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Mental Coach Jegal

Go to the start.

Ready

The national short track speed skating competition is a mini-Olympics.

Approximately one hundred athletes from all over the country participate for each event in the preliminary round.

For the 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m, and 3000 m events.

Out of a total of twelve races,

only twenty people will pass the first round.

The same process is repeated in the second round.

Only 6 will make it.

Six... Out of a hundred.

Only six out of a hundred can smile.

Whatever it takes...

I won't lose to you, Cha Ga Eul.

I have to win.

Where did things go wrong?

At the time I didn't plead heaven for the elk's nirvana.

I've done a good deed so grant me good luck.

Please save me in this ordeal.

Nasty bitch. I think I'm being punished.

Episode 2: History of Injury

Excuse me. You should take this.

Does this belong to you sir?

Yes, thank you. I need my cane.

Jeez. I'm over sensitive.

Cha Mu Tae

Hey Moo Tae. I watched it on TV.

Where are you?

Emergency room.

What for?

Its's okay.

If it was a little higher, it would have been really serious.

Good thing we only need 12 stitches.

You're very lucky, Athlete Cha.

- You think this is lucky? - Of course. Buddha saved you.

Please stitch it well. She has a competition in two days.

Mom.

We are focusing on the injured area.

Here's the original injury.

There's no huge issue though.

Are you sure?

She's an Olympic candidate for the National Team.

There are no issues from the MRI.

There might be some shock to the muscles.

Ga Eul, you little!

Mom, that's not important right now.

Thighs are the powerhouse for the short track.

- So she needs to be treated right away. - Cha Ga Eul!

My Seon Ha got hurt when you were crossing tracks.

She wasn't crossing tracks!

This was a legal crossover!

Cross over my ass! You think you're a coach?

This was definitely cross-tracking!

Coach.

- We haven't seen each other in so long— - Why am I your coach?

Who turned their backs in the first place?

Hey, Cha Ga Eul. Are you a ticking timebomb?

Why of all people are you falling in front of my Seon Ah!

Don't you know she needs to go to the Olympics to win a gold medal!

Will you listen to the man? Can't you see she's covered with blood?

Hey, hey! Mu Tae, stop!

Stop.

You don't need to get mad, Oppa.

He did this last time. He's protecting his athlete.

You just need a few stitches.

There's no affect on your career. Just take a break.

Hi, can you please take her up for the procedure?

Just do it here. I don't need anesthesia.

You're just going to feel everything?

What do you mean? No. Get some anesthesia.

My competition is in two days.

I'll get disqualified for doping.

I'm proud of you. Bite down on this.

I gave birth without anything too.

You can do this.

Don't worry, Mom. I'm fine.

I know what that's like.

Losing is scarier than

having your skin sewed without numbing.

The feelings of defeat and frustration sting a lot more.

You feel bad for your parents.

You only think about getting to your competition the next day.

You can't keep doing that.

The yips get worse.

But is there any athlete who doesn't go through this?

- Why only Ga Eul? - "Why me?"

"Everyone else is doing great."

"I'm the only weak one."

Those thoughts cause the ips.

And make it worse.

Ga Eul is strong.

She can get through this.

Today,

I lost a client.

What?

I thought she was beating it.

I think I was avoiding it.

I know all too well.

If I think hard, it hurts so much.

I think I believe in

whatever will make me comfortable.

Do you think I'll also be okay?

Thanks Gil.

Professional basketball player Oh Yeon Ji made the ultimate decision at her home.

The Sangheon Construction Team athlete

has suffered from poor results and malicious comments.

Even if there is a problem,

if you get good results, the problem is covered up.

Younger players are forced to feel more shame

and suffer a mental breakdown.

Korea Sports Association

Come up with a plan before the reporters arrive.

I am sorry, but shouldn't we be investigating the facts right now and offering our condolences?

How did the Psychological Support Team manage the players' mental health?

The pro teams are not subject to our management.

Wasn't the Psychological Support Team supposed to mainly support

the top one per cent medal winning athletes?

Don't professionals select members of the national teams?

There are one thousand athletes who come to the national athletes village.

There are only three resident staff members in the Psychological Support Team.

Even if it was structured—

What did you do at the Human Rights Center?

Is the Human Rights Center a main department at the school?

There are three staff members.

