Korean athletes, fans now value passion, endeavor over medals
Posted : 2021-08-05 16:20
Updated : 2021-08-05 17:47
Korean women's table tennis team player Shin Yu-bin, right, performs a forehand attack in the round of 16 of the Olympics at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Monday. Yonhap
Olympics, it's not all about winning or losing
By Lee Min-hyung
Korean athletes who fail to win Olympic medals can usually expect to see their names cursed and dragged through the mud, but the usual online defamation seems to be at an all-time low during the 2020 Olympics.
As of 2 p.m. on Thursday, Team Korea was ranked 12th in terms of the medal count, three notches lower than the final tally of the previous Olympics in 2016. Korean athletes have so far clinched 19 medals ― including six golds.