woo (Korea University), and Kim Tae-seong (Seoul City Hall).

He won a silver medal in the men"s 5,000m relay, accumulating a total of 1,068 points in the World Cup rankings.

Park Ji-won, who was in the position of a chaser chasing first place, achieved a thrilling come-from-behind victory by beating his ‘rival’ Stephen Dubois (Canada, 1,005 points) by 19 points.

ISU introduced the "Crystal Glove" last season to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the World Cup, and Park Ji-won, last season"s inaugural winner, shone as the best player in the men"s division for two consecutive years until this season.

Park Ji-won said, "We aimed to win the final for the second time in a row, but perhaps because of the pressure, the early season games did not go as well as we wanted.

“I think Plan B and Plan C worked well in the second half of the season and resulted in good results,” he said.

Park Ji-won, who had a domestic fight with Kim Geon-woo and Jang Seong-woo in the 1,000m finals with the Crystal Gloves, said, "We didn"t talk much about winning the Crystal Gloves before the race.

Even if we don"t win the trophy because we missed out on first place in the race, it"s still a sport."

“I thought about it,” he said confidently.

Park Ji-won, who said, “I achieved one of my goals by winning the Crystal Glove two years in a row,” expressed her determination to win two gold medals at the World Championships held in the Netherlands next month, following last year.

Kim Gil-li won a silver medal in the women"s 1,000m final, and also won a silver medal in the women"s 3,000m relay with Lee So-yeon (Sports Toto), Seo Hwi-min (Korea University), and Shim Seok-hee (Seoul City Hall).

Kim Gil-li, who swept seven gold medals (three in the 1,000 m and four in the 1,500 m) in this season"s World Cup series, accumulated a total of 1,211 points in the World Cup rankings, beating USA"s Kristin Santos-Griswold (1,180 points) by 31.

He gradually pushed ahead and came in first place overall, winning his first Crystal Glove.

Gilly Kim said, "I am so proud that I achieved my biggest goal of the season, which was to win the Crystal Globe."

She laughed, "I kept holding the trophy with both hands because it was so heavy that I couldn"t lift it with one hand."

Gil-li Kim said, "I am so proud that I achieved my biggest goal of the season, which was to win the Crystal Globe."

She laughed, "I kept holding the trophy with both hands because it was so heavy that I couldn"t lift it with one hand."

Meanwhile, Seo Yi-ra, who crossed the finish line in first place in the men"s 500m at this competition and won the World Cup individual gold medal eight years after the 2015-2016 season, said, "I shook off the disappointment of second place in the 4th competition held at home in December last year.

Korea . “I am even more happy to have shown that I am competitive in short distances,” he said.

Seo-i-ra, who retired after the 2018 World Championships and started her career as a coach, took on the Taegeuk symbol again after five years, saying, “I think I forgot how difficult exercise was during the break.

I thought I could do it, so I started again. “I regretted it because it was so physically difficult, but the results were so good that I have no regrets,” he laughed.

Seo Yi-ra, who is living the second chapter of her career as an athlete after returning from retirement, said, "(This gold medal) was an opportunity to announce the beginning of my second career as an athlete," and "My dream of the 2026 Milan-Cortina d"Ampezzo Winter Olympics has become bigger." He said.

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Mommy Rocket Fraser-Price Says she will Retire After Paris Olympics

 

 

The best female sprinter of all time, winning 8 Olympic and 15 World Championship medals.

‘Mommy Rocket’ Shelley Anne Fraser-Price (37, Jamaica) said, “I will retire after the Paris Olympics.”

The Associated Press reported on the 10th (Korean time), "The Paris Olympics, which opens in July this year, will be Fraser-Price"s fifth and final Olympics," and "Fraser-Price has decided that the Paris Olympics will be the stage of her retirement."

“I owe it to my husband and my son,” Fraser-Price recently told Essence.com.

“My son needs me.

I still love track and field, but after the Paris Olympics, I plan to get off the track and spend time with my family.” said.

Fraser-Price is the best female sprinter of all time, having won three gold, four silver, and one bronze medals at the Olympics, and a total of 15 individual medals (10 gold, 4 silver, and 1 bronze) at the World Championships.

He is also a player who receives absolute support from ‘moms’.

Fraser-Price welcomed her son Zion in August 2017.

He confessed, “When I heard the news of her pregnancy, I cried out of fear, thinking, ‘Will my career as a player end now?’”

However, Fraser-Price returned to the track and showed off the skills of a world-class sprinter.

Fraser-Price, who boasted explosive speed with a small height of 152 cm and was called a "pocket rocket", became a symbol proving "the social potential of mothers" as a "Mommy rocket" after giving birth.

Fraser-Price"s best time in the 100 meters before giving birth was 10.70 seconds.

After having her son, Fraser-Pryce lowered her personal best time to 0.10 seconds (10.60 seconds).

After giving birth, Fraser-Price raised her voice for women in their mid-30s, especially those who have given birth.