- It wasn't a player who tipped you off, was it? - It was not.

It's definitely not, right? If that comes out later, the reporters will swarm like bees.

The most information right now is coming from the ice sports.

So what are you going to do?

- Recruit more manpower. - Recruit more manpower.

Recruit more manpower?

- Yes, recruit more manpower. - Yes, recruit more manpower.

You do it.

What will hiring one more mental coach solve?

We will act like we are doing something.

We must respond to the media.

The Chief told us to do it. But why is the Human Rights Center telling us to hire someone?

That's the only way for the sports association to be doing something. Won't there be unflattering comments?

I've never seen anything done according to the rules.

I'm starving.

Me too. What do you want to eat?

It's this way.

The sport closest to having a competition is ice skating isn't it?

Yes, the Winter Olympics are soon. They are in the process of selecting the national team

If a medalist emerges, it will even cover static.

Of course. Chairman, did you say we were going to have sashimi?

Since they are hiring new staff, Professor Gu, make sure the kids are obeying the rules.

Go to pay condolences as the rep.

Yes, I will.

- What kind of sashimi is good nowadays? - I heard there is large flatfish.

Do you hold all the hot potatoes?

I'm so tired of listening to that old geezer talk so much.

Director of the Human Rights Center, did you receive the report on Oh Yeon Ji?

- What report? - About Oh Yeon Ji's ultimate decision.

It wasn't because of poor performance or malicious comments.

She was a deliberate outcast from the team and excluded from competition.

Hey, Jegal, what prompts you to say that?

I was the last person to counsel her psychologically.

Is that so? What did she say?

She was thinking about retiring.

First of all, I suggest the Human Rights Center receive a consultation.

Even if it was the coach who intentionally excluded her from competition—

Isn't that the coach's prerogative?

It's not a place full of compassion for a non-peforming player, is it? The pro world. Isn't it?

I mean, if you receive a report, it's better to investigate—

- I didn't receive one. - You didn't receive it?

No. There wasn't any.

If and only if, you're not doing anything despite receiving the report—

What if I did't make a choice?

Whart are you going to do if I didn't make a choice? Huh?

Gil.

Gil. You can't save everyone in the world.

Both you and I, for anyone, too.

A day like this for me too is draining.

I also hate the whole world.

- Yes, Center Director. - Are you doing as instructed?

Complaint about Violation of Human Rights [Paper shredder]

Yes, I'm trying to handle it right now. What—

He just talks and hangs up.

Did you wipe out all the real Oh Yeon Ji data?

Then I won't really do something and make something false.

- What about the recruiting announcement? - It's been uploaded.

I don't want to. No.

Let's try it once.

You're not thinking normally right now.

What if I'm not normal? Am I crazy?

I didn't say that, Ga Eul.

If it's your mental skills,

do you think zero points in the preliminary round makes sense?

There are still the 1000 m and 3000 m left. I can make up the deficit.

Okay. That's why you're doing it.

Everyone who participates in athletics has a slump.

If you don't overcome that, your life ends like me and my father.

It's about growing brightly.

Higher.

Jegal Gil Mental Coaching Counseling Center People finding their path

Jegal Gil

Yes.

You came. Have a seat. Here. Here.

What should I do first? I have to leave soon for practice. There's a competition tomorrow.

- We start by giving up the race. - What did you say?

I inquired. The remaining competitions are the 1000m Super Final and the 3000m.

To reach the finals, you have to earn at least ten points and be in the top eight overall.

Cha Ga Eul currently has zero points.

It's impossible to advance to the finals unless you sacrifice your life in the 1000m event.

I don't think you can play the game of your life with those legs.

- There are Olympic athletes who won the gold medal with worse ankle injuries. - Is this the Olympics?

- Korea's short track national competition is no different from the Olympics. - It doesn't give gold medals.

- Why do you keep talking informally to me? - I also am a national university graduate.

I'll always be your seonbae.

I thought you were expelled from the world of sports.

That's right. You're sharp.

In any case, that gold medal? It's important.

But this is a preliminary round.

Rather than overusing your legs when you can't get a gold medal, it's better to agree to next time.

Frogs cringe for a while before jumping a little farther.

- You're talking about frogs? - That, that ...

Are you ignoring me? Cha Ga Eul, frogs jump so far.

