[Asian Games] “It’s the First and the Last”... ‘Office Worker Archery National Team’ Jae-hoon Jae-hoon’s Infinite Challenge
Current KHNP petition police officer... As a member of the club, Taegeuk Mark said, "I am grateful to my company and my wife for allowing me to go to Hangzhou."
“Ah, there was a bronze medal match, right? My hair turned gray…”
Joo Jae-hoon (Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power) said this after losing in the semifinals of the men’s individual compound archery competition at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games held at the archery range at Fuyang Inhu Sports Center in Hangzhou, China on the 3rd.
The ‘strongest’ Korean national archery team has a ‘strong heart’.
I don't shiver at all costs. 온라인카지노
But Joo Jae-hoon is a bit different.
When he stood in front of reporters, he spoke in a 'crawling' voice at first.
I even forgot that there was still an individual bronze medal match with Jaewon Yang (executive director).
When the reporters told him, he said with a blank expression, “I forgot.”
This is probably the first time for Joo Jae-hoon to stand on a stage as big as the Asian Games.
Unlike other national team members, Joo Jae-hoon is an athlete from a 'clubmate' who does not receive professional archery training.
He had been passionate about archery since he was young, and in 2016, when he was a college student, by chance he joined a compound archery club in Gyeongsan, Gyeongsangbuk-do and became a 'hobby archer.'
He took first place in the club competition and developed a dream of participating in the Asian Games.
In the end, after five attempts, he passed the 2023 national team selection competition and received the Taegeuk symbol.
In his first international competition this year, he made it to the round of 64 and round of 16 in the individual event in the 2nd and 4th rounds of the World Cup, respectively, and was eliminated in the round of 32 in the 3rd round of the Asia Cup.
The semifinals of the Asian Games that day were the best stage of his life.
India's Abhishev Verma, who defeated him, is a veteran who won the individual silver medal at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games before Joo Jae-hoon even took up the bow.
Joo Jae-hoon smiled and said, "I am satisfied enough to think that it was a miracle just to make it to the semifinals," but added, "I think it's inevitable to feel a little bit disappointed.
If I had focused a little more on the initial pace, I think I could have won."
Except for Joo Jae-hoon, the three men's compound team players have, of course, taken the 'elite course'.
It was awkward to get along at first as they grew up in different environments, but now they have become so close that Joo Jae-hoon said, "They are now crossing the line too much."
It is said that his colleagues always make fun of Joo Jae-hoon, who learned archery at a club, and call him 'wild archery' because his attitude seems a bit clumsy.
However, Jae-hoon Jae-hoon was thankful, saying that everyone clearly recognized his skills.
Joo Jae-hoon achieved the best results among Korean players in the preliminary round held on the 1st, and was selected to participate in all three events, from the individual event to the team event and mixed event.
Joo Jae-hoon said emphatically, “I will not forget this feeling and reorganize myself so that I can win gold medals in the next games.”
Although archery is a hobby, he is desperate for this competition.
This is because it may be a stage at the Asian Games where we will never be able to stand again.
He said, “I think this will probably be my first and last Asian Games.”
It is said that since he was not a professional athlete, he had a lot of difficulties preparing for international competitions.
He works as a police officer at Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power.
Whenever he has to enter the Jincheon Athletes' Village, he has to ask for the company's understanding.
Joo Jae-hoon expressed his gratitude to the company, saying, “This is unprecedented, but the company gave him convenience.”
Women who have to take care of the house without their husbands are also seen.
Joo Jae-hoon has two and five-year-old children, both of whom are sons.
Joo Jae-hoon said with tears in his eyes, "If it had been any other family, I would have been completely against it and said we should split up, but fortunately my wife supported me.
I told her to go because it was a one-time opportunity."
Later, when the children are grown, he may try again for the national team, but he believes that he cannot continue to put his wife through this hardship now.
Right before parting ways with the reporters, Joo Jae-hoon boasted about his company.
“We, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power, are an eco-friendly company.
We are the kind of company that is responsible for more than 30% of Korea’s electricity production,” he said, as if he had prepared.
This is Joo Jae-hoon, a ‘national office worker’ who also has to live a social life in Hangzhou.