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The Korean wheelchair curling team participating in the Beijing Paralympic Games is challenging for a medal for the first time in 12 years.
Baek Hye-jin, who achieved her dream of becoming a Taegeuk mark by defeating her husband's team, takes the lead.
Correspondent Lee Jeong-chan.
<Reporter> Baek Hye-jin
, the lead of the wheelchair curling team, is a player who 'leads' not only her skills but also her atmosphere.
[Baek Hye-jin |
Wheelchair curling team lead: hahaha.
Don't be nervous.]
In wheelchair curling, which must consist of a mixed race, Hye-Jin Baek, the only female player, plays a key role in the team, leading active communication from the oldest Eun-goo Yoon to the youngest Seung-nam Ko, who is in charge of skipping.
[ Baek Hye-jin / Wheelchair
Curling Team Lead: I don't like to say 'Hong Il-jeom', and I train the same, so 5 players would be grateful.]
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[Yoon Eun-goo / Wheelchair Curling Team Candidate: I also have leadership skills.
She is very helpful because she speaks easily.]
In 2011, when she was 28, she suffered a spinal cord disorder in a car accident, and Baek Hye-jin's life, which was greatly reduced after she met her curling, changed drastically.
[Baek Hye-jin / Wheelchair Curling Team Lead: She seems energetic.
'What do you think this is?'
She seems to have changed her personality positively while taking the initiative.]
I also met my husband at the curling alley, and coincidentally, in the national team match, I put on the Taegeuk mark for the first time in my life by defeating the stronghold of Seoul City Hall, to which my husband Nam Bong-gwang belongs.
And I risked everything for my first wheelchair curling medal in 12 years.
[Baek Hye-jin / Wheelchair Curling Team Lead: She has been married for a year and two months, but she has been living alone for 8 months.
I am confident because I trained enough to show a good side.]
(Video coverage: Park Seung-won, Video editing: So Ji-hye, CG: Kang Kyung-rim, Jo Su-in)