Cha Ga Eul, wait. Cha Ga Eul.

Haneol Nartional Univerasity Skating Rink

Hey Oh Seon Ah

Oh my god.

What were you thinking while racing?

I wasn't thinking about anything.

You weren't thinking about anything and you didn't think this would happen.

You can skate well without straining yourself.

Don't get cute, Oh Seon Ah. If Cha Ga Eul is skating well, you can't get near her.

It's already tough, but the coach keeps—

Let's go together. Cha Ga Eul, why are you so quick?

Don't you know how to be considerate to others? I am someone with a hurt leg.

Ms. Cha Ga Eul. Ms. Cha Ga Eul, do you not hear me?

I'm someone who has a hurt leg, I am.

Sending me, this person with a hurt leg to the psychiatrist, is that something that a doctor with wholesome mental health status does?

What's the reason for sending me here?!

Aggressive Defense Mechanism. Very defensive.

I'm crazy. I've been driven crazy.

Are you happy? Are you satisfied? Is that what I look like?!

Anger Management Disorder.

This is surely a medical malpractice case. During surgery, something like a syringe has definitely gotten inside.

I'm going to report to the news outlets. Do you want me to sink this hospital?

Do you want me to ensure you can no longer care for patients?

Delusion of Persecution, Anxiety

I'm so hurt. It feels like my ligaments are being torn apart

the bones feel like they're breaking. I'm under much pain.

Give me medication.

Ghost limb syndrome

As I have told you, psychological pain can't be treated with just medication.

The feelings and thoughts that you felt during the accident you need to tell me all of those things—

I had told you all of it up to this time.

I told you this whole time.

Not avoidant behavior like that. Sincerely, inside your heart—

Are those words or farts coming out of your mouth? Disappear from here!

That's right. That Kevin (jinsang) [Jinsang referred to corrupt unreasonable officials who insisted on being paid off via regional treasures (jinsang-pum)].

Ms. Cha Ga Eul, do you not hear me?

Should I help flush out your ears? Do you want me to pick out your earwax?

Ms. Cha Ga Eul. Hey! Mu Tae's kid sister!

I said I don't need it—consulting. I said I wouldn't. Why are you being like this?

Your mental state is in a dangerous state.

You don't even know how painful it is to have stitches.

You don't even see those concerned around you.

You insist on going to the match with this leg.

Your judgement is totally paralyzed.

Like someone else from long ago. - Like someone else from long ago,

What?

Staying alive has made me see you again, Mr. Jegal Gil.

It's the woman who knows all my weaknesses and embarrassing past.

Darn it.

Coach Oh, it is what it is now. Can't you just push for Ji Yeong now?

I know Ji Yeong is great.

But Oh Seon Ah is still our ace.

- Goodbye then. - But you saw!

How Ji Yeong made her way up to first place in that dire situation.

What are you doing? Go prove to him you're better than Seon Ah.

Okay, Mom.

Coach! Coach Oh!

So you became a mental coach? A mental coach?

What can I say, I came to a realization after healing myself

that I wasn't the only one hurting.

We are all in pain.

That this is the blue ocean.

Blue ocean?

But you can't even heal your psychogenic disorder,

yet you're taking on the role of a mental coach for other athletes? That's a bit—

Ironic, right? But isn't that life?

I want to be a healer who's hurt.

But what brings you here, Professor Park?

I quit the hospital. Thanks to someone.

Who? Oh, I know.

Was it the chief with the bad temper?

Hey, Cha Ga Eul!

Do you think I did that on purpose?

I never said that.

But you're looking at me like I did.

Let's not fight amongst ourselves.

You started it, so why are you acting all saint-like now?

No, it was you who started it.

You pushed into my spot first.

Hey, Oh Seon Ah. I know why you're doing this. But there's no need.

Impeding can happen during a match, you can get hurt or hurt others too.

I didn't impede. The results came out.

What?

Is this how low you're going to stoop now?

Oh Seon Ah!

What the hell are you doing?

Listen up, Mr. Jegal Gil. Whether it be mental or technique,

the only person who teaches on my ice rink is me, Oh Dal Seong.

Why is this your ice rink?

Is the president aware of you monopolizing the rink?

This is newsworthy.

What I'm saying is, the athletes will get confused if there are too many coaches.

