Lee Jun-Seok's Techball Miracle: "I Got up and Slapped myself... It Wasn't a Dream"
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“I want to get some good rest when I return to Korea.” (Modern Pentathlon, Sung Seung-min) “I slapped my cheek this morning. It wasn’t a dream.” (Techball, Lee Jun-seok) The athletes who struck gold for the first time at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games smiled broadly at the medalist press conference held at the Korea House in Nagoya, Japan on the 21st. 2024 Paris Olympics
(Nagoya=Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Kyung-yoon = "When I woke up today, I slapped myself on the cheek. It wasn't a dream. I was truly grateful."
Lee Jun-seok won the gold medal in the men's singles teqball at the 2026 Aichi Nagoya Asian Games. A former soccer player, Lee Jun-seok became the inaugural champion despite challenging circumstances, thanks to his mother's support and his own perseverance. This is a touching story of sharing the joy of victory with his family, achieved after six months of intensive training following the sport's adoption as an official event at the Asian Games.
[NEWSIS] On the afternoon of the 20th, at the awards ceremony for the men's singles techball at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games held at the Higashi Sports Center in Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, South Korea's Lee Jun-seok, who won the gold medal, is pictured taking a commemorative photo.
A soccer player active in the K4 League until 2021, he resigned to take on the challenge when the sport became an official event at the Asian Games. Overcoming the sorrow of preparing outside due to a lack of space at the National Training Center, he trained without a single day off, displaying fierce determination. His mother shed tears at his shout of, "I won the gold medal!" "Love... Ah, I'm not good at saying 'I love you,' but at least for t…
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