"Based on a True Story?" "Seoul, 1988" "Lee Jibong, Korea 185 kg Last Attempt" "You've got the gold!" "Go for it, Jibong!" "You're almost there, Jibong!" "Just a little more!" "Jibong!" "This is a shocking and unfortunate turn of events." "This just in." "Korea's top weightlifter, Lee Jibong, will unfortunately have to settle for bronze because of an injury." "But in soccer, Park Byeongju passes the ball!" "He passes the ball to Kim Juseong!" "To Noh Sujin!" "He shoots and scores!" "Goal!" "He showed the power of Korean soccer!" "Are you all right?" "Bring me a stretcher, quick!" "Jibong!" "Jibong!" "Jibong!" "Jibong!" "This section is called the bursa." "In layman's terms, it's the elbow." "And the white dots are shattered bones." "What's all the fuss?" "All I need is physical therapy." "We can reconnect the muscle, but the problem is the bone." "It'll require about three operations." "When can I start training again?" "We discovered something else while taking your X-rays." "Your heart is an even bigger problem." "You have what's called a dilated cardiomyopathy." "It's when the heart becomes enlarged and blocks the flow of blood." "Why do I need this up my nose anyway?" "When can I start training again?" "You have to wear this for the time being, sir." "So, when can I start lifting weights again?" "If you take a look here, your left ventricle is extremely enlarged." "The condition is about 50% hereditary..." "What the hell!" "Are you deaf?" "I asked when I can start training!" "I'm sure you could lift heavy things before your injury, but it's too much stress on your heart..." "You probably only deal with regular people, but I'm different!" "You don't know anything!" " Jibong!" " Are you sure this is a sports clinic?" "Let go of me, coach!" "I'm Lee Jibong!" "I can lift anything with these arms!" "Jibong!" "My arms are fine!" "Coach, let's go get a second opinion!" "Jibong." "Okay." "Let's get a second opinion." "Bronze Medalists 2008 Seoul" "You should go to the hospital." "No." "You can't just ignore this pain." "I'd have to give up if I didn't." "You could damage your back permanently like this." "I know that." "You lost your last competition because of your back." "You can't keep hiding this." "So, should I just tell the reporters they should give up on the gold because I'm going to lose anyway?" "What do you expect me to do?" "The mood of the Olympic team isn't good." "How's the weightlifting team?" "How do you expect to do?" "We've worked hard and hope to give it all we've got." "How have you been feeling since your back injury?" "There are reports that the Chinese broke" "Park Youngja's record during practice." "I doubt that." "They're trying to psyche us out." "Youngja, is your bad back the reason you didn't attempt" "the Olympic record at the last competition?" "She was just saving her strength, especially since gold is virtually assured." "If you don't have any more questions..." "Wait a minute." "Any last thoughts, Youngja?" "I'm going to live up to people's expectations of gold and do my best." "Go for it!" "Go, Korea!" "Youngja!" "Youngja!" "Youngja!" "Over here!" "It's me!" "Minhui, what are you doing here?" "Congratulations!" "How are you doing?" "I'm all right." "I had something to give you, but I couldn't get a hold of you." "I came because I thought I could see you." "Here." "Make sure to open it on the plane." "We think it'll give you strength." "What are you doing, Youngja?" "Let's go!" "Okay." "Thanks." "See you." "Take care of yourself!" "Go for it, Youngja!" "Have a nice trip!" "We'd like to welcome the Korean national team, who've boarded Korean Air Flight 851 to participate in the Beijing Olympics." "We wish you all the best in the competition." "I wanted to die at first." "But as time passed, the pain of not weightlifting again became bearable." "I even felt a sense of freedom." "What was really painful was the fact that I couldn't do anything except lift weights." "Maybe I could lose weight weightlifting?" "You're not that bad looking." "Don't you know what weightlifters look like?" "They're fat." "Weightlifters are downright ugly." "Sir, visit us sometime." "We have the hottest girls!" "You've got to say something." "We have the hottest girls in town, sir." "And scatter those flyers all over the streets." "It'll take you all day like that." "Come visit us, sir." "We have lots of hot..." "Why weren't you answering your phone?" "For crying out loud!" "You're handing out flyers?" "Handing out flyers?" "There's nothing wrong with that." "Please visit us sometime." "The association gave me a spot on their board for Byeonggwan's gold medal." "Come visit me sometime." "Hey!" "Do you know why I accepted the board position?" "Just get your butt down there!" "I was just passing by..." "This place hasn't changed a bit." "I told you I wouldn't lift weights again." "I haven't done it since the '88 Olympics." "You never even called me." "I don't want you to lift weights!" "I want you to teach kids!" "But my business is really taking off." "Plus, I don't know how to teach kids." "You know I don't like kids, coach." "I have some extremely good news." "The tennis team's Seo Yeongran won the Governor's Tennis Championship." "Hyeonjeong." "I bet all you did was pick up the balls there!" "You've probably heard of weightlifter Jeon Byeonggwan, who won gold in Europe, right?" "This is Mr. Lee Jibong, who trained with him, and won bronze in the '88 Seoul Olympics." "Mr. Lee is planning to start a weightlifting team to follow in the glorious footsteps of the shooting and tennis teams." "She doesn't even support us enough, but she's starting another team!" "Still, your funding doubled or tripled thanks to it." "It's because of our team's excellent record." "If your team won some medals, you'd receive funding, too." "We can't win with our shoddy equipment!" "Not only in Korea, but in the world!" "Now, going back to my main point..." "Are you done practicing?" "Can I try shooting your rifle?" "Be careful with it." "Okay." "Thanks