After winning the women"s 100m at the 2022 Eugene World Championships, Fraser-Price said: "Unfortunately, for various reasons, many of the female sprinters I competed with have left the track.

But I am a woman in her 30s, like Allison Felix (who won medals at the Olympics and World Championships even after giving birth).

“I want to show that I can do it too,” he said.

“Like some sports brands (which cut sponsorships when Felix became pregnant), there is a tendency to ‘discard’ female athletes in their 30s or older.

Fortunately, I am a sprinter in her mid-30s who has given birth.

“I showed that I can do it.

I’m really happy,” he said confidently.

Fraser-Price also runs a charity called the Pocket Rocket Foundation, which supports student athletes.

Fraser-Price, who has walked the track more spectacularly than anyone else and delivered a powerful message, prepares for her final sprint.

 

 

 

 

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Asian Cup, Klinsmann"s Shortcut to the Semifinals is "Goal First Before his Legs Give Out"

 

 

 

Korea, which had just two days off, clashed with Australia, which had two more days off, in the round of 16 on the morning of the 3rd.

"Let"s score a goal and finish before our legs give out!"

The Korean national soccer team, led by Coach Jurgen Klinsmann, will play the quarterfinals of the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup against Australia at Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah, Qatar, at 0:30 a.m. on the 3rd (Korean time).

The biggest variable in the match against Australia, the second critical point in the team"s quest to win the Asian Cup for the first time in 64 years, is the Taegeuk Warriors" "physical strength."

Klinsmann advanced to the quarterfinals after a fierce battle with Saudi Arabia in the round of 16 that lasted 120 minutes, including overtime, and ended in a penalty shootout.

On the other hand, Australia played the round of 16 two days before Korea, and the match ended within 90 minutes.

They won 4-0 against Indonesia, led by coach Shin Tae-yong, and advanced to the quarterfinals.

Based on the time the round of 16 ended, Australia had 122 hours until the quarterfinals, and Korea had only 68 hours and 30 minutes.

Korea has to rest for only two days and then come back to the field to face Australia, who rested for two more days.

In a tournament where all-out competition is required, this difference in rest time is bound to have a very significant impact on the game.

In addition, Klinsmann did not make any significant changes to the player composition from the group stage to the round of 16, so it seems more difficult for key players to regain their lost stamina.

Son Heung-min (Tottenham) and Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain), the core of the attack, played full time in all four games of this tournament.

Therefore, it seems that the game can be played smoothly by scoring as quickly as possible before the players" stamina runs out.

Height is particularly good, but attackers with good speed, such as Son Heung-min, are ideal for effectively targeting the space behind the slow-footed Australian defense.

They need to score before their strength runs out.

Commentator Park Chan-ha said, "Rather than letting the game take a long time, it would be better to see the game in the early stages when the attackers can sprint into the space behind the opponent."

“Do it,” he said.

Commentator Park Moon-seong was wary of Australia"s defensive ability and emphasized the need for the first goal.

He said, "If Australia scores the first goal, they will play a breathtaking defense that is different from Saudi Arabia"s.

If they concede the first goal, it will be very difficult.

Therefore, scoring first is necessary."

Australia"s frontline strikers are evaluated as being somewhat less sharp than other championship candidates.

On the other hand, a solid midfielder along with a well-built defensive line are considered strengths.

Jackson Irvine, who boasts a 189cm, 74kg physique, mainly leads Australia"s attack as a left midfielder.

Commentator Han Jun-hee said, "Australia shakes the opponent with a side play and then throws the ball into the center, confusing the defense with penetration by a well-built striker and an active midfielder, and attacking by exploiting the second ball situation or using air superiority in a set play situation.

“It creates scoring opportunities,” he analyzed.

At the same time, he ordered, "We must not fall into a momentary numerical inferiority on the side.

We must also carefully check the movements of the infiltrating central midfielders."

Commentator Park Chan-ha said, "Because Australia often attacks from the side, especially the left side, there is a possibility that our right defender may not be able to attack well.

I think we need to prepare for this."

Korea is at a disadvantage against Australia with a record of 8 wins, 11 draws, and 9 losses.

However, in the last two games, Korea is ahead with one win and one draw.

In the most recent friendly match held in Busan in June 2019, Korea won 1-0.

The last loss to Australia was painful.

In the 2015 Australian Asian Cup final, they lost 1-2 after overtime and had to be satisfied with second place.

At that time, Son Heung-min scored an equalizer in the 45th minute of the second half to level the score at 1-1, sending the game into overtime, but ended up losing and had to shed tears.

In the FIFA rankings, Korea, ranked 23rd, is two places higher than Australia, which ranks 25th.

 

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Asian Cup ‘Tournament Mode’ Coach Jurgen Klinsmann… Training Time Changed for the First Time to Suit the Saudi War

 

Klinsmann entered Asian Cup ‘tournament mode’.

The national team, led by coach Jurgen Klinsmann, announced on the 27th (local time), "Due to the late game time, we will conduct afternoon training tomorrow and the day after."

Klinsmann, who previously trained around 10:30 a.m. local time, plans to train in the afternoon from now on.