- Then why is Professor Park here then? - Me?

She's the mental coach for national athletes.

I'm also a mental coach who was a former national athlete.

No, that's not what I meant.

Hey. You should take care of your injuries better.

Did I or did I not tell you to rest well for around two months?

You did!

Let's go.

Hey, Coach Jo. How could you let an injured athlete out and about like this?

Is that what I taught you?

Come here immediately and take her.

Oh Dal Seong.

Wh-What? Why?

Thank you.

What?

I think you're the one avoiding, not me.

I'm not avoiding. I know it's a waste of time to reason with him.

Do you know why that is?

It's because you believe that.

It's just the reality. In this world,

they don't listen to athletes who have no connections or records to show.

You should go up against the reality then.

Shout out in tears and cling to them to protect yourself if you have to.

You didn't cry while getting stitches, nor were you hurt by your mom's nonchalant reaction.

You didn't even get angry at your friend when she clearly wronged you.

You got kicked out of the training grounds but made it seem like it was normal.

Why?

Because they can do that to you.

First, your leg.

You'll end up having to give up your ankle, back, knee, shoulder, hip joint, and everything else later.

If winning earns you respect,

then why would anyone drive you out so mercilessly like that?

Oh Seon Ah. Is that all you can do?

That's why Cha Ga Eul beat you, you punk.

Jo Ji Yeong. You can't focus because you failed to come in first even when it got handed to you, right?

That's your true ability.

Both of you just take off your skates.

Don't bother if you're going to skate like this. Get out, you punks!

Coach Oh. I'm sorry, but Seon Ah isn't mentally stable right now.

- Instead of using comparisons— - Professor Park.

It doesn't matter if you're on Professor Song's team.

I won't allow you on the training grounds if you do this.

Why aren't you leaving, you punk?

Look over here. Everyone is moving in except you.

Skating on the outside course is my forte.

Instead of avoiding the fight?

It's all about strategically changing the course depending on the situation.

What about this then?

Is the outside or inside more advantageous in this situation?

Take a good look. Should you take the inside or outside?

- Inside. - Right, you were on the inside first.

Oh Seon Ah was able to push inside because there was a gap.

Why did you avoid her?

I don't know either.

What was going through your mind?

What about right now?

Getting wounded is just a part of an athlete's fate.

You can get yourself or others hurt during a match.

Were you afraid you might hurt Seon Ah like you did Ji Yeong?

Your brother thinks that's when your yips started.

Every athlete goes through this.

If one can't overcome that, they should just quit.

Hey, don't avoid it.

My match is tomorrow. I need to train.

- Your stitches will come out. - That's none of your business!

I said I won't do this. I hate this kind of stuff.

You like winning, right? If you want to skate in the match tomorrow, you have to win against me first.

I'm going to make you quit.

So you try to make me quit. Okay?

Effort's Betrayal

Gosh.

There's not much to it. The title helped with his sales.

What? He even wrote about me?

"She looked more like a student fresh out of college than a psychiatrist."

"She came every morning

to my room exuding the scent of her shampoo and talked to me."

Mr. Jegal Gil. Did you sleep soundly through the night?

What do you think?

It feels like my leg is going to rip off.

Just give me my meds.

Do you remember how you arrived yesterday?

Over here! Here! He attempted suicide!

He got so drunk

- and took some medicine. - Come this way.

Okay.

What and how much medication did he take?

Medicine for cold, diarrhea, constipation, headaches, pain killers.

I think he took every medication we had at home. He took all of them.

Okay, please lay him down over here.

Gil. Don't die. You can't die.

Doctor Kim. Prepare some fluids and take vitals.

Why did a suicidal punk eat so much?

- She had just finished her internship. A freshly graduated doctor who had a strong sense of duty. - Let me change first.

I was her first patient.

Is your stomach bothering you a lot?

Aigoo, if you're not going to give me medication.

Then have me discharged!

Am I crazy? AM I A CRAZY PERSON?!

?. HUH?!

What are these bars? Are they those bars (from prison)?

Let me out. Let me out! [August 11th 9 AM]

Start of panic attack

Staying alive itself was contempt itself

and back then when I wanted to end it all. [Dodam Mental Health Clinic]

Looking back, that lady was next to me.

That woman?

Geez, how exactly did he view doctors?

