<Anchor> In the
women's gymnastics board, Yeo-jeong Lee won the bronze medal with her technique. She became the first female gymnast to stand on the Olympic podium and the first female medalist.
First news, this is reporter Kwon Jong-oh.
<Reporter> While
Simon Biles, who was an absolute powerhouse, withdrew due to psychological pressure, Yeo-jeong Yeo played a high-level performance in the first stage.
He smiled brightly after digesting the skill of 'Yeojeong' with a difficulty level of 6.2 that was named after him to perfection.
He received 15.333 points, the highest among the participating players, and entered the second period with an overwhelming expression while expectations for the gold medal grew.
I tried the Yurchenko technique with a relatively easy difficulty of 5.4 points, but I made a big mistake in the landing, and it was only 14.133 points, which is 7th in the second period.
It was a big disappointment because it was a technique that had hardly made any mistakes, but he finished third in the average score and took the bronze medal.
19-year-old Yeo Seo-jeong became the first medalist in the history of Korean women's gymnastics
. It's the first medal in women's history, so I'm very happy.]
Together with her father, who won a silver medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, she also set a record as the first women's medalist.
[Lee Seo-jeong/Bronze Vaulting Medalist for Women: (If you could say one thing to your father, what can you say?) Dad, thank you for supporting me and waiting for me, and I hope you will continue to watch over me in the future (I want to say.)] The
first Ryu Seong-hyeon, 19, who challenged the medal, made frequent mistakes as if nervous, and took fourth place.
The Korean gymnastics team, which opened the door for the medal, is expecting a gold medal from Shin Jae-hwan, who finished first in the preliminary round tomorrow (the 2nd) and entered the men's vault final.
(Video coverage: Ha Ryung, Video editing: Kim Byung-jik)