Triumphant Return of Lee Jun-seok: "We're Told Teqball Players Can Enter the National Training Center"

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Lee Jun-seok, who emerged as a surprise star by winning a gold medal in the newly introduced teqball event, has made a triumphant return home. His dream of training at the National Training Center is also set to become a reality.

Reporter Kim Minjun has the story.

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Leaving for Nagoya with little attention, Lee Jun-seok has proudly returned as teqball's inaugural Asian Games champion.

[Let's go!]

[Lee Jun-seok / National Teqball Team: Since it's a newly introduced event, when I left, I felt like I should just go and do my best in the tournament, quietly. Coming back with such great results makes me feel truly proud.]

Putting even his livelihood on hold, he risked everything to prepare for the Asian Games in an unfamiliar sport.

Amid poor conditions where even finding a training venue was difficult,

[Lee Jun-seok / National Teqball Team: Until before July, we used to train outdoors under the scorching sun, and especially during the monsoon season, it kept raining intermittently. So we would set up the table to train, and when it started raining, we'd pack the table up and go inside...]

Another piece of good news reached Lee, who has finally achieved his dream.

The Korean Sport & Olympic Committee announced that it would provide support so that teqball players can also train at the Jincheon National Training Center.

[Lee Jun-seok / National Teqball Team: Hearing that such support has emerged because of good results, and learning about the possibility that more corporate teams could be established in the future, made me feel like the hard times we went through weren't in vain...]

Lee is not settling here and is running toward an even bigger dream.

[Lee Jun-seok / National Teqball Team: If teqball goes beyond the Asian Games and is adopted into the Olympics, my goal will definitely be to compete and achieve good results then as well.]

(Video Provided by: Yang Ji-hun, Video Edited by: Shin Seeun)
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