If I think back to how I was disciplined because of you—

Mr. Third party, you were not a man nor patient, to me. Just a jinsang (corrupt unreasonable official).

Jinsang.

GEEZ.

I'm almost there. Who else is there?

What preparations? We should do just as we always did.

As we always did

okay?

You're close with my oppa right?

Are you afraid?

Who's freaked out.

Freakishly close.

Where are you going?

We're nearly there.

Come follow me.

No Medal Club

Broken bone realignment. Vertebrae realignment

I told them not to turn off the lights.

I'm here.

I told you not to turn off the lights. Why did you turn them off, again?

Isn't this a weird place?

Where are you?

I want to go.

Have you come, Son?

Father, I told you not to turn off the lights.

My father.

Aigoo, look at how stiff you are.

It's not good.

Don't touch the right thigh. It underwent 12 stitches yesterday.

We can't have this.

There are no side effects, right?

Of course not. If there were, do you think he'd be alive?

I was the lab rat.

My father, after I became like this, he went to every corner of the country to learn.

Everyone but me benefited from its effects.

We're somewhere that the pro athletes do come by often.

It's just unofficial.

What's the point fixing everyone.

My son is not fixed.

It has become a grudge of mine that even if I want to close my eyes to die, I can't.

Where are the worms, snakes, and scorpions?

It's because you eat all the things that are good for you.

But what's your relationship between you, Ms. Unmarried, and Gil?

Pardon?

Don't worry about it.

Where are we going again? We're not going somewhere weird are we?

You have a lot of suspicion and also fall for self-victimization.

If you don't tell me where we're going, I won't follow.

It's here. Here.

You'll know soon enough if you just took a couple of steps.

No medal club

Right here, in this moment

What's this place?

I don't bring just anyone here.

Oh, Oppa!

Hi

Oppa! I missed you

Shall we see how much Suzy has gained?

What what what.

What.

- My shoulder. - I told you to be careful.

So annoying.

What are you looking at? Did you see the kid with a dislocated shoulder for the first time?

Look at you at it again.

Hey, hey. Kids. Come gather round.

Everyone say hello. This is Cha Ga Eul, your hoobae.

Wrestling. Yeo Sang Gu.

I'm not a gangster. The places I got surgical scars, stitches, tears. I wanted to cover those. (In the olden times, gangsters were the only ones with tattoos.)

This cannot be covered.

I'm a shooter. Call me Pistol Park.

Throw away the preconception that people have two eyes.

She seems like a whole bundle of misconceptions.

Suzy.

I'm a gymnast. Habitual dislocation of the shoulder and anorexia nervosa.

Hi. I'm in swimming.

This is not atopic dermatitis, nor calluses, but chronic eczema.

I get it. You all just disperse.

Go play by yourselves.

You were surprised, right? I'm Gil's Taekwondo Coach and savior.

My name is Oh Bok Tae.

They were all national athletes back in their prime.

Well even though they aren't medalists.

On rainy days our profit margins double.

Why? There isn't a single place that doesn't hurt.

They had as much medication as they could get, so that's why they look for alcohol. - Sit.

If they come together to drink, it gives them comfort.

There's also the group therapy aspect.

Oppa Gil came.

- His usual? - Yeah

But he brought some girl here.

I guess she's like you.

There.

I can see why you brought me here.

This is your future.

I regret not stopping then.

If I had stopped then,

I wouldn't be living as this halfling.

I think you chose to live as a halfling.

Isn't psychosomatic just some fake disease?

It's different. My diagnosis is ghost limb syndrome.

You've heard of PTSD, right?

After a big injury or trauma, with consistent pain in the case of athletes,

there's decreased athletic ability. Yips is similar.

So you've concluded it's IPS.

If you had been like this since Ji Yeong's accident,

then PTSD is also a possibility.

Can you tell me what feelings you felt during the collision?

Not much.

If you suppress the memory, the muscles will remember then during the match they contract.

What are the feelings you're suppressing Ajusshi?

- I'm a healer. - I never asked you to heal me.

Your brother did. Rarely do patients come see me on their own accord.

Patient? Am I a mental patient?

Aggressive defense mechanisms

What are you writing down since before?

I was just like you.

It's like looking at me from ten years ago.

It's not so. Then you should cooperate.