for always lending me your rifle." "Youngja." "Yes?" "Did you call me, coach?" "Didn't you say you were going to buy a rifle?" "Imagine this." "You're in a battlefield." "Bombs are falling everywhere and people are being blown to smithereens." "The enemy is shooting their machine guns at you, but you don't have a gun." "Does that mean you should borrow your friend's gun so you can live, while they shoot your friend full of holes?" "I let you get by without a rifle these past few months, but I don't think this sport is right for you." "Oh!" "I'm sorry, Hyeonjeong!" "Yeongran, stop serving and go do some weight training!" "Ma'am, Miseon is talented, but she started tennis late, so she needs private lessons." "What do you think you're doing?" "Get back to the roller!" "I'm sorry ma'am." "One of my players was slacking off." "If I gave Miseon private lessons, she could also win." "Hey!" "Pick the rocks off the court before you use the roller!" "There are rocks everywhere!" "Hello, ma'am!" "You're here!" "You're here too!" "Oh, my!" "Weightlifting Team Orientation" "To put it simply, if you can lift those barbells back there, you win." "If you can't, you lose." "There aren't as many judging controversies as in other sports." "It's a very honest sport, where you can get good results simply by practicing hard." "I think that about does it for the sport's pros." "But you become unemployed" "as soon as you're injured." "Some people think I receive a pension for winning bronze at the '88 Olympics." "But there's something called pension points." "30 for gold, 10 for silver, and 5 for bronze." "You have to have at least 20 points." "It would be nice to get gold like Byeonggwan, but unlike in archery, Korea isn't dominant in weightlifting." "And you can't give lessons like swimmers or tennis players." "The best you can do is be a trainer at a gym." "But even those jobs go to bodybuilders." "Girls get buff and ugly when they lift weights, and they have difficulty finding jobs after they quit the sport." "Still, it's an all right sport." "What in the world?" "But if your child likes sports, you should have her try it." "How could you scare people off like that?" "You want to start a team or not?" "Why?" "All I did was tell the truth." "You don't know anything about kids, do you?" "Hello." "This is your vice principal speaking." "Students who weigh over 60 kilograms, please report to the tool shed," "I mean the weightlifting room." "Shouldn't you go?" "Of course not." "I only weigh 59.7 kilograms." "Jeez!" "What's going on?" "You can't force the kids to come here." "I thought you knew a lot about kids." "The inspections are right around the corner, and if the principal finds out..." "That's it!" "I know what I should do." "Second year student Song Suhui, 72.4 kilograms." "Second year student Kim Sunim, 63.2 kilograms." "What the heck?" "This should do it." "That's not true!" "It's not true!" "I lost weight!" "Second year student Lee Gyeongseon, 72.3 kilograms." "Don't cry." "You're not fat." "You're just big boned." "Second year student Lee Minja, 138..." "Oh, that's her height." "Sorry, Minja!" "Third year student Na Mina, 66.2 kilograms." "What do you think you're doing?" "The kids are saying they want to quit school!" "Your school needs you." 'Be all that you can be."" "What do they think this is, the army?" "I like manly things, and I can buff up." "I'm pretty strong." "But your butt will get bigger if you lift weights." "Do you like cowboy movies where they gallop around on horses?" "They're manly and carry around guns." "Why don't you join the shooting team?" "I want to enter Harvard Law School and join the FBI when I graduate." "I heard that just studying won't get you into Harvard." "You have to excel in athletics and the arts and do lots of volunteer work." "The pumpkin is opening wide!" "That's great!" "Pass!" "I love sports, and more than anything else, I want to strengthen my arms." "I think weightlifting is the perfect sport for me, when you consider my size and athletic abilities." " I..." " Pass!" "Please pick me!" "Pick me!" "Pick me!" "You pass!" "You pass with flying colors!" "What do you guys know about sports?" "Stand up straight!" "Attention!" "Salute!" "Semper fi!" "Semper fi!" "What are you doing out here in the cold?" "We gathered together just like you said." "I said the weightlifting room." "And don't wear tights when it's cold." "And girls should wear white T-shirts under their tights." "We have to select a captain." "I'll do it, coach!" " We already agreed." " What?" "Then you're the captain." "Now, let's do some basic exercises." "Whoever runs the most laps goes home first." "How long do we have to run for?" "Until somebody runs the longest." "Now start!" "How long do we have to run for?" "I don't know." "You must be tired." "I'll carry this by myself, so go back inside." "Really?" "That's all right." "Let's carry it together." "There's no need." "This is for all the times you lent me your rifle." "It's really all right." "Go on in for crying out loud!" "Okay." "It's so tiring to carry these sacks." "I'll have to rest." "Jeez, I wonder who put this here?" "They're so light." "They should have filled them up more." "Umm..." "Did you really win a medal at the Olympics?" "I can easily lift a sack of rice and I'm strong, so everybody says I should try weightlifting." "I don't think weightlifting would be right for you." "Coach Lee!" "Lunchtime just ended." "I wasn't leaving." "I was just..." "You should go after classes are over." "But then I have to train the weightlifting team." "Anyway, this girl here says she wants to join the weightlifting team." "Do you have any extra small weightlifting tights?" "Probably." "She's the former mayor's daughter, and she thinks the weightlifting uniforms are cute." "She's a little cuckoo." "Will you drop by our shop, sir?" "What the heck!" "You almost gave me a heart attack!" "Did I startle you?" "I'm sorry." "Anyway, how is Inho doing?" "Why are you asking about my brother?" "Well, I