Our women’s volleyball team, who received great support from reaching the quarterfinals of the Tokyo Olympics, returned to Korea in a welcome evening yesterday (9th). Special attention was paid to Kim Yeon-kyung, who received worldwide attention, and he said that he wanted to give 99 points by subtracting one point because he could not win a medal in this Olympics. He also left room for the issue of international convention retirement.
Reporter Seung-hyuk Ko reported.
[기자]
[우와, 연경 언니! 연경 언니!]
When the women’s volleyball team appeared at Incheon International Airport, cheers poured in.
[고생했어요. 고생했어요.]
The voice of support for the women’s volleyball team, which reached the semifinals for the first time in 9 years at the Tokyo Olympics, is hot.
In particular, attention was focused on Kim Yeon-kyung, who played an active role as the captain.
Kim thanked the people and rated this Olympics as 99 points.
[김연경/배구 국가대표 : 진심으로 너무 감사하게 생각하고 있고요. 100점 만점에요? 99점 하겠습니다. (1점은 왜 안 쓴 건가요?) 뭐 하나 (메달을) 걸고 왔어야 하는데 못 걸고 와서…]
He left room for when to retire from the national team.
[김연경/배구 국가대표 : (국가대표) 은퇴를 결정했다고 단정 지어서 말씀은 못 드릴 것 같고 어느 정도 결정이 난다면 그때 이후에 말씀드리도록 하겠습니다.]
In this Olympic Games, the women’s volleyball team defeated Kenya and the Dominican Republic in the preliminary round, and even defeated the host country, Japan.
After that, they defeated volleyball powerhouse Turkey 3-2 and advanced to the semifinals for the first time in 9 years since the 2012 London Games.
Meanwhile, the women’s volleyball team received a total of 600 million won in prize money as the Korea Volleyball Association and Korea Volleyball Federation each paid 200 million won, and Shinhan Financial Group delivered an additional 200 million won.
