‘Iron Man’ Yoon Seong-bin (27, Gangwon Provincial Office, photo) will run again to reproduce the myth of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
Yun Seong-bin, a gold medalist in men’s skeleton at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, starts running towards the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, the second Olympics in his life. The Korea Bobsled and Skeleton Federation held a non-face-to-face media day on the 29th, and Yoon Seong-bin said on this day, “Scoring is also important. But I will come back with a heart that I will have fun and come back with no regrets.”
Yun Seong-bin is a winter sports star who appeared like a comet in the Korean sledding world. He won the first gold medal in the history of sledding at the Winter Olympics in Korea by running an overwhelming race at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Yoon Seong-bin, who has been sweating through training, departs for China next week, and begins full-scale quenching ahead of the Olympics.
He is challenging for the Olympic medal for the second time in a row at this Olympics, but the prospects are not bright. This is because the test event, which is usually held on the track where the Olympics will be held, was canceled due to Corona 19, a year before the Olympics. The opening of the Olympics is imminent, but now Until now, only Chinese athletes have experienced the ‘Olympic Track’. Not only Yun Seong-bin, but also athletes from other countries have no ‘track experience’ so far.
Yoon Seong-bin will face the track for the first time next month. Yun Seong-bin will participate in the International Bobsledge and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) training held at the Yanqing Sliding Center outside Beijing from the 5th to the 27th of next month. Experience the track where the Olympic Games will be held for the first time It is time to do it. Yoon Seong-bin goes to Europe immediately after finishing his schedule in China, and after playing the IBSF World Cup for three months until the 8th tournament, he returns to his country. Then, he will participate in the Beijing Olympics next February.
The opening of the Olympics was imminent in a situation where preparations were not perfect, but Yoon Sung-bin was unwaveringly determined.
When asked about preparations for the Olympics, Yoon Seong-bin said, “Once I got used to the Pyeongchang track, and based on this, I tried to set up the Beijing track, but things didn’t work out. I will try to adapt to the Beijing track as soon as possible.” “I think you just have to do your job well,” he said. “As always, I plan to wear an Iron Man helmet this time.”
Seunghwan Jeong jeong28@kado.net
