Jin Jong-oh Puts Down his Pistol
JIN JONG-OH PUTS DOWN HIS PISOL, "EVEN IF I'M REBORN, I WANT TO SHOOT"
Decided to retire after the 2021 Tokyo Olympics... September of last year was the last time I participated in the competition.
"It would have been nice if I had finished it after the Rio Olympics… I was greedy for the Tokyo Olympics."
'Emperor' Jin Jong-oh (44), who set the immortal record of winning a single event three times in a row in Olympic shooting history, is now putting down his pistol and retiring from the firing squad.
Jin Jong-oh held a retirement press conference at the Brion Company headquarters in Seongdong-gu, Seoul on the 4th and said, "I decided to retire after the Tokyo Olympics.
"I thought I should put down (the pistol) for my juniors," he said, adding, "I thought I should no longer take up my position while competing in the Olympics." 온라인카지노사이트
Jin Jong-oh is a Korean shooting hero who has won four gold medals and two silver medals at the Olympics and four gold medals at the World Championships.
Jin Jong-oh's four gold medals and two silver medals at the Olympics tie the record for the most individual gold medals (4) and medals (6) at the Summer Olympics by a Korean athlete, along with 'Singung' Kim Soo-nyeong (archery, 4 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze). remains.
The most medals in the Winter Olympics is speed skating Seung-Hoon Lee (2 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze) with 6.
Jin Jong-oh, who began to stand out by winning a silver medal in the 50m pistol event at the 2004 Athens Olympics, won a gold medal in the 50m pistol event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
At the 2012 London Olympics, he won two gold medals in the 50m pistol and 10m air pistol, and at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, he succeeded in winning the 50m pistol title for the third time in a row.
Jin Jong-oh is the first person in Olympic shooting history to win three consecutive gold medals in a single event.
Jin Jong-oh also participated in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics held in 2021, but did not reach the podium.
He confessed his feelings, saying, "The shooter did not have fatal presbyopia or tremor, but he felt that it was time to step down."
Jin Jong-oh has announced his intention to compete again at the 2024 Paris Olympics after the Tokyo Olympics.
Regarding the fact that he was unable to keep his promise as a result, he said, "I felt like I would be putting an additional burden on myself if I said, 'This is the last time' ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.
I apologize for not being able to tell you properly because it felt like I was giving a deadline.
In fact, I had put my mind to rest. "He confessed.
Jin Jong-oh continued to work as an unemployed athlete for Seoul City Hall even after the Tokyo Olympics ended.
Athlete' Jin Jong-oh's last match was the National Police Agency Shooting Competition in September last year, and he placed 21st in the finals and did not advance to the finals.
Jin Jong-oh, who introduced himself as having written his own 'shooting diary' since 1995 when he first started playing as a player, said after playing his own retirement game, "I wrote a retirement diary.
I wrote a sad diary because I thought I could no longer play as a player. "I remembered.
He then recalled, "I shot each shot with great care, from the first to the last shot.
It was even more precious because I thought that I would no longer be able to step on stage as an active player.
I remember that the last shot was a 10-point shot."
After winning a gold medal at the Rio Olympics, Jin Jong-oh began preparing for his second life.
After earning a master's degree in physical education, he also completed a doctorate program and took administrator classes while working as a director of the Korea Sports Council and the Korea Sports Promotion Foundation.
Serving as co-chairman of the 2024 Gangwon Winter Youth Olympics organizing committee with the 'Empress of Ice Skating' Lee Sang-hwa is so meaningful that she herself calls it "another inflection point in my life."
Jin Jong-oh said, "Our future generation is physically weak.
I want to create opportunities for our children to run around and play," and added, "I think that is my role."
He specifically revealed the goal of 'Administrator Jin Jong-oh.'
Ki Bo-bae (archery), who won two gold medals at the London Olympics with Jin Jong-oh, recently said at his retirement ceremony, "Even if I were born again, I would not do archery." However, Jin Jong-oh said,
"Even if I am reborn, I want to shoot.
Even now, I get excited whenever I go to the shooting range."
When asked if it would be okay for his child to hold a pistol, he said, "If my child plays sports, I want to let him do anything.
I take him to the shooting range every week to relieve stress and teach him about gun safety," raising expectations for the birth of a 'pistol prince.'
Jin Jong-oh decided to start his second life in politics by joining the People Power Party last month.
When asked a related question, he remained silent, saying, "Today, I only want to talk about player Jin Jong-oh's appearance.
Starting tomorrow, I will answer as much as I want."