just..." "Let's eat!" "Jeez!" "Why are they throwing away good milk?" "You want to have lunch with me?" "But I already ate." "I don't want to eat all alone." "Join me for lunch." "You must really love to fish." "It's just something to do after school." "Do you keep a diary?" "Here." "It's margarine." "Mix it in with some soy sauce." "I thought you already ate?" "Youngja, would you like to join the weightlifting team?" "I thought weightlifting wasn't right for me?" "Seeing you up close, your arms and legs are strong, your neck is short and thick, and you have a round waist." "You're a born weightlifter." "You've finally recognized my talent!" "My shoulders are strong from farming." "Nobody can hit my pitches in softball, and I'm a good soccer player, too." "But don't I have to buy weights to become a weightlifter?" "Of course." "A soldier can't go into battle without a gun." "But does that soldier buy his own gun?" "Nope." "The army buys it for him." "We don't have to feed the other teams, so it'll look like we're favoring the weightlifting team." "But they don't have weight classes in shooting or tennis." "We need cooking facilities to maintain their weight." "The problem is that the Department of" "Education thinks we started the weightlifting team last year." "That's right." "We even filled out the application last year." "But their skin is too white for kids who've been weightlifting for a year." "Their tights look too new and the weightlifting room is too messy." "Plus, their voices aren't husky enough for kids who've been training with weights for a year." "That's right." "You're so perceptive, ma'am!" "So, you want to use the kids to scam the superintendent?" "Do you want those cooking facilities, or not?" "So that's what you want me to do?" "You should have told me." "I'll rewrite the proposal and hand it in again!" "Shouting is an important part of weightlifting." "Louder!" "That's it." "Stay still." "Why are you frowning?" "This will help you tan better." "This is too old." "This is too rusty." "This has a missing part." "Stay still until I catch a hundred fish." "Couldn't you give me the flag for free?" "You have to rub harder." " Why are we doing this?" " I don't know." "Weightlifting Team Room" "Harder!" "We're going to wear these out!" "Why do we have to do this anyway?" "It'll help strengthen your arms!" "One, two, one, two!" "Scrub harder!" "Today, we're going to start training in earnest." "I'll assign each of you to a position." " Boyeong." " Yes, coach?" " You lift the barbell." " Okay." " Youngja!" " Yes, coach?" "You do sit-ups." "Hyeonjeong, you drink water." "Huh?" "Suok, take care of shouting." "Minhui, you're injured." "Hmmm..." "Yeosun, you be on lookout." " Huh?" " Get ready." "Now, let's say you see the superintendent approaching." "Three, two, one, go!" "One, two..." "Boyeong, lift the barbell!" "Grimace like it's heavy!" "Grimace!" "That's it." "Hyeonjeong, drink your water!" "Not like that!" "Gulp it down!" "Now, wipe your sweat!" "You have to breathe more heavily!" "That's it!" "Good!" "What are you doing, Youngja?" "Don't look over here." "That's it." "300" "When Youngja says 300," "Minhui, you suddenly get up!" "Coach, I want to train, too." "You'll end up fainting again!" "This is an order!" "Coach Lee!" "Uh?" "Who're you?" "Oh, superintendent!" "Cut!" "That's good!" "Good work!" " Good work!" " Good work!" "I don't mind eating all this delicious food, but shouldn't we do some weightlifting?" "All we do is eat." "When are we going to learn weightlifting?" "You girls are talented, but you're too small." "That's why you should eat like this until you get nice and big." "Okay!" "Wow!" "That's great!" "Do we have to train until we can't bend our arms to win a medal?" "How come you can bend this side?" "Girls are flexible, so you'll be able to bend your arms." "Quickly!" "Keep on the mat!" "That's an order!" "But I want to train, coach!" "Huh?" "Who're you?" "Oh!" "Superintendent!" "Attention!" "Salute!" "Semper fi!" "Boseong Singing Competition Grand Prize" "Superintendent, this is Coach Lee Jibong, '88 Olympic bronze medalist and the pride of our weightlifting team." "I know!" "He's working hard to train new heroes for the Olympics." "That was such an unfortunate incident you experienced." "You could have been the best there ever was, but you chose to become a teacher instead." "I respect that." "I'm sorry." "We were so focused, we didn't notice you coming." "It's quite all right." "It was deeply moving to see how focused your athletes were." "I think you definitely deserve more funding." "Thank you so much, sir." "By the way, will your team participate in the spring weightlifting competition?" "Yes!" "They're training hard for the competition, sir!" "That's great." "I look forward to seeing your athletes there." "There's a saying," "So deep is the teacher's influence that the teacher influences even the souls of his students." "I'm sure your students will show that good influence at the competition." "Move!" "Don't get excited!" "How could you enter us in the competition without even discussing it with me?" "We'll give you all the funding you want, so..." "Out of my way!" "Why don't you just do it?" "It'll give your team experience." "They could be injured competing so soon." "Who's going to take care of them then?" "I won't do it, and that's final!" "Do you think I started the weightlifting team just for extra funding?" "I started it to give students more opportunities!" "You're right, and I'm sure you're a good teacher, but you know nothing about sports!" "You don't know what it's like to regret being injured for the rest of your life!" "I regret getting injured every day!" "Do you know that?" "If you think I won't give my students opportunities just because this school is out in the boondocks, you'd better just pack your bags!" "There's a jade rabbit hanging from the end of my daughter's ponytail" "It's hanging from my daughter's ponytail" "My daughter!" "All right!" "What do you think this