This means that the physical condition of the players will be maximized in time for the round of 16 match.

Coach Jurgen Klinsmann is originally a ‘morning person.’

In Korea, most training was conducted in the morning.

This ‘routine’ continued even after coming to Doha, Qatar.

All three group stage matches played by Klinsmann kicked off at 2:30 PM local time, so there was no need to change training times.

However, this round of 16 match against Saudi Arabia kicks off relatively late at 7 p.m.

Four of the eight games in the round of 16 were scheduled to start at 2:30 a.m., and the remaining four games were scheduled to start at 7 p.m., with the Korea-Saudi Arabia match being assigned to the later time slot.

Accordingly, Klinsmann also postponed his training time to the afternoon.

Training on the 28th begins around 4 p.m.

Training on the 29th, which takes place the day before the game, is expected to start around the same time.

The location remains the same as the Al Egla training ground in Doha.

Korea is attempting to win the Asian Cup for the first time in 64 years since losing twice in a row in the first tournament in 1956 and the second tournament in 1960.

It is true that in the group stage, the team"s chances of winning appear to have been greatly reduced due to repeated performances that were below expectations.

However, Coach Klinsmann still promises to win and hopes for continued support from fans.

He met with reporters before training on the 27th and said, "The important thing is confidence.

We came here to win, we have a clear goal, and we believe in ourselves."

“Let’s go together until the end,” he said.

 

 

 

 

 

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Shin Yu-bin Advances to the Round of 16 of WTT Champions Table Tennis… Lee Sang-soo Defeats Timo Boll

 

 

Lim Jong-hoon also cruised… Jeon Ji-hee, Joo Cheon-hee, and Jang Woo-jin appear

2022 Hangzhou Asian Games women"s doubles gold medalist Shin Yu-bin (8th, Korean Air) and men"s veteran Lee Sang-soo (28th, Samsung Life Insurance) passed the first round of the World Table Tennis (WTT) Champions Frankfurt.

Shin Yu-bin defeated Fuyu (46th, Portugal) 3-0 (14-12 11-7 13-11) in the first round of the women"s singles on the first day of the tournament held in Frankfurt, Germany on the 29th (local time) and advanced to the round of 16.

Among WTT competitions, WTT Champions is a competition that gives the most ranking points and prize money after the Grand Smash, which is one of the "four major tournaments" in tennis, and the Cup Finals, which is the king of kings.

The male and female winners are each awarded 1,000 ranking points, and it is held a maximum of four times a year.

This year, the competition will be held three times and this will be the last.

WTT Champions Frankfurt is the second tournament Shin Yu-bin participates in after competing at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games.

Shin Yu-bin, together with Jeon Ji-hee (Mirae Asset Securities), presented Korean table tennis with its first gold medal in 21 years at the Hangzhou Asian Games.

She then moved to Lanzhou, China and participated in the WTT Star Contender Tournament, but suffered a back injury ahead of the women"s doubles final and withdrew and returned home.

Shin Yu-bin"s next opponent is Sabine Winter (70th place, Germany).

The two faced off once in the 2017 World Tour German Open preliminaries, and Shin Yu-bin, who was 13 years old at the time, was defeated 0-4.

In the men"s singles, Lee Sang-soo defeated Germany"s veteran Timo Boll (62nd) 3-1 (11-6 7-11 11-8 11-4) and advanced to the round of 16.

This is the first time that Lee Sang-soo has defeated Ball.

Starting with the semifinals of the 2017 World Tour German Open, they faced each other three times and lost all of them.

Ball, 42, is a player who reigned as the strongest player in Europe in the 2000s and 2010s.

Players with skills surpassing him are emerging one after another not only in their own countries but also in France and Sweden, but they are strong enough to win the singles title at the 2021 Warsaw European Championships.

Even such a ball could not defeat 33-year-old Lee Sang-soo, who is burning his last passion toward the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Bol is from Erbach, near Frankfurt.

He learned table tennis at the Frankfurt youth team and this place is like his ‘hometown’.

The WTT website wrote, “Lee Sang-soo ruined Ball’s homecoming party.”

Lee Sang-soo"s next opponent is world No. 1 Pan Jeon-dong, who defeated Sweden"s strongman Truls Möregaard 3-1 (12-10 11-13 12-10 11-7).

Lee Sang-soo has lost all 14 matches against Pan Zhendong.

Attention is being paid to whether he will be able to achieve a counter-attacking win like he did in the first round.

Lim Jong-hoon (Korea Exchange), who won two silver medals and one bronze medal in Hangzhou, defeated Nicholas Lum (35th, Australia) 3-1 (11-6 11-7 7-11 11-5) and advanced to the round of 16.

Lim Jong-hoon will compete with world number 6 Liang Jingkun (China) to advance to the quarterfinals.

On the 30th, Jeon Ji-hee (33rd) and Joo Cheon-hee (20th, Samsung Life Insurance) will play the first round of the women"s singles, and Jang Woo-jin will play the men"s singles first round.

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