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[스포츠서울 | 김용일기자] “Winning in front of mom and dad watching… It has been a dream come true all my life.”
Professional billiards LPBA star Throng Piabi (32, Blue One Resort), called ‘Cambodia Yuna Kim’, was more moved than ever. Piabi laughed again on the LPBA opening tour. In the final of the 2022-2023 season opening tour ‘Blue One Resort LPBA Championship’, which ended at the Blue One Resort in Gyeongju on the 26th, he and Lee Mi-rae (TS Shampoo) finished a full set match with a set score of 4-3 (11-9 10-11 11-0 11). -1 9-11 3-11 9-4) I won.
With this win, Piabi recorded three consecutive LPBA wins, along with two consecutive victories at the Blue One Resort Championship held last season as an opening tour. On the other hand, Lee Mi-rae tried to win the most LPBA titles (5), but had to be satisfied with the runner-up. He took the ‘Welcome Savings Bank’ ‘Welcome Savings Bank’ ‘Welcome Top Ranking’ given to the player with the highest average in one game, and received 2 million won in prize money.
Piabi faced off with a set score of 1-1, and in the third set, took an average 2.200 high-sensitivity shot to win an 11-0 perfect victory, and in the fourth set, he drew points in all innings except for one ball in 6 innings, approaching the championship. . However, Lee Mi-rae, who boasts four career victories, had potential. He won 5 or 6 sets in a row to bring the game to the fore. Nevertheless, it was Piabi that showed a spark of concentration at the last moment. 5 innings behind 3–4 in the final set. While Lee Mi-rae was goalless, Piabi swept 6 high runs and finished the game 9-4.
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The reason I was as moved as the dramatic victory was because I held the trophy in front of my dreamed parents. After moving to Korea through an international marriage in 2010, he went to the billiard room with his husband, Kim Man-sik (61), and confirmed his extraordinary ‘queue talent’. After that, he moved to the professional stage in February of last year, following successful steps in the world championships as well as domestic competitions. And he won it twice.
Piabi became a popular star by being reborn as Cambodia’s national hero. His father, Chan Throng, 51, and his mother, Suk Gentel, 50, were moved by the ‘Korean dream’ of their daughter, which they had never even dreamed of. However, he could not actually set foot on Korean soil, but this time he entered Korea for the first time in 12 years. There was a story. Mr. Throng and Mr. Gentel, respectively, had poor heart and neck health, but Piavy’s team, Blue One Resort, provided medical expenses, etc.
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As a married immigrant woman, Piabi, who had few opportunities to stand in front of her parents, achieved the ‘parental intuition victory’ she had dreamed of. Immediately after winning the championship, he held his hands together in front of her parents and held a thrilling ceremony. Throng said, “I am so proud that my daughter is doing her best. She was very proud of her daughter who became famous in Korea.” In the land of Gyeongju, where the LPBA opening tour was held, the Piabi family’s love for Korea deepened even more.
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