Heungkuk Life’s ‘Volleyball Empress’ Kim Yeon-kyung (35) expressed her regret for the situation in Turkey, which is suffering from the earthquake.
Heungkuk Life Insurance won a shutout victory with a set score of 3-0 (25-21, 27-25, 25-15) in the 5th round of the Dodram Professional Volleyball 2022-2023 V-League Women’s Division Hyundai Engineering & Construction held at the Suwon Indoor Gymnasium on the 7th.
After the game, Kim Yeon-kyung said, “I was determined that winning the regular league would not be easy if we lost the game today. The score was tied. likely to be important in the future. It feels good to win,” she said.
However, the atmosphere in the interview room was not good throughout. His team, Heungkuk Life Insurance, which finished in 6th place last season, showed an upward trend this season and almost caught up with Hyundai E&C, which ranked first, but my heart is heavy with the news of the recent earthquake in Turkey.
Turquiye is where Kim Yeon-kyung spent her long career as a player. Kim Yeon-kyung played for Fenerbahce in the Turkiye League from 2011 to 2017 after going through JT Marvelous in Japan.
Afterwards, she played the 2017-18 season in Shanghai and then played two seasons again in 2018 with Exzashi Bridge. During the 8 seasons she played in the Turkish league, she experienced 2 league championships and 3 league runners-up. In a way, to Kim Yeon-kyung, Turkey is like a ‘second home’. She has many friends too.
After Heungkuk Life Insurance beat Hyundai E&C with 20 wins, 6 losses, and 60 points, closely chasing Hyundai E&C for first place. I also played in the Turgiye League, so I have a lot of friends. I hope you recover quickly,” he said. 안전놀이터
Yelena went through Serbia and built up his professional experience in Russia and Turkey. The expression of Kim Yeon-kyung, who was next to him, was also not bright. Kim Yeon-kyung said, “I also run for a long time, so I have a lot of friends. It’s a pity,” he added with a sad heart.
On the morning of the 6th local time, an unprecedented strong earthquake of magnitude 7.8 occurred in the border area between southern Turkey and northern Syria. Up to 23 million people are estimated to have been affected. As of the 8th, Korean time, it is known that a total of more than 5,000 people died.
Countries around the world, including the United States and the European Union (EU), as well as Ukraine and Russia, which were on the verge of war, are trying to send search and rescue teams and deliver relief goods to Turkey. South Korea is also planning to dispatch an emergency relief team and deliver emergency relief items such as medicines by military transport.
The state is stepping up, but Kim Yeon-kyung is also adding strength by saying, “Please help” through social media to support places where “friends” are. He also introduced how to apply with the words “Help Türkiye” through his personal SNS story.