Lightning Fast Trio... "Look Forward to New South Korean Records!"

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A middle school sprinting prospect in South Korea has been turning heads by running faster than many adults. Interestingly, the athlete, Wang Seo-yun, has younger siblings who look just like her.

Reporter Hong Seok-jun introduces the "lightning trio" sprinting toward national records.

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Born in 2012, 14-year-old Wang Seo-yun burst onto the track like lightning this year.

After breaking the girls middle school 100-meter record with a time of 11.83 seconds last May—the first time the record was broken in 17 years—she shaved another 0.02 seconds off her personal best last month.

Across all age groups, only one domestic runner, national team member Kim Ju-ha, has run faster than Wang Seo-yun this year. She is also just 0.32 seconds away from breaking a South Korean record that has stood for 32 years.

[Wang Seo-yun / Seoul Physical Education Middle School, 2nd Grade: I am not entirely sure (how I broke the record). I do not think there is any special secret. I just ran my hardest...]

It turns out there was a special background behind why she started running so hard.

Influenced by their father, a physical education teacher and former track and athlete, the eldest of the three siblings, Wang Seo-yun, began running first. She was soon followed by her younger sister, Wang Ye-rim, who resembles her not only in appearance but also in agility.

[Wang Ye-rim / Jeungsan Elementary School, 5th Grade: People sometimes mistake me for Wang Seo-yun, which felt a bit annoying.]

And finally, the youngest, Wang Seung-chan, has joined in, with all three winning gold medals in their respective age groups and making a name for themselves as the "lightning trio."

[Wang Seung-chan / Jeungsan Elementary School, 4th Grade: I had no intention of doing track and field at all, but I just did it because mom told me to.]

[Wang Seo-yun / Seoul Physical Education Middle School, 2nd Grade: Our mom wanted to send them out (to compete) together.]

They may bicker like typical siblings,

[Wang Ye-rim / Jeungsan Elementary School, 5th Grade: I think we fight a lot.]

[Wang Seung-chan / Jeungsan Elementary School, 4th Grade: I do not think we get along very well.]

Yet eldest sister Wang Seo-yun, alongside her siblings who have decided to follow in her footsteps,

[Wang Seung-chan / Jeungsan Elementary School, 4th Grade: I want to break the age-group record.]

[Wang Ye-rim / Jeungsan Elementary School, 5th Grade: I want to run in the 12-second range.]

vowed to sprint at full speed toward a new history.

[Wang Seo-yun / Seoul Physical Education Middle School, 2nd Grade: My goal is to break the South Korean 100-meter record.]

[Wang Seo-yun, Wang Ye-rim, Wang Seung-chan: Lightning trio, fighting!]

(Camera: Yang Du-won | Video Editing: Hwang Ji-young | Design: Hwang Se-yeon)
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