Kim Je-deok, the national representative of both countries, became a 'Sacred Deok' (successful devotee).



On July 31, Kim Je-duk shared his thoughts on his SNS along with a behind-the-scenes photo of the '2020 Tokyo Olympics'.



He said, "The 2020 Tokyo Olympics was the first Olympics I competed for in 8 years of archery myself. The goal of the Tokyo Olympics was a stage where I only saw the men's team win, but I competed in the mixed team event and shot an arrow on the stage of glory. With the mindset of 'Do not be greedy and shoot confidently', it is also the Olympics where we tried to do our best as much as we put in the effort, leaving the results to the sky."



He continued, "The results were very good. It's really an honor to be able to bring gold medals to the men's team event as well as the mixed team event, and I still have my dreams and goals, so I am humbled in the remaining international and domestic competitions, thinking that I am one step closer to my dreams and goals. As an athlete who is not proud of himself, I will work harder and compete with a good image in the competition after the Tokyo Olympics with a confident image.”



Supporting comments poured in for Kim Je-duk, who gave joy to the people by winning two gold medals in the first Olympics. Among the more than 8,000 comments, Choi Yoo-jeong, a singer from Weki Meki and I.O.I, also commented.



Choi Yoo-jung left a comment, "Jeduk, you worked so hard! You are so amazing and wonderful. I will always support you sincerely. Let's go fighting!" Kim Je-duk replied, "Hey, how can you say this.I can't seem to sleep for a few days. Thank you," he added with a tearful emoticon.


The reason why Kim Je-duk reacted like this is because he has been a fan of Choi Yoo-jung for a long time. Kim Je-deok, who appeared as an archery prodigy on KBS 2TV's 'My Neighborhood Arts and Physical Education', which aired in September 2016, answered "IOI" to the question, "Do you have a favorite girl group?" When asked, “Who do you like best among them?”, he answered “Choi Yoo-jung” without hesitation. When asked why, he answered, "Because it's cute."



In response to Kim Je-duk's candid reaction to the comment of his favorite singer, netizens left large comments such as "successful fanatic" and "so cute".



Je-deok Kim, a 17-year-old boy archer this year, won two gold medals in the '2020 Tokyo Olympics' archery mixed team event and men's team event. 



(SBS Entertainment News reporter Kim Ji-hye)