Skinny Unknown Girl Sweeps Gold Medals... "Ran on Just Instant Noodles," Behind the Story

The 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, kicking off on the 19th, are now 10 days away.

The Asian Games have long served as a cradle for sports stars, and among those celebrated as Asian Games heroes is our track and field athlete Lim Chun-ae. At the 1986 Seoul Asian Games, Lim (then 17) captured three gold medals in women's track and field, a feat unprecedented in Korean sports history and widely renowned as a monumental achievement unlikely to ever be repeated.

Let us take a look back at those miraculous scenes from the time.

(Produced by: Lee Ho-geon | Video by: Kim Bok-hyung | Graphics by: Yook Do-hyun | Produced by SBS Digital News)
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