Cycling Prodigy Dong-in and Kim Yu-ro Became Partners

[Asian Games] Silver Medal was such a Waste... Cycling Prodigy Dong-in and Kim Yu-ro Became Partners Three Days Ago

Kim Yu-ro "It's unfortunate, but this is the best result... I prepared as a 'pinch hitter' 3 days in advance"

Shin Dong-in "I'm old, so I like silver... I hope I can give some inspiration to the people."

Shin Dong-in (Gangjin County Office) and Kim Yu-ro (Korea Land and Infrastructure) deserve to be recorded as one of the players who so narrowly missed out on the gold medal at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games.

The two accumulated 48 points ahead of the final section of the cycle track men's madison final held at the Jeshou Sports Center Velodrome in Chunan, Zhejiang, China, on the afternoon of the 29th.

Japan's score at that time was 44 points. 온라인카지노사이트

In this event, Madison, a point race race played in teams of two, ran 200 laps over a total distance of 50 km, scoring points based on the order in which they finished every 10 laps.

If you come in 1st place, you receive 5 points, 2nd place 3 points, 3rd place 2 points, 4th place 1 point, and so on.

If the two athletes win, they could win Korea's first gold medal in the cycling track event at this event.

It would have been a valuable achievement on the last day of the track event, when news of the gold medal had been quiet.

But something strange happened.

Immediately after passing the final section, the scores of both teams reached 54 points.

This is because in the last, 20th section, the Japanese team took 10 points and we took 6 points.

This is because the last section is a ‘special race’ with twice the existing score.

Japan took first place here, and we were second.

In a situation where the score was dramatically tied, the final winner was Japan.

This is because I was the first to cross the final finish line.

It was a disappointing result for Korea as they outscored Japan 41-40 from the 15th section and maintained the lead until the 19th section.

If even one point had been raised among the five sections (2nd, 6th, 13th, 10th, and 18th sections) that had no scores, or if the total race distance had been designated even a little shorter, the gold medal would have gone to Shin Dong-in and Kim Yu-ro.

Shin Dong-in said after the game, "It's unfortunate that I was caught last, but I'm really satisfied with the silver medal. My goal was to stand on the podium."

Shin Dong-in, who was born in 1994 and is 29 years old, laughed and said, "I thought I could have gotten a better result by solving the problem easily.

I can't help but be disappointed with the finish," and added, "I'm too old now, so I'm satisfied with the silver medal."

He added, "I'm sorry that I couldn't win the gold medal, even though the people of the country must have been cheering for me.

Since I won the silver medal with great difficulty, I hope I can give them even a little bit of emotion or inspiration at this Asian Games.

If I can do that, I'm satisfied."

Contrary to expectations that it would be difficult to aim for the gold medal, the team of Shin Dong-in and Kim Yu-ro, who showed an amazing sprint, was actually formed three days before the match.

Shin Dong-in's original partner was Park Sang-hoon (Uijeongbu City Hall), a leading men's cyclist.

Park Sang-hoon, the gold medalist in the track individual pursuit at the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games, teamed with Kim Ok-cheol in Madison at the time to win a silver medal.

However, it is said that his physical condition was not very good ahead of this game.

Shin Dong-in said, "Originally, we were supposed to join our team's captain, Park Sang-hoon, but he was replaced due to health reasons.

Kim Yu-ro is a road cyclist, but he is also a capable athlete on the track, so after a long discussion between the players and the coach, we decided to replace Kim Yu-ro.

“It was paired with,” he explained.

He continued, "It must have been a lot of pressure to compete in an unfamiliar track event three days before the competition, but she did really well. Thanks to

that, we achieved a valuable result of a silver medal."

Kim Yu-ro, who loves cycling and takes his bike to various places, including the mountains and the sea, on his days off, said that his joy is greater than his regret.

Kim Yu-ro, who said that the silver medal was the 'best result', said, "I was put in as a pinch hitter.

I am grateful to coach Jang Seon-jae for choosing me out of several candidates.

I originally competed in the road event.

It was my first time riding the track in two months, and I prepared for about three days.

“I did,” he said.

He continued, "My condition has improved more in three days than I expected.

I was able to ride well thanks to my senior Shin Dong-in leading the game well," and repeatedly emphasized that he had a 'game with no regrets.'

He added, "Whenever I have nothing else to do, the first thing I think about is cycling.

Until now, I have never once regretted my decision to become a cyclist."

Shin Dong-in leaves amateur cycling for the last time after this race.

He heads to the world of professional racing.

Professional bicycle racers are clearly differentiated from cyclists.

Bicycle racing itself is a subcategory of cycling, but 'professional cycling' refers to the Sports Toto project handled by the National Sports Promotion Foundation's Bicycle Racing General Headquarters.

Because the industry base is solid, individual players can also earn relatively stable profits.

Shin Dong-in confessed, "I am preparing a new plan as a keirin athlete.

This was my third Asian Games appearance, and I participated without any regrets.

There are good and hard-working juniors, so I thought it was time to stop."

The idea of ​​Baek-ho Yoon, president of the Korean Cycling Federation, is to strengthen competitiveness by utilizing bicycle racers with outstanding skills as members of the national cycling team.

It is also part of the 'Olympic Project' promoted by former President Koo Ja-yeol, who resigned early this year after leading the federation for 14 years since 2009.

In the process of concentrating on training for the national team, practical confusion was discovered, such as problems arising that made it difficult for selected cyclists to concentrate on their main job, professional cycling, so elaborate coordination is needed to properly promote it.

Shin Dong-in welcomed, “Like that story, if the conditions and environment are created for bicycle racers to compete on the national team, I would be truly grateful.”