is, Suok?" "The folk singing club?" "You'd better eat those fish before they spoil." " Hyeonjeong." " Yes?" "Fill in the training log when it's time and send the others home." "Yes, coach!" "I haven't seen Youngja around." "Is something the matter with her?" "Goodness!" "She took in the girl and raised her as her own, but the girl died." "Who would have thought she'd die so soon after?" "What an unlucky old lady." "She went through such difficulty raising that girl without anyone's help." "How much is this house worth?" "That's no way for a person to act." "You never even visited her while she was alive, and now you want an inheritance?" "How about you two?" "It's not like you ever visited her." " What did you say?" " Keep it quiet." "The old bag just died!" "Anyway, what are we going to do about her?" "We'll have to find an orphanage for her." "They keep kids in orphanages until they graduate from high school." "Crazy old bag!" "She had to burden us with a snot-nosed kid... even in death!" "No kidding." "You get rid of her, because I won't." "What the..." "Hey!" "Get rid of her?" "I ought to just get rid of you!" "How dare you talk about her like that?" "Look long and hard at Youngja's face!" "She's going to succeed beyond your wildest dreams!" "Just you wait and see!" "Her face will be on every paper and TV in the country!" "Youngja, I'm taking care of you from now on, okay!" "Don't worry." "I'll take care of you until you get married!" "I'll do the competition." "But didn't you say it was impossible?" "It's been my experience that there are things called miracles that defy all explanation." "As you said, principal," "I've realized the children deserve to have opportunities." "You've made the right decision." "But if you want me to train them intensively, the team will need a dorm." " A dormitory?" " Yes." "But we can't give you preferential treatment over the other teams." "If you build us a dormitory, my team will stage a miracle during the competition that'll shock the world!" "Thank you for coming." "Suneungdang" "Weightlifting isn't a team sport like soccer or baseball, so why do they need a dormitory?" "And did you see that dormitory?" "It's practically a five-star hotel!" "That money could have bought us a new court." "We don't even have enough bullets to practice with." "Smile for the camera!" "Suok, move a little to the left." "That's it." "Do you like your new home?" "Now smile for the camera." " Look at the camera." " One, two, smile!" "Sit down like you're taking a crap." "Stop giggling and do as I say." "Jeez!" "This is so embarrassing." "Ugh, you stink!" "It doesn't mean you should really take a crap." "Now, hold your stick, stick out your butt, and look in front of you at an angle of 15 degrees." "Straighten your back so you don't hurt it." "It should feel like you're pulling on the stick." "Stick your knee out." "Suok, you'll get hurt like that." "Stick your butt out." "Stick your butt out!" "Stick it out even more!" "Hey, Suok!" "What's the matter with her?" "Always poop when you need to," " or you could get sick." " Our coach is pretty clueless, huh?" "If you use weights from the beginning, you could get injured." "He doesn't know anything about girls, does he?" "Begin." "I still don't understand, coach." "Couldn't you give us a demonstration?" "Coach..." "Keep on practicing." "He seems frustrated." "Why did you ask him for a demo?" "I just wanted to see how it's done." "Doesn't he remind you of something, beating his chest like that?" "You're right." "He looks like a gorilla!" "Not just any gorilla." "He's King Kong!" "He's King Kong!" "Minhui!" "If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels" "But have not love" "I am only a resounding Gong or a clanging cymbal" "Hello?" "I'm sorry for calling you so late, but is this Hyeonjeong's place?" "That's right." "I'm calling because" "I found Hyeonjeong's diary." "Really?" "Where did you find it?" "My name is Song Inho, and I think she goes to my church." "Are you her mother?" "Yes, hold on." "Hello, this is Hyeonjeong speaking." "Then I'll see you there on Saturday." "Didn't I tell you not to come in while I was working?" "Is there a girl named Hyeonjeong on your weightlifting team?" "Hyeonjeong?" "What about her?" "Huh?" "It's nothing." "I just..." "Anyway, what's she like?" "What do you think she's like?" "She has an awesome body." "I think I'll only take bronze this time." "You shouldn't set your sights so low." "You should go for the gold." "You're right." "Since this will be your first time, don't worry about the results." "Just think of the competition as a field trip." "Okay!" "Hyeonjeong, you should just eat one at a time." "Anyway, why are you eating garlic when there's so much meat here?" "It must be hot." "Why are my legs so thick and short?" "What can we do about it?" "We were born this way." "I know that!" "At least we're strong, right?" "Who cares if we're strong?" "We can't even get guys to like us!" "You have to be wafer thin like Kate Moss." "I've been thinking about it, Hyeonjeong." "You're not going to lose 15 years of weight by Saturday." "Why don't you have Suok meet him for you instead?" "She's thin and clever." "I'm sure Inho would like her." "Oh, the meat's burning." "There's so much meat left!" "No Wrestling Teams, Judo Teams, Soldiers, or Weightlifting Teams" " I'm so full right now!" " Me, too." "What the heck?" "Are you going home in that?" "Why?" "Is something wrong?" "No." "It just looks so good on you." "I know." "She's a little cuckoo." "When I heard you were a weightlifter," "I was afraid you'd look like her." "Anyway, why did you choose a sport like weightlifting?" "My dream is to go to Harvard Law School and work for the FBI in America." "Do you think she's doing well?" "I'm so worried she'll do something stupid." "Don't worry." "As far as she doesn't sing a folk song..." "He grabbed the rabbit's ears and asked," ""Are you the rabbit?"" "The rabbit replied, "No, I'm not."" ""Then what are you?"" ""I'm a dog!"" "You