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(1)Son Kee-chung, Korea’s First Olympic Gold Medalist
(2)Relics of winning the Berlin Olympics marathon
(3)”Japan Japan! Kitei Son! The face of the player who silently stepped up to the podium when he called first place on the stadium speaker was stiff.” Spectators cheered for the new Olympic marathon, but his face, which covered the Japanese flag of his chest with the laurel seedlings he received due to injury, showed the sadness of losing the country
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(1)The entry of Sohn Kee-chung, a marathon gold medalist at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
This is a photo of Sohn Kee-chung, an Olympic gold medalist, returning home
the appearance of a suspect being arrested and taken away by the police
Son Kee-chung arrived in Yeouido, Seoul, via India, Singapore, and Japan in early fall 1936
If you come to Seoul by train through Busan, the usual route of entry, you are welcome wherever the train stops
There would have been crowds and literally the whole country would have been roused with welcoming enthusiasm for him
However, the Governor-General arranged a separate flight to get off at Yeouido Airport via Ulsan
At that time, Yeouido was far from Gyeongseong and there was no bridge into the city
Yeouido was connected to downtown in 1970 by Mapo Bridge
be after completion
Until then, it was only an island where the bridge was built in Singil-dong
Under this tight control of the Governor-General, anyone who has come to welcome our gold medalists
It was only his brother Son Ki-man and Ahn Jong-won, the principal of his alma mater Yang Jeong-go
At my alma mater, the whole school waited for a big welcome, but he showed up
No, I headed to the house of Kim Soo-ki, a physical education teacher at the time, which was his boarding house in Yeouido
He always had to live under surveillance not only on the day of entry but also afterwards
I am deeply saddened
There is no mistake in the old saying that the people who lost their country are not as good as the dog in the commercial house
– Professor Cho Young-gun’s article –