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At the Beijing Paralympic Games, our ice hockey team will play in the semifinals today (11th).

The opponent is mighty Canada, which we've never won, but the players are confident.



Reporter Lee Seong-hoon from Beijing.



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Canada, the 'superior country of ice hockey', has reigned supreme in para ice hockey after the United States.



Our national team has also met Canada 35 times and lost all of them.



But our players are surprisingly confident.



This is because we lost 6-0 in the preliminary round, but the content of the match was not bad.



[Jeong Seung-hwan / Paralympic ice hockey national team: I think we should win by defending first and then counterattacking with organizational power, but the last match wasn't bad.

If we supplement and do it again, I think there will be good results.]



Our national team believes in the organizational power of veterans who have worked together for nearly 15 years.



Jeong Seung-hwan, Jang Dong-shin, and Lee Jong-kyung, who scored all four goals in the quarterfinal match against Italy, are determined to make a difference with a solid defense and counterattack operation.



[Han Min-soo/Paralympic ice hockey coach: (Canada) I analyzed a lot through sports science for a long time.

We will make sure to reach the final, which was not achieved in Pyeongchang.]



This afternoon, attention is paid to whether a new history of Korean para ice hockey will be written here at the Beijing National Gymnasium.



The wheelchair curling team, which was frustrated by advancing to the quarterfinals, ended the tournament with 5 wins and 5 losses, winning the final match against Sweden.