2023-10-15 07:07:24
▲ Former short track national team member Kim Dong-seong revealed that he is putting everything aside and trying to live a second life by working as a construction worker and delivery driver. YouTube Capture Former national short track team member Kim Dong-seong revealed that he is putting everything aside and working as a construction worker and delivery driver to live a second life.
On the 15th, Kim Dong-seong’s personal YouTube channel said, “I am not coaching on the ice these days, but I am living hard every day at a construction site. I am trying to set a goal and take one step at a time to be on the ice once more.” Recent updates have been posted.
Kim Dong-seong left home around 4:50 a.m. and started his day in a half-asleep state.
After teaching skating to adults in the early morning, I spent a busy day working as a construction worker during the day and as a delivery driver following work.
Regarding the reason for starting YouTube, he said, “Currently, I am not doing anything related to skating for a living, but that doesn’t mean I have completely given up on skating.” He also said, “I tell people regarding skating-related things through YouTube and help my friends who want to skate by donating their talents.” “I hope this happens,” he said.
He added, “I want to show those who are curious regarding (my daily life), ‘This person was once a gold medalist, but he lives like this.’” ▲ “I make a living doing construction work and delivery work…” “Let go of everything and start a second life.” SNS Capture
“I make a living doing construction work and delivery work… “Let go of everything and start a second life”
Kim Dong-seong said, “Honestly, it took a lot of time to let go of everything.” He added, “The title of Olympic gold medalist and short track speed skater Kim Dong-seong always followed me around like a tail. But now that he was in his 40s, he thought he mightn’t just live stuck in the past. So he thought he should give it all up and go find a second life. “It was really hard for him to let go,” he said.
He continued, “It was really hard to get to the gold medalist position, but putting it down was even harder. “I was so frustrated, to put it simply, I wanted to die,” he explained. “But I decided to get back on my feet and live my second life because I have a family that believes in me.”
Regarding his future plans, he said, “I want to show Kim Dong-seong, an ordinary family man in his 40s who lives in accordance with reality,” and “I will set my goal once more to succeed as a coach, a dream I might not achieve following retirement, and I will work hard to achieve my dream.” ▲ Jeon said. Kim Dong-seong, the national short track speed skater, revealed that he is putting everything aside and trying to live a second life by working as a construction worker and delivery driver. Youtube capture
Kim Dong-seong’s wife confesses to ‘life hardships’… “Pay part of child support”
Previously, Kim Dong-seong’s wife, In-min Jeong, confessed to the hardships of life. She revealed that she had been kicked out of her rented room due to extreme hardships.
Min-jeong said, “Mr. Kim Dong-seong met me and married me when he was in a situation where he mightn’t do anything due to bad issues. “I’m holding on to everything because I feel like I have to run on my own feet,” he said. “I’m holding on now, but there are times when it’s so hard that I want to sit down because I can’t see the future even if I try.”
He continued, “(Kim Dong-seong) would have been proud if he had done everything for the child, but I am worried that he might think poorly of me because he might not do that.” He added, “(My husband) was having financial difficulties, so I was unable to pay child support properly. As a result, I still feel uncomfortable when my husband is next to me because of those arrows. “I feel like I have become a sinner,” he confessed.
Kim Dong-seong divorced his ex-wife in 2018 following 14 years of marriage, and became controversial following his name was posted on ‘Bad Fathers’, an online site that revealed the names of fathers who do not pay child support.
He registered his marriage with Min-jeong in May 2021. Afterwards, the People’s Government announced that Kim Dong-sung had paid part of the child support he owed his ex-wife.
Min-jeong Min previously posted a photo capturing the details of the 14 million won transfer on her Instagram and said, “The photo is the child support I am sending to the child’s mother (Kim Dong-seon’s ex-wife).” ▲ Former short track athlete Kim Dong-seong, who made the delivery. SNS capture of Min-jeong Min-jeong said, “I sell fruit, but I really have nothing left over compared to my sales.” “There was an article that made it seem like I was living extravagantly without paying child support, but that is completely unfounded. I live with my older brother (Kim Dong-seong), and I am struggling with debt, without even a single penny of luxury invested in me. “I’m not living by hoarding money, it’s really a minus every month,” he said.
He then confessed, “14 million won is too much money for me,” and “But because I mightn’t pay child support as I should have, I took on private loan debt.” ▲ Kim Dong-seong participated in the 1998 Winter Olympics held in Nagano, Japan, and won a gold medal in the men’s 1,000 meters. , had a brilliant career as a athlete, winning a silver medal as a member of the men’s 5000m relay team. Yonhap News Meanwhile, Kim Dong-seong had a brilliant career as an athlete, participating in the 1998 Winter Olympics held in Nagano, Japan, winning a gold medal in the men’s 1000m and a silver medal as a member of the men’s 5000m relay team.
In particular, at the 2002 Winter Olympics held in Salt Lake City, USA, despite coming in first place in the men’s 1500m final, Apollo Anton Ono was controversially disqualified for acting as if he had committed a foul.
After retiring from the national team, Kim Dong-seong worked as a short-track commentator for a terrestrial broadcasting station, a singer, and a broadcaster, but did not achieve any notable results.
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