President Moon at the closing ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, “I am proud of all the athletes who did their best”
“Everyone is a winner… A lot of hard work by 65 representative players on ice and snow with hot passion.”
| President Moon Jae-in / Photo: Yonhap |
[e대한경제=주영민 기자] President Moon Jae-in said to our athletes who performed well at the Beijing Winter Olympics, which closed the day before, “All our athletes who did their best in every moment are proud and proud. Everyone is a winner,” he said.
On the same day, President Moon said through his social networking service (SNS), “The Beijing Winter Olympics are coming to an end. The 65 Korean players and coaches who warmed up the ice and snow with hot passion worked really hard,” he said.
“More than anything else, I am happy that everyone finished the game safely and in good health. I am also grateful to the people for their unstinting support,” he said.
“Short track once again proved that we are the best in the world, we also achieved good results in speed skating, and our team won nine medals that exceeded our goals,” he said. I did. Everyone is a winner.”
In particular, President Moon celebrated the Olympic finish of cross-country athlete Lee Chae-won, figure skating athletes Cha Jun-hwan, Yoo Young and Kim Ye-rim, skeletons Seung-gi Jeong, Eun-ji Kim, Nam-gyu Luge, Eileen Frische, and the fighting spirit of snowboarder Sang-ho Lee, women’s curling ‘Team Kim’, the youngest member of the national team He mentioned each sport and player, including snowboarding player Lee Chae-woon.
“It makes me look forward to the future,” he said. “Most of all, regardless of medals or colors, our players who confidently interviewed us were really proud of us, saying, ‘I was satisfied with my game.’”
President Moon said, “Speed Skating Mass Start’s Ji-woo Park helped a fallen athlete and created a great resonance more than a medal.” From now on, I hope that there will be a lot of laughs for both players.”
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