It's not necessarily because of just that collision.

Then?

I'm not sure, myself,

why I'm like this.

From where things went wrong.

History of Injury

Go lower.

The first thing I learned when I joined the skating team at nine, was falling.

Falling. Falling again.

Again. Again.

Don't fake pain and get up!

I was told it was training to get rid of the fear of getting hurt.

Even when we started racing training, I kept falling.

It was my everyday experience to be bruised and scratched up.

It didn't matter much to me if I sprained or broke something.

The other eonnies were like this, too.

In my2nd year of high school, I fell together with Seon Ah

and broke my pelvis.

I had been hit by Ji Yeong's skates and had my front teeth fall out.

My toenails were always the issue, so they always fell out and grew in multiple times.

At the world championships, the day that I got a gold medal,

I saw when I got out of the shower that my whole body was covered in bruises.

It was the first time, that I felt sorry for myself.

You totally worked so hard to be here to this point, Ms. Cha Ga Eul.

All the athletes are like this.

Are there any who don't suffer this much?

There are. The person who is determined not to put in hard effort.

You did well coming up to this point.

I'm proud of you.

Well, injuries were just an everyday thing.

Ji Yeong's accident was like that too

Our line of work is normally like this.

Normally like this. They're all like this.

"You're not the only one hurt." "Don't make a fuss over it." Those words

are very violent, yeah.

To you who worked very hard. Stop beating yourself up.

And just pause for a minute.

If you're to try again, then for now—

Is your conclusion that again? - It's a reach with that leg.

Even if you do it, you can have irreversible damage.

National athletes all hear that once or twice. Still there aren't ones to give up.

Eat.

Go Yeong To.

Have you heard of him? A former skater.

The inside of his thigh got pierced by another athlete during a show,

so his arteries and veins all got disconnected.

Because he delayed his surgery, his leg started necrosing,

below his left knee-—

So you'll also become like that. Are you cursing me?

Is it a threat?! What kind of treatment is this! These are threats.

If you heard it as a threat, then well I'm sorry.

Is being sorry good enough?

Tomorrow is my match. You shook my resolve.

Gave me fear.

Do you think I'm not fearful?

I'm also afraid. I'm afraid!

What do you want me to do?

That's it. That's how you do it.

Pop it. Don't suppress.

You pop those emotions and fight them.

The fear inside of you.

If you leave a gap of a step behind, it'll be two steps ahead of you.

In any circumstance, you must protect yourself first.

Now, giving up

is protecting yourself.

Quack.

I don't think she'll give up.

Right?

If you were going to go back to that time, do you think you'll give up, Hyeong?

As me of now or me of then?

As Hyeong of then.

Let's go inside.

What about this?

Ajumma, we'll have another round of alcohol.

Please give me another bottle of soju.

- Are you okay. - I'm sorry. Yes. Yes.

Are you okay? ♫ TBD ♫

♫ TBD ♫

♫ TBD ♫

Wait. ♫ TBD ♫

How can I leave those skates there?

♫ TBD ♫

The reason I cried is not because I felt sorry for my mom.

It was because my future also got mixed in with hers that I was teary-eyed.

Bitch.

I am surely being punished.

"Giving up right now, is protecting yourself."

♫ TBD ♫

Hey. Hey. One. Two. Hey. ♫ TBD ♫

♫ TBD ♫

♫ TBD ♫

If you're so worried, you can give them to her.

Nah, it's worked out good.

The athlete who is most competitive for the gold medal is Oh Seon Ah.

Isn't she injured because she fell?

She got checked out at the cooperating hospital and they said there wasn't anything particularly wrong.

What about Jo Ji Yeong. How's she?

1500m.

I would like you to look after us.

There.

From the way I see it, she's not far behind Oh Seon Ah.

Ah Ji Yeong is good,

but her mental state is lacking so on the international stage, there's some difficulty.

- Mental? - Yes.

Huh?

But the publicity for it is just ahead of us.

This time, we need to pick someone who will get a medal.

Let's go by the records.

Combined points first place, let's have it be her. Jo Ji Yeong

It's tea.

What about Cha Ga Eul. Having her give up on the competition is right.

Of course. Protecting the athlete is part of the coach's job.

Then who's the runner up?

Park Ji Su. She's quite good.

