‘Post Jang Mi-ran’ Park Hye-jeong (20, Goyang City Hall) won a silver medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, but confessed, “I have great regrets about my third attempt at the clean and jerk.” Netizens who saw Park Hye-jeong’s third attempt are holding the weightlifting coach and coaches accountable.
World No. 2 Park Hye-jeong won a silver medal in the women’s over-81kg weightlifting event held at South Paris Arena 6 in Paris, France on the 11th (Korean time) by lifting a total of 299kg, including a snatch of 131kg and a clean and jerk of 168kg.
Park Hye-jeong lifted 123 kg without much difficulty in her first attempt, and then successfully lifted 127 kg and 131 kg, setting a new Korean record.
The problem was the lift. Park Hye-jeong entered the medal zone by lifting 163 kg in her first attempt, and then lifted 168 kg in her second attempt, breaking her previous Korean record (total of 296 kg) by 3 kg.
Park Hye-jeong increased her weight to 173 kg in the third round. During this process, broadcaster Jeon Hyun-moo (46), who was directly involved in the broadcast for Park Hye-jeong, was also greatly embarrassed.
At that time, Park Hye-jeong entered the stadium with about 10 seconds left before the third attempt. In particular, she came out holding the belt in her hand without even putting it on, and wasted the remaining time by hastily putting the belt on on stage.
Not only that, neither of his hands were covered in magnesium powder, one of the protective gear.
When former national team coach Lee Bae-young, who was in charge of KBS’s broadcast, said urgently, “We have to hurry. There are only 6 seconds left,” Jeon Hyun-moo looked puzzled and asked, “Why did you come out so late? Why did you come out so urgently?”
The former coach said, “I was too busy. I didn’t prepare properly. I don’t think I was prepared. I think I missed my turn inside.”
Park Hye-jeong’s clean movement was natural, but she failed in the third attempt because she was too close. Park Hye-jeong glared at the coach and manager as if she was disappointed.
Then, when Emily Campbell (UK) attempted the 174 kg weightlifting in her third attempt, Jeon Hyun-moo expressed his concern, saying, “If she succeeds in this, Park Hye-jeong’s medal color may change.” However, as Emily Campbell failed in the 174 kg weightlifting, Park Hye-jeong secured the silver medal.
Jeon Hyun-moo said, “I was nervous. From our perspective, we really let out a sigh.” Former coach Lee said, “I feel a little regretful at the end. I think we lost time while fighting a strategy battle. If you look at it slowly, if Park Hye-jeong had lifted it, it would have been successful right away.”
In an interview with Spotime after the match, when asked whether she was satisfied with her record or disappointed, Park Hye-jeong replied, “When I competed in Korea, I always lifted a total of 300 kg. When I came overseas, there was a time difference and I had to travel long distances, so my condition deteriorated a lot. I was very satisfied with the snatch, but there was something I regretted in the third clean and jerk. It was a third round that made me angry and disappointed.”
Regarding the situation during the third round of the dragon’s license test, he said, “The coach and the director always said, ‘Let’s secure second place in the second round and take a gamble with a heavy weight for the third round. ‘ They were too concerned about me. If the director had signed quickly, it would have gone to another player, but I think the director was too nervous and did that,” protecting the director and the coach.
He then said, “I was really angry after the match. The coach said he was sorry. I was angry too, but I said it was okay. I finished it well. I have a lot of regrets,” and laughed.
Netizens are outraged, saying things like, “Even if she won a silver medal, she must have had her own goal and a desire to succeed one last time, but the coaches are crazy for not being able to do it because of time”, “This isn’t some neighborhood sports meet. It’s the Olympics. How can the coaches and manager treat the athlete unfairly?”, “The third round was a battle for the record against herself, so it makes no sense that the coach couldn’t do basic time checks. It makes me mad that Park Hye-jeong, who failed the third round, came down with a resentful look on her face while the coaches just smiled and looked embarrassed”, “Weightlifting is a strategy game, what is she doing? She’s really incompetent”, “Even if it wasn’t intentional, she should be punished for it.”
(Seoul = News 1)
2024-08-13 09:06:54