Women's Handball Kim Bo-eun, Doing my Best to Earn Points

Women's Handball Kim Bo-eun "Doing my Best to Earn Points and Advance to the Quarterfinals"

The Korean women's national handball team's pivot Kim Bo-eun (Samcheok City Hall) has set her sights on earning points and advancing to the quarterfinals at the Paris Olympics, which will open at the end of this month.

Kim Bo-eun said through the Korea Handball Association on the 15th, "I remember when we beat Japan at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics," and "This time, my goal is to earn points through a victory and advance to the quarterfinals."

In the 2021 Tokyo Games, where Kim Bo-eun made her Olympic debut, Korea recorded 1 win, 1 draw, and 3 losses in the group stage and advanced to the quarterfinals.

In Tokyo, Korea was in the same group as Norway, the Netherlands, Japan, Montenegro, and Angola, with Japan and Angola being worthy opponents. 토토사이트 순위

On the other hand, this time, Korea is grouped with European powerhouses such as Germany, Slovenia, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, and a much tougher schedule awaits them.

The reason Kim Bo-eun set earning points as her first goal was because there were gloomy predictions from those around her that "it would be difficult to win even one game."

In fact, Korea lost 27-31 to Slovenia, the opponent with the most similar power, at the World Championships in December last year.

Kim Bo-eun, who is responsible for the pivot of the national team along with Kang Eun-hye (SK) and Song Hae-ri (Busan Facilities Corporation), said, "I was very nervous in Tokyo because it was my first Olympics," and added, "This is my second time participating, so I will definitely achieve my goal based on my past experience."

In particular, in the schedule for the Paris Olympics, our country will play the first and second matches against Germany on the 25th and Slovenia on the 28th, and the results of these two matches are expected to be a watershed for advancing to the quarterfinals.

As Kim Bo-eun said, if we win points in the first and second matches, we can increase the possibility of advancing to the quarterfinals, which is our second goal.

Kim Bo-eun, who has been active as a national team member since 2018, said, "As European players' skills have improved, the gap between us has widened recently," and "What we lack in physical condition and power, we will compensate for with speed and not be pushed back in physical fights," expressing her determination ahead of the Olympics.

Kim Bo-eun, who led his team Samcheok City Hall to the championship finals in the 2023-2024 H-League season, scored 105 goals, the most among pivots.

Kim Bo-eun, who left the country on the 8th and is currently training in Europe, said, "I expect it to be a difficult competition, but I will try to show a better performance for Korean handball as I have prepared for a long time," and promised, "I will work hard to become a team that people want to root for."