won't be able to lose weight like that." "You have to lose weight ahead of time." "Will you look at her!" "When do we get to eat?" "68.9." "Pass." "Oh, my!" "What are you doing here?" "I didn't know the circus was in town." "It's not my fault you got drunk and missed the Olympics." "If you don't want the kids to hear about your embarrassing past, go away." "What do you think this is, a pig farm?" "I see you're still a big fat jerk." "Beat it!" "Okay, okay!" "Good luck." "Yeosun!" "Are you all right?" "Wake up!" "Hey, turn around!" "Go, Boseong Girl's Middle School!" "Go for it!" "Hyeonjeong!" "Don't cry!" "It's not like you did anything wrong." "Stop crying!" "I enjoyed the freak show." "It was incredible." "You had one kid spin the barbell, one hit her head on a barbell, and one even crapped in her pants!" "You must have trained quite a bit." "Go away!" "You'll end up hurting your kids like that." "You shouldn't try to injure your kids just because you got injured." "What did you say, you bastard?" "You piece of crap!" "Get up, you bastard!" "What the heck?" "Coaches Brawl at Weightlifting Competition" "They say that when people think of Namwon, they think of Chunhyang, when they think of Sunchang, they think of chili paste." "And when they think of Boseong, they think of crap." "When I asked you to promote our region through weightlifting," "I didn't mean this." "Is this the miracle you promised?" "It's more like a spectacle if you ask me." "Maybe you could get a diaper company to sponsor your team?" "Be quiet!" "The shooting team" "So what if no one on your team pooped in their pants?" "If your team can't win a stupid medal, you ought to just go hunt some deer!" "Don't write down everything I say!" "'Crap"?" "'Diapers"?" "'Deer"?" "For crying out loud!" "Hey, Hyeonjeong!" "I heard you crapped in your pants." "I guess you were just full of crap." "What are you looking at?" "Stop going around embarrassing the tennis team!" "Why don't you take a crap here?" "Take a crap!" "Don't look at me!" "What were you thinking?" "Aren't my arms strong, mom?" "But my weightlifting coach says that when you lift, you should lift with your legs and your butt." "Didn't the coach give us a one week break?" "There's nothing to do at home and I was worried about you staying here alone." "Yeosun." "What's wrong?" "I just miss my dad so much!" "Don't cry." "Don't cry." "What's the matter with you, Hyeonjeong?" "Guys..." "They beat me up for crapping in my pants..." "What's the matter with you guys?" "Don't cry!" "I shouldn't have entered you into that competition." "Coach, why did you pick us when we can't even lift weights?" "Hyeonjeong says you picked us because you felt sorry for us." "That's not true!" "I picked you for your potential." "I talked to the people at the competition and no one just eats like us without training." "Do you think we're stupid?" "Why won't you teach us to lift weights?" "It's like you're the director of an orphanage, giving us food and a place to stay just because you feel sorry for us." "I wanted to do well so no one could tease me anymore." "But now they tease me even more!" "Just look at me." "Do I look good?" "I'm young, but I've already lost my health." "I have to take medication every day!" "I didn't teach you weightlifting because it's a bad sport, and it shouldn't be done!" "It's useless!" "I've never agonized over whether I should do it or not." "I wanted to train hard and be able to stand on my own..." "They'll treat you like crap unless you win a gold medal!" "And if you're injured like me, you'll become useless overnight!" "Why do you think you're useless?" "They don't give this to just anyone!" "Why do you think that?" "I don't need your medal anymore, so you can take it back!" "I'm going to train hard and win my own medal!" "From now on, I'm going to divide the weightlifting team into a hobby group and an athlete group." "The hobby group will use weightlifting to strengthen their bodies and minds." "The athlete group will bet their lives on weightlifting." "Who wants to be in the athlete group?" "You should do the hobby group." "No." "I've decided to major in weightlifting instead of going to Harvard." "Some people are better suited for studying." "No one is interested in weightlifting." "Even if you break the world record and win a medal, people will be more interested in basketball." "Do you still want to be weightlifters?" "Yes!" "Let me ask you once more." "Once you decide on this path you'll lose many things!" "It's a lonely path that's full of pain!" "So you're going to give up everything for this sport that no one even cares about?" "Yes!" "You idiots!" "Then let's see what this ragtag bunch is capable of!" "Okay!" "I don't want to hear anyone say this is hard, that they're going to give up!" "Give me a hundred more!" "Okay?" "One!" "Two!" "Faster!" "Run until you catch up with Suok." "Are you going to give up?" "No, coach!" "Is it too hard?" "No, coach!" "Do you want to give up?" "No, coach!" "That's it." "I'm going to check your report cards!" "Yes, coach." "And ask Suok if there's anything you don't know." "Hey!" "Who is she?" "Minhui the former mayor's daughter." "I know that, but what's she doing here?" "She was too embarrassed to be on the weightlifting team so she joined the tennis team because she thinks tennis skirts are pretty." "Stop it." "She never stays on a team longer than a month." "Just wait until she leaves." "Don't you think a month is a little long?" "Wanna play a game of tennis?" "We're done!" "Let's eat!" "I'm so hungry!" " Give me some water." " I get to shower first!" "I'm older, so I get to shower first!" "You're also fatter." "What did you say?" "What's that smell?" "Oh, gross!" "What smell?" "I showered last month." "Last month?" "Jeez!" "My skin's dry, so the doctor said shouldn't shower too often." "Oh, what's that smell?" "Hey, open the windows!" "Open them quick!" "Coach, it smells like a skunk farted in here!" "We've got a pig and a skunk on the team." "What are you