It's not bad for her to get experience. Let's have it be Park Ji Su and Kim Bo Yeong—

That viperous one.

That's why she can't.

Even if someone like her becomes a national athlete, she wouldn't listen to her coach.

Let's cooperate, Coach Jeong!!

Yes, understood.

I think you're overreacting. Giving up the opportunity...

This year my contract is up.

If I can't get a medal this year, will you renew my contract?

It's related to the longevity of your career.

If I can't become a national athlete this time, nowhere else will call for me.

It's the end of my career as an athlete anyway.

Ga Eul, your points are zero.

Even if you win the 1000m, you're still not qualified anyway.

At least three will advance to the finals.

Is that your plan?

I can force you to give up the match under coach's authority.

Try that then. I'm not one to stay still.

I will expose the strategy and go all in to the death.

What... Just because I had become the ace.

Said who?

Mo— I'm in the top with the most points right now. If it's by skill-—

Skills are recognized by me.

- Jo Ji Yeong? - Yes.

It's not because she's someone I coached. Oh Seon Ah is someone who can capture the international stage.

Someone who's not even the prime athlete I daresay.

Do as your intuition tells you Coach Oh.

But Chairman is totally part of the line of figures backed by the Korean Sports Federation director.

That's what gets to me. - He'll be chairman until when?

There are enough people who don't like a chairman from an enterprise.

I'll just trust in you, Professor.

Hurry and drink.

- Oh Seon Ah, you know your points are lagging right? - Yes.

You must place 1st in the 1000m to go to the Olympics.

Understood.

If you lose to Cha Ga Eul this time, you're totally dead.

If you can't just fall.

You do as you always did 2nd to the forerunner. - Coach!

Jo Ji Yeong, don't get greedy. Understood?

Yes.

He's here, he's here.

Assemblyman, thank you for coming and putting the spotlight on today's event.

It's an important event to choose the national athletes. I have to come.

Thank you, sir.

Why don't you come in later after the conversation?

Assemblyman, can you please give us a word?

A lot of people talk about how there's a limit to elite sports training these days.

Welcome, Mrs. Hong.

I told you to call me Seung Min's mom in private.

You are such a modest person.

This is Professor Gu Tae Man from Haneol Sports University.

Of course, I know him. He's an Olympic gold medalist.

Hello, I'm Seung Min's mom.

My son is also does Taekwondo.

Nice to meet you, ma'am.

From now on, we should center more on sports players than business people,

so more people can participate and enjoy together in sports.

I believe that kind of sports culture should be established.

I think neither you nor your mother need to come today.

But how can we do that?

If you let me take care of her, please follow my words, Ga Eul's brother.

What brings you here today?

Can't I come here to watch the match?

There's nothing wrong with you watching, but it's not okay for you to break into the stadium.

What kind of person do you think I am? Why would I break into the stadium?

I don't know. But somehow, you make me feel that way.

Ice Rink

You better watch the match quietly and go.

It's the women's 1,000-meter race for selecting the national athlete team.

Go to the start.

Ready.

If you step one step aside, others will squeeze in with two steps.

At any moment, you have to protect yourself first.

Oh Seon Ah. You absolutely must get first place in the 1,000-meter race to go to the Olympics safely.

I've always got your back, my Ji Yeong.

So don't worry about anything else and stand in the front. Be at the very front.

Keep an eye on Cha Ga Eul. You can just slip if it doesn't go in your favor.

If it doesn't go well, you can just tumble!

Players, get ready to go.

The race is started!

- Yes, Jo Ji Yeong took the lead and started the race. - That's right.

After her, Oh Seon Ah, Mo Ah Reum, Kim Mu Yeong, and Cha Ga Eul follow.

Cha Ga Eul pushed ahead and joined today's match despite her injury.

Hand my skates back to me.

You might not know, but he was the one who took care of the entire skate blades of the national team.

He's the legendary blade sharpener.

Inner or outer, which lane do you prefer?

I'm better at the outer lane.

Then people will try to take you down from the outer lane.

Sharpen it for the inner lane.

Don't make it too tight or too loose.

Don't be too tense or too relaxed.

That is what a focused state means.

It's the most comfortable and tense state.

If you race in the inner course, there is a bigger probability of collision.

Are you going to risk getting injured?

No, I'm also afraid of getting injured. I don't want to get hurt.

