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Chuncheon, the'New Team' in the Wheelchair Basketball League, is making a surprise.
It is bringing a fresh breeze to the league and raising expectations for the Tokyo Paralympic Games next year.
This is reporter Lee Jeong-chan.
In the
opening game of
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, Chuncheon, who achieved a whopping 20-point victory with a lightning fast attack, took the lead in the league, defeating even last year's champion, Seoul.
At the center of the 3rd victory, the first command tower, Director Cho Dong-ki.
Coach Cho, who was a former national center and held the baton of the women's basketball team, Hana Bank, boldly grafted his experience on the professional stage to wheelchair basketball.
[Director Jo Dong-gi/Chuncheon Wheelchair Basketball Team: It's in line with basketball, and even if you ask for an unreasonable request, (the players) follow you, so there's a little player uniform..] To
Kim Sang-yeol, the national wheelchair basketball team playing on the Spanish stage, it's bold. I ordered the play under the goal,
[Kim Sang-yeol/Chuncheon Wheelchair Basketball Team captain: (the coach) was a player, so I came to the anticipation class, but I think I was really good at coming.]
I hired Ichi-won, a former national Alpine ski team at the Paralympic Games
.
It added vitality to the haste.
The aspirations for the stage of the Tokyo Paralympic Games next year, which won the right to compete in 20 years, also sparked the hearts of the players.
[Ichiwon/PyeongChang Paralympic Ski National Team: I have been to the winter season twice (Sochi and Pyeongchang), and I have never been out in the summer.
It feels good and proud to go to the Olympics.] In the
6th wheelchair basketball league this year, the new team Chuncheon brought a fresh breeze, and the 5 teams' ranking fights became more intense.
(Video coverage: Kim Heung-ki, video editing: Woo Ki-jung)