waiting for?" "Come inside." "What the heck?" "I thought you were embarrassed of us!" "Stop it!" "I'm glad you came!" "This is Minhui, and she'll be joining our weightlifting team starting today." "Let's give her a round of applause." "Focus... on how... to..." "What does 'to" mean?" "To..." "What on earth does 'to" mean?" "The thing I hate to hear most is that athletes are stupid." "That's why we're going to study weightlifting theory in English." "I skimmed the book, and it's not that difficult." "I'd translate it for you, but you'll get more out of it if you study it yourselves." "Now, let's all give Suok a round of applause." "From now on, Suok will translate a page a day for you." "I want you to write the words you don't know 100 times a day." "We'll use the method Lukashev used in the Soviet Union in 1972 for lifting the weights." "The first thing you have to do is determine the proper bar position." "One!" "One!" "One!" "One!" "That's it." "Good." "Voila!" "Anyway, where did you get our pictures?" "From our student IDs." "What's this?" "Well, I didn't have enough pictures of female weightlifters." "What the heck?" "You're a guy!" "I'd like to say goodbye to the younger students staying behind" "I'll remember oseong Girl's Middle School forever." "Why is she practicing that speech?" "I saw the valedictorian practicing her speech." "You're not the valedictorian." "I'm done." "I'm so tense!" "So, they'll fall in love if this becomes a gigantic circle?" "You unfold it." "One, two, three..." "Inho is going to fall in love with me!" "So, what are you looking for?" "I'm looking for a high school with a dormitory." "A dormitory?" "I won't be able to use the team dorm much longer." "Our weightlifting team isn't very old, and we're happy you're sending such good athletes, a coach, and even giving us funding." "The athletes are insisting they keep their coach." "I'm well-aware of what your athletes are like." "There are lots of big competitions coming up, and I don't want your athletes to be a negative influence on my kids." "This is good." "Just stay there and keep your athletes away from my athletes." "Hyeonjeong!" "You should carry your own lunch It's heavy." "I haven't seen you in church lately." "The thing is..." "She's Buddhist." "She and my mother go to the same temple." "Will you stop it?" "Hey, Poopy Pants!" "Poopy Pants, do you attend this school?" "Do you two know each other?" "Everyone in Boseong knows her." "She pooped in her pants." "You shouldn't talk to her." "It'll only tarnish your image." "Let's go." "Hey, Minhui!" "Don't you go walking arm in arm with my brother!" "What?" "He's not your brother!" "I'll kill you!" "How dare you call him your brother!" "What do you think you're doing to my sister?" "What?" "Your sister?" "For crying out loud!" "Didn't you know Minhui is Inho's sister?" "I'll see you this Sunday," "Hyeonjeong." "He was awesome!" "It must be nice to have Inho get revenge on Yeongran for you." "I'll buy spicy rice cakes for everybody!" "That's it." "Bring your legs together." "Together!" "You're strong, but you have no sense of balance!" "Get up there!" "Balance yourselves." "It's all about balance!" "When you jerk, you have to stick your leg out and pull your waist in!" "Breathe deeply!" "Get into the bow position." "I can't believe you can't do this!" "You have to jerk it in three seconds!" "Bring your legs together quickly!" "You're not agile enough You're too slow!" "That's it." "Duck!" "One, two..." "Faster!" "Faster!" "What do I hate to hear most in the world?" "That athletes are stupid." "Write this a hundred times." "Okay, coach." "I'm going to count them all." "What are you doing there?" "You have to go faster!" "According to Newton, it's takes a very complex process to lift something up." "But weightlifting isn't a complicated sport." "You don't have to run against your competitors like in track, and there's no ball that could bounce anywhere." "That's why instead of wishing for luck before a competition," "I always asked God for superhuman strength." "I can't tell you the results of tomorrow's competition, but one thing is for sure." "The weights you'll have to lift tomorrow will be a lot lighter than the burdens you've had to carry in your lives up till now." "I believe in you." "Timing!" "You have to get in position ahead of time!" "Have some of this." "It's all right to eat fruit." "My brother's here." "Go for it!" "Look alert!" "Lee Boyeong!" "Put some strength into your legs!" "That's it!" "Now straighten them!" "Balance yourself!" "Balance yourself!" "Straighten your back!" "Concentrate!" "You can do it!" "Balance yourself when you jerk and lift, okay?" "Concentrate!" "You can do it!" "Put strength into your legs!" "Good work!" "That's it!" "You have to finish quickly, okay?" "Concentrate!" "Go for it!" "That's it!" "All right!" "Relax and try to concentrate." "Get up, get up!" "That's it!" "Now finish!" "Finish!" "Finish!" "Bring your legs together!" "Three more seconds!" "Go for it, captain!" "You can do it, Hyeonjeong!" "Go for it!" "That's it!" "Now stand up!" "Now hold still!" "Coach!" "I hereby give this award to the principal of Boseong Girl's Middle School for her contributions in developing sports in the city of Boseong." "Attention!" "Salute!" "Semper fi!" "What are you doing there?" "You should take a picture with us!" "That's right." "You have to be in the picture, Coach Lee!" "Come over here." "Let's take the picture together." "Is it the Boseong Middle School team or the Jungang High School team?" "Stay at our school and I'll make you principal someday." "Boseong Spring Weightlifting Competition All-Around High School Division Winners." "Get in, coach!" "Come on!" "Oh!" "Inho!" "Look, this is our funding." "Here, Hyeonjeong." "Youngja." "Suok." "Boyeong." "Here, Yeosun." "Minhui." "If you do well at the next National Meet, you'll easily get on a professional team or into college." "I can't accept this I really didn't do anything." "What are you talking about?" "You motivated