Right. It's not about suppressing the fear but admitting it.

You go even if you are afraid of it.

You are the one who finds the path.

She's coming out to the front now!

Cha Ga Eul is moving forward to the inner lane!

And she passed Kim Mu Yeong!

She's going into the inner lane again. She's not missing any opportunity!

At this very moment, Cha Ga Eul is coming into the inner lane very quickly!

Cha Ga Eul passed Mo Ah Reum in a second as well!

This is Cha Ga Eul's specialty.

She's a very talented player who is both good at the inner and outer lanes.

Cha Ga Eul is running smoothly, and she doesn't seem like she had an injury at all!

Cha Ga Eul came up to the third in a blink of an eye. She's right behind Oh Seon Ah now.

Oh, goodness!

The current front runner is Jo Ji Yeong!

Oh Seon Ah is looking for the timing to burst out to the front.

Jo Ji Yeong has been running at the front through the wind from the beginning,

so her physical strength is bound to drop. That's what the second runner is trying to take advantage of.

- But Jo Ji Yeong is not giving any opportunity that easily. - You got to get out of there now!

She has a tight match with Oh Seon Ah!

No, I'm going to aim for the best.

Why do I always have to be the shadow? I'm better than them.

What just happened?

Oh Seon Ah and Jo Ji Yeong both fell together at the same time!

I've told you that you have to be careful with the situations like this.

At this moment, Cha Ga Eul is not losing the chance and is getting into the inner lane.

And the front runner has changed! Cha Ga Eul is in the lead now.

Oh Seon Ah and Jo Ji Yeong fell so that Kim Mu Yeong, who was right behind them, also slipped.

It's too bad.

Fortunately, Mo Ah Reum avoided the situation cleverly.

Cha Ga Eul and Mo Ah Reum are running their best together until the very end!

Mo Ah Reum is getting right behind Cha Ga Eul.

Cha Ga Eul has an injury on her thighs.

It looks very tough for her. But she can't give up until the end.

That's right. Mo Ah Reum made a final spurt at the end!

Mo Ah Reum came in first!

Athlete Mo Ah Reum crossed the finish line, placing first!

Athlete Cha Ga Eul who to the end did not give up, placed second.

In the end, she will advance to the superfinals.

Like this the only opportunity...

Cha Ga Eul you won.

I lost.

There was a time when winning was everything.

Back when I believed the world only loves winners and that losers do not garner respect,

whether I won or lost, I was miserable.

In my heart, to avoid unhappiness, I might've created a scapegoat.

2nd Competition for Short track National Athlete Team

Congratulations!

She's a malevolent one.

Eonni, are you okay?

You're bleeding, Eonni.

I'm okay.

On days I bleed, I get lucky.

Come here.

I'm not your athlete anymore.

Okay. Then you shouldn't even race to be a national athlete. I'm the one who coaches all the national athletes.

If you don't want to be my trainee, you should've not tried to become a national athlete!

Come to your senses. Am I a joke to you?

How many times do I have to tell you?

Do you feel bad?

If you feel bad, go home.

Get up you wretched girl.

Hey, you!

That bastard.

The doctor was correct.

If I had the heart to do it I can run and sprint.

I can do it all.

2nd Competition for Short track National Athlete Team

I could even doing a flying kick.

♫ I won't stop ♫

My safety pin got pulled out.

♫ I won't lose you ♫

♫ at this very minute ♫

Mental Coach Jegal

♫ ♫

Timing and Subtitles by 🥋The Mind Fighter Team 💪 Team @viki.com

Thanks to Kim Chan Hwi, Ahn Sang Mi, and Jeong Yong Gum for making the special appearance.

You all know what Cha Ga Eul's specialty is, right?

She spurts out to the front by taking the outer lane and flips the game at the end.

You are someone who can keep at something and still not get there.

If you can't do it even if you keep at it...

Are you saying I should give up the game?

Why didn't you tell me that you got beaten while training?

What are you to me, Ahjusshi?

Even if I am allowed everything, you know I can't tolerate teaching the children through beating.

Why did Jo Ji Yeong write a waiver to give up the competition?

- On her own accord— - I didn't do it on my own accord.

I can race still. You need to show them that to have your contract renewed.

I can't race anymore.

My leg hurts so much.