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Lee Seung-hoon, the symbol of speed skating, will challenge for the 6th medal, the most in the history of a Korean athlete at the Beijing Olympics. After a long ordeal, at the age of 34, he threw the challenge again.



Correspondent Kim Hyung-yeol.



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Like a dream in elementary school, when I first started as a short track skater,



["I want to become the emperor of short track Lee Seung-hoon just like Pele, Ronaldo, the emperor of soccer."]



Like my determination when I went to the first Olympics,



["I really want to be stronger than anyone else. I have confidence."]



Seung-Hoon Lee made a new history by winning medals in all three Olympics.



He won his first gold medal in long-distance as an Asian athlete by directing a scene that outrun the ice skating powerhouse Dutch by more than one lap, setting a milestone every time he ran to the first medal in team pursuit and the first champion in mass start, and won five medals, the most in the history of the Winter Olympics. I did.



["I think I did better than I thought when I was young."]



However, after the Pyeongchang Olympics, I spent a long time of self-reflection as I was disciplined for assaulting my juniors along with the pacemaker controversy.



The ordeal was great, but I couldn't give up.



["I wondered why I stopped doing this fun thing. Whether this is fun for myself or not, I think that's important now."]



Seung-Hoon Lee, who started preparing for the Beijing Olympics belatedly, continued to advance while fighting injuries in a relentless march.



["I have a disc in my back and a disc in my neck. I think it's an occupational disease that comes from skating. I keep my neck up like this all the time, and I've been doing this for a long time, so I think it became a disc."]



2nd place after junior Jeong Jae-won in the national competition Seung-Hoon Lee, who won the mass start and team pursuit Olympic tickets after climbing, plans to pour everything into a challenger attitude.



["It's a miracle. If it happens again until this Olympics... If there's a chance that comes at the end or something like that, I'm confident that I can solve it well!"]



(Video coverage: Lee Byung-joo, video editing: So Ji-hye, CG: Choi Ha-neul)