the girls... with this." "Coach..." "What's with the tears?" "Let's drink up!" "Cheers!" "Cheers!" "Coach." "Huh?" "Yang Huieun's songs are so great." "I agree." "Are you cold, coach?" "No." "Why?" "Then does your arm still hurt?" "No." "Then, why do you always keep that hand in your pocket?" "Oh, this?" "It's because I feel so sorry for my arm." "Instead of telling me" "you love me..." "The coach is snoring." "Let's lift up King Kong and go!" "They're our students." "And that's why we want to teach them from now on." "You got your awards and funding." "Can't you understand how we feel?" "Our students won the medals, but we have nothing to show for it." "All the papers are talking about Boseong" "Girls' Middle School and Coach Lee." "Don't you think you've exploited the girls enough?" "You were never interested in them." "I'm going to keep coaching them like I always have." "It won't be good for the girls to suddenly change coaches." "You're only using them for your ambitions." "I know you don't want to give them to us because they won medals..." "I don't care if they can't win medals!" "I just want to take care of them until they go to college or get jobs!" "I'm not doing this because they won medals!" "Bastards..." "This is the only school with a permit to teach athletes." "If you walk out that door, your students will never compete at Nationals." "Coach Lee's methods were outdated, so your records improved slowly." "Plus, you're all Jungang Girls' High School students, so I'll be coaching you starting today." "Anyway, where's the skinny girl?" "Minhui?" "She's in the hobby group." "Hobby?" "No wonder you're such a sorry bunch." "Didn't I tell you not to come near here?" "Stay where you are and keep training." "These are the kids' training records." "I thought they'd be of help." "Okay, now go away!" "Make sure Hyeonjeong gets easily digestible food after the weigh-in." "She likes canned peaches." "Yeosun can digest just about anything." "So she'll be fine." "Youngja always has diarrhea after she eats meat, so don't let her eat any meat." "This upcoming competition is a very important one for the girls." "So please take a look at this." "What?" "You want to study?" "Hobby group?" "You should be training all day and all night!" "You'd better not move." "You could hurt your back!" "In the future, don't even think about going to that class!" "Hey!" "Is that how Coach Lee taught you?" "We don't need a loser like you, so get out of here!" "Get the hell out of here!" "Aren't we going to train, coach?" "We're already done writing our English words." "Suok." "Yes?" "Does Harvard have a weightlifting department?" "Then you should quit weightlifting." "You've done this too long for it to be a hobby." "I'm very fond of you, Suok." "That's why I want you to do what you're really good at." "Boyeong." "No!" "I want to be a weightlifter!" "What's the matter with you?" "Prepare hard for next year's competition." "Coach, can't we just train here like we used to?" "We want to keep training with you." "Who told you you could come here?" "Who told you to disobey your coach like this?" "Get down on the floor!" "Get down on the floor now!" "I told you I'm not your coach anymore!" "I told you not to come here!" "Get down on the ground!" "I told you not to come here again!" "I only distracted you guys from your training." "It's a good thing I got kicked out." "What are you talking about?" "You motivate us." "That coach is so weird." "He says you don't know anything about weightlifting." "Just don't listen to him." "Yeah." "Like we'd believe anything he says!" "Believe it." "What?" "He's your coach now." "You guys sleep at this dormitory, so I can see you at night." "But as an athlete, you have to believe in your coach." "That's the only way to get good results." "I'm so proud of what my students have achieved." "Will you act natural, please?" "What do you do when training's difficult?" "We go out and have fun with our coach." "And our coach cooks delicious food for us." "Coach Shim even cooks for you?" "No." "Coach Lee Jibong of Boseong Girls' Middle School does." "We don't learn much here." "But he gives us supplementary training at the dorm." "Lee Jibong..." "Darn it!" "I hope I won't have to take her in." "I'm just concerned for Youngja's welfare, that's all." "I heard that Youngja is pulling in some dough." "All you have to do is write a letter to the Department of Education." "When did your back first start hurting?" "Why didn't you tell me?" "Who could it be at this hour?" "Are you a student at this school?" "You see!" "She wouldn't come home because of that evil man!" "Youngja, what are you doing in there?" "You bastard!" "What do you think you're doing?" "What's going on?" "What Are you doing to my Youngja?" "What's going on?" " She's a minor, you lowlife!" "Why are you acting like this, uncle?" "Coach didn't do anything wrong!" "Do you want to become a whore?" "What do you think you're doing?" "What are you doing here?" "Stop harassing her!" "Why did you let students stay there when they don't go your school?" "They have nowhere else to go." "Then you should have sent them to an orphanage." "Did you think your school was an orphanage?" "Principal Gwak, you should know it's illegal to build a dormitory at school." "It was only a temporary lodging." "How can you teach when you don't even follow the law?" "I thought an experienced teacher like you would know better!" "Why did you coach students that don't go to your school?" "Why were you at their dorm late at night?" "How many times did you molest those children?" "How could you do such a thing to those innocent children?" "You're not a teacher, you're a monster." "We've found no evidence of molestation, so those charges are being dropped." "Although Coach Lee was using the children to fulfill his own ambitions and deserves to be punished, because of his excellent past record, he won't be relieved of his position as coach." "However, the students must be coached by their school's coach, and