Yunji Kim (17, Gajaeulgo) , who won three gold medals in swimming at the Summer Sports Front last year,
was selected as the MVP of the 20th National Paralympic Winter Sports Festival (Winter Sports Festival), which ended on the 13th.
Yunji Kim, who won 4 gold medals in women’s Nordic skiing as a representative of Seoul, received 18 out of 28 (64.3%) votes (64.3%) in the reporters’ MVP vote, and Eui-hyeon Shin (43, Sejong), who won 4 gold medals in men’s Nordic skiing, and Lee Je-hyuk (2 gold medals in snowboarding), who received 4 votes each. 26 · Seoul · Abnormal physical disability). Yunji Kim said, “I didn’t expect to get good results in all four events. Following last year’s rookie award, this time she’s happy to win the MVP award,” she said.
Yunji Kim won the Rookie of the Year award by winning three gold medals in Nordic skiing last year, and also won the Rookie Award by winning three gold medals in swimming (S6 grade) at the Summer Sports Festival, which she first participated in in October, writing history as the first to win the Winter and Summer Rookie of the Year awards in the same year. 슬롯사이트
Born with a spinal cord disorder, he started swimming from the age of 3 for rehabilitation and showed his talent at the age of 8. When he was in his third year of middle school, he also started nordic skiing.
Yunji Kim, who is going up to her second year of high school this year, laughed and said, “The charm of both events is that they are cool.” “I don’t want to miss them both. I want to do the best I can,” he said.
Yunji Kim will depart on the 15th to participate in the 2023 FIS (International Ski Federation) Para Nordic Ski Soldier Hallou World Cup to be held in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA at the end of this month. He pledged, “I will do my best to achieve good results in the World Cup held in the United States.”
In this tournament, Seoul scored 30,743.20 points and took the overall championship (23 gold, 19 silver, 6 bronze), achieving its second consecutive victory following last year. Gyeonggi (23,481.20 points) placed second (17 gold, 18 silver, 17 bronze), and Gangwon won 18,876.60 points (4 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze) in third place.