""All the athletes in the team have 20 gold medals around their necks, and the gold will be returned to the country." The Paris Paralympics disbandment ceremony "Class"
Sep 10, 2024
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"Good job, Paris Paralympic athletes!"
South Korea's team, which won six gold medals at the Paris Paralympics, returned home in gold. The South Korean team for the Paris Paralympic Games, led by Bae Dong-hyun (Changsung Group Vice Chairman), arrived at Incheon International Airport on the afternoon of the 10th after a 12-day battle.
The 177-member South Korean team, including 83 athletes (46 males and 37 females), ranked 22nd overall with 6 gold, 10 silver, and 14 bronze medals. He fell behind 20th in the target rankings, but exceeded his goal of '5 gold medals'. With two gold medals and 41st place at the Tokyo Paralympics, it became a competition to announce the `revival' of Korean sports for the disabled on the world stage.
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The emotion continued until the end. Bae Dong-hyun, the head of the Korean national team, expressed his gratitude by hanging the promised pure gold medal around the neck of Kim Hwang-tae, who took the Paralympic stage for the first time in Korea's triathlon history, and Jang Sung-won, the coach of the shooting team who hit three gold medals. At the ceremony on the 12th of last month, Bae announced that he would present 20 pure gold and 'true' gold medals to medalists who won Paralympic gold, silver, and bronze medals, but immediately before returning home, the plan was completely revised at the 'Team Night' event. It became a hot topic when it revealed its plan to present a pure gold medal to not only medalists but also all the participants and coaches who gave the impression of the Paralympics. On the blackboard of the athletes' village, the players made an acrostic poem with the words `Bae: Bae Dong-hyun: You are as friendly as a neighborhood brother/Hyun: Real life is God Dong-hyun' to encourage the players to cheer up in the first row of the stadium and to praise the team leader 'Gold Medal' who gives all the support for the team from behind. The entire team wrapped up their brilliant Paralympic journey by taking a commemorative photo with a golden smile with 'everyone's gold medal' around their necks.
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