the illegal dormitory will be shut down." "I'll have to bring you some more blankets." "Doesn't it get scary at night?" "It's all right when I'm asleep." "But it's scary when I turn off the lights and go to lie down and sleep." "We'll turn the lights off for you so stay under the covers." "We're turning off the lights, Youngja!" "Okay." "See you tomorrow!" "Bye!" "How do you expect to become an athlete when you can't even lift that?" "You're the worst weightlifter here!" "Your former coach taught you wrong, so that's why all you do is whine!" "Did you take the painkillers I bought you?" "What the heck?" "Are you crying again?" "You should either take more painkillers or just go home, you crybaby!" "Hello?" "Coach." "Youngja." "Is anything wrong?" "No." "I just missed you." "How's training going?" "I haven't been feeling very good, and I don't think I can get the gold." "Maybe I should drop out of the competition?" "Youngja, everybody tries to win the gold." "But just because you win the bronze, it doesn't mean your life will be a bronze medal life." "If you try your best and don't give up you'll have a gold medal life." "That in itself is priceless." "I'm sorry." "I won't give up." "But when I get married, you have to promise to give me away." "Okay." "It's getting late, so you should go home." "We'll call as soon as we find him." "Raise the barbell and tuck in your stomach!" "Were you out looking for Coach Lee again?" "Do you know what time it is?" "Get your butts in here!" "Are you crazy?" "Coach Lee probably ran away because he didn't want to see your sorry faces!" "I'd beat the snot out of you if the competition wasn't in two days." "Consider yourselves lucky." "53 kg class." "Seo Yeosun's third attempt." "Raise the barbell, you idiot!" "What are you waiting for?" "If it still hurts after you take these, I'll let you forfeit." "Bunch of whiners!" "What are we going to do, Youngja?" "It's the coach..." "Dear Youngja." "Some people are as spotless as the sky, and as kind as angels." "I believe that you're such a person." "Thank you for bearing through the difficult training." "Hyeonjeong, thank you for working hard to lead the team as the ca" "Don't forget to starve the day before the competition, and after weighing in, eat chocolate, porridge, or fruit." "Yeosun, I'm proud of the way you've matured and grown healthy since you joined the team." "What do you think you're doing?" "Huh?" "Did you rip yours off, too?" "Did you?" "I ought to kill you useless crybabies." "Yeosun..." "Lee Jibong?" "Stop writing!" "Stop writing!" "That bastard's ruined my life!" "I never should have let you join the team!" "Hey, hey, hey, hey!" "Get the hell out of here!" "Why are you all acting like this?" "What's going on with Lee Jibong?" "You are all dead when we get back to school." "Get up." "Right now!" "Stop your crying." "This isn't what Coach Lee would want from us!" "Get up right now!" "Dear Hyeonjeong." "You're only truly beautiful when you try your best." "Although the results might not always reflect your efforts, working as hard as you can to achieve your goal is priceless." "Hyeonjeong." "Always give it your best, when you're competing and show us how beautiful you really are." "Coach..." "Dear Youngja," "I understand how lonely you feel because you have no parents to share your joys and sorrows with." "But you can't live your entire life in loneliness, longing for somebody that's gone." "Youngja, someday your time will come." "Youngja, stand up on top of the world." "Raise the world over your head and stand up on it." "Stand up." "How do you feel right now?" "Who do you miss most aside from your mother and father?" "Don't be tense and talk slowly." "Who's Lee Jibong?" "Move out of my way!" "What was the most difficult thing about training?" "How does it feel to break the Korean record?" "Who's your favorite singer?" "There are lots of popular singers these days." "Just name one." "Yang Huieun." "Yang Huieun." "Don't go, coach..." "She's competing in the Olympics without having fully recovered from her back injury." "She's failed her first two attempts, and she must raise over 140 kilograms in her third attempt to beat the Chinese lifter and win the gold." "That's right." "Because Youngja's failed her first two attempts, gold is highly unlikely." "We expect her to attempt 135 kilos, which will give her the bronze." "It's quite unfortunate for her." "She's going to attempt a weight that isn't even her personal best." "It looks like she's going to go for the bronze." "She can't seem to overcome her big competition jinx." "Park Youngja!" "Park Youngja!" "I've never seen anyone as determine as Youngja in all my life." "And she's full of diligence." "Where does she get her determination and diligence from?" "Huh?" "She's changing the weight." "If she can lift 140 kilos, she'll win the gold." "Don't you think she's overexerting herself?" "Youngja, everybody tries to win the gold." "But just because you win the bronze doesn't mean your life will be a bronze medal life." "And just because you win gold, it doesn't mean your life will be a gold medal life." "If you try your best and don't give up, your life itself will be a gold medal." "That in itself is priceless." "Coach!" "Coach!" "We miss you!" "I can lift anything with these arms!" "If any of my students fulfills the dream that I haven't been able to fulfill, it will probably be" "Youngja." "I'm sure of it." "This film is a dramatic retelling of coach Jeong Inyeong's life." "In 2000, at the 81st National Athletic Meet in Busan, two of his students, Kim Yongcheol and Yun Sangyun, won 14 out of the 15 available gold medals." "This previously unheard of record has never been broken." "A year later, Jeong Inyeong had a heart attack and passed away." "He was on duty at school at the time." "He was also responsible for discovering" "Barcelona Olympic Gold Medalist" "Jeon Byeonggwan in Jinan, North Jeolla Province." "Translated by Kiyoung Che" "Proofread by Evan Yerburgh" "Localization by Furmo-DT"