"I am very happy that the athletes have achieved success. In the future, they will continue to progress, improve and compete even better," expert Park Chung-gun was moved to tears when witnessing the success of shooter Pham Quang Huy, with the gold medal of the 19th ASIAD in the men's 10m air pistol event.
It was even more touching when the young shooter whose talent Mr. Park discovered and then brought to the Vietnamese shooting team to coach has now won the Asian championship.
Shooter wins first ASIAD 19 gold medal for Vietnam: A family man, student of coach Hoang Xuan Vinh
Having been involved in Vietnamese shooting since 2006 at the request of the Korean Shooting Federation, Coach Park Chung-gun has trained many generations of talented shooters. Although his job in Korea is stable and he is close to his family, he still decided to come to Vietnam and train many generations of good shooters with his passion, sincerity and outstanding expertise.
Expert Park Chung-gun (wearing glasses) nurtured the talent of Pham Quang Huy.
The greatest achievement of Mr. Park Chung-gun was that, together with head coach Nguyen Thi Nhung, he helped shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh win 1 gold medal, 1 silver medal at the 2006 Olympics; won a silver medal at the world championship in 2017. In addition, his students also brought Vietnamese shooting to many other international achievements such as the bronze medal of Tran Quoc Cuong - Le Thi Linh Chi at the 18th ASIAD in 2018.
Shooter Pham Quang Huy is one of the athletes that Coach Park Chung-gun takes care of and has high expectations for. He emphasized that Quang Huy has spent 5 to 6 years training with the national team. "I always want the athletes to be fully focused in the final round. I always want them to create a difference compared to their opponents, which is to shorten the shooting time to create an advantage," Coach Park said.
Mr. Park Chung-gun was also the one who helped Quang Huy make a turning point, when he advised his student to switch from rapid fire to air gun. He emphasized that his student had very good shooting techniques and the advantage of using a different type of gun compared to the other athletes, which helped improve his ability in competition.
"But you still need to practice more. Remember, the competition in the Olympic arena is very big, requiring more effort. I hope that Vietnamese shooters will win more spots to participate in the Olympics," coach Park Chung-gun assessed.
Besides Mr. Park Chung-gun, Pham Quang Huy's success also has the mark of his teacher Hoang Xuan Vinh. Step by step reaching the peak of the 2016 Rio Olympics with 1 gold medal and 1 silver medal, Hoang Xuan Vinh taught Quang Huy the lesson of high concentration - the factor that makes the difference of a shooting champion.
Pham Quang Huy made great progress and became the Asian champion.
According to Quang Huy, the important thing for a shooter is to focus on his work, put all his mind on the gun, pay attention to technique, put all external pressures out of his head to focus on the single task.
And behind Quang Huy is always the figure of coach Hoang Xuan Vinh. For the athlete born in 1996, there is no more solid and secure support than that.
"After 11 years of training, I am happy with the ASIAD gold medal. This is the first final match I have participated in at the ASIAD arena, luckily I won the gold medal. In the later series, I only focused on technique, not thinking much more. After that, when it was just me competing with the Korean athlete, I did not think much, just focused on what I was doing.
When I have coach Hoang Xuan Vinh behind me, I feel very secure. I just focus completely on technique, not thinking much. I often joke that sometimes I have to be a bit "autistic" to not think much. However, sometimes thoughts just come to me in droves. When practicing, I have to learn to put those thoughts aside," Quang Huy shared.
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