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At the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games that ended on the 13th, our athletes impressed a lot with their brilliant fighting spirit.
Today (18th), we will be with Nordic Ski national team player Shin Eui-hyun.
Q. Completed 57.5km in six events…
How do you feel?
[Shin Eui-hyeon/Nordic Skiing National Team for the Disabled (Changseong Construction): I played hard with the goal of winning 2 gold medals in a row, but it is a bit disappointing that I did not do that, but I am satisfied that I competed in as many as possible and finished the race.]
Q. Warm weather high altitude...
Were there any difficulties?
[Shin Eui-hyun/Nordic Skiing National Team for the Disabled (Changseong Construction): It seems that he did not adapt well to the altitude, and his physical strength did not seem to be recovering well. As there were various influences, the cause is now fully understood.]
Q. Is there any lesson you have learned from this Olympics?
[Shin Eui-hyeon/Nordic Skiing National Team for the Disabled (Changseong Construction): I learned a lot.
I will have to work hard, and I have to have a lot of prior information, and I plan to go to the next Olympics with all the preparations, even if it’s not me.]
Q. International competition experience…
Does it help a lot?
[Shin Eui-hyun/Nordic Skiing National Team (Changseong Construction): When you go to a big tournament and play with good players, you learn a lot, you have coping skills, and you have a lot of know-how.]
Q. Tears after the last game…
What did it mean?
[Shin Eui-hyun/Nordic Skiing National Team (Changseong Construction): At that time, after playing like this, he suddenly asked about the past, so I am the father of three children again, and I think of them. And when I was injured, I almost died in the hospital. At that time, my mother saved me for the second time like this.
You're having surgery too.
Since I lived then, now that I have a disability, I also wondered why he saved me.
I feel sorry for my mother.
Tears came to my eyes when I just said thank you for giving me a second life.
I don't know.]
Q. What was the driving force that made you endure to the end?
[Shin Eui-hyeon/Nordic Skiing National Team for the Disabled (Changseong Construction): If you think that sports is a 'fight with yourself', and we do our sports with the mindset that we will do it to the end, not only me but anyone who has such a state of mind is enough. I think I can finish the race.]
Q. Is there anything you would like to say to people with disabilities?
[Shin Eui-hyeon/Nordic Skiing National Team with Disabilities (Changseong Construction): I was also withdrawn, and the thing that saved me from the swamp of despair seems to have come through sports.
And if you do sports, your body will be healthy again.
As you become healthy, you will have goals, dreams, and will for a new life, and I think you will be able to live well with a positive mind.]
Q. Do you have any goals or wishes you want to achieve in the future?
[Shin Eui-hyeon/Nordic Skiing National Team for the Disabled (Changseong Construction): I am doing a summer event called hand cycling.
will work hard on it
And now, I want to go further this year and decide whether I will go to the next Olympics or not, while running once, and furthermore, I have received many things through sports, so I am a person who helps me to pass that on to others. I want to live.]
(Source: Korea Sports Association for the Disabled)