“See you again someday.”
Kim Jung-nam (46, BDH Paras) of the Korean shooting team won a bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Paralympics. However, it was not just a bronze medal. A bronze medal to his father. Behind it was a heartbreaking masterpiece.
Kim won the bronze medal in the final round of SH1, a 25-meter pistol shooting competition for the 2024 Paris Paralympics, held at Chatoru Shooting Center in France on Sunday (Korea time). Behind the scenes were pain. He lost his father while in Paris.
Kim Jung-nam confessed, “Actually, my father passed away suddenly a week ago. I didn’t even watch the funeral.”
I heard the news of my father’s death in another country. With an important Paralympic Games to take place, I couldn’t go back. He showed poor performance in the P1 men’s 10-meter air pistol event. After hard work, he took the podium in the 25-meter race.
Kim Jung-nam said, “Suddenly, my father passed away. I felt mixed because I was in Paris and I couldn’t do anything about it. I was able to hold the funeral because I had a younger brother. Bae Dong-hyun, the head of the team, dispatched staff to Naju to take care of all the funerals. I am grateful.”
He said, “My father hurt his head in the past. He lived at home because his condition improved after the surgery, but he had symptoms of dementia. I was going to get a hospital check-up when I returned to Korea, but this happened. I’m so sorry.”
I couldn’t concentrate. He said, “I couldn’t organize my mind. I didn’t do well in the 10m air pistol. I got the worst result after I started shooting. I couldn’t concentrate. It was hard.”
Chung Jin-wan, president of the Korea Sports Association for the Disabled, said, “I really wanted Kim Jong-nam to win a medal. Didn’t he suffer from the collapse of the sky? I really wanted to make a good result.” 메이저사이트
Kim won the bronze medal. “I was so grateful. I think I paid back to the general manager who gave me the funeral. Now I can come to greet my father with a medal. I’m so glad.”
Kim Jung-nam said, “The rich were blunt with each other. There wasn’t much conversation. It’s too late now. I’m sorry.” He continued, “I’ll meet you again someday, so I want to meet you as a proud son then. I want to talk more.”