A look that cannot be hidden… ‘Captain Minky’s’ first expedition to Suwon, a twist of fate that led to him shaking hands with his ‘best friend’ Go Ye-rim [유진형의 현장 1mm]

Hwang Min-kyung was embarrassed after shaking hands with her best friend Go Ye-rim across the court.

[마이데일리 = 수원 유진형 기자]On the 16th, a match was held in the Suwon Gymnasium in Gyeonggi-do in the ‘Dodram 2023-2024 V League’ women’s division, between Hyundai Engineering & Construction and IBK Industrial Bank of Korea.

This was the first game for Hwang Min-kyung, who played at Hyundai Engineering & Construction for six years until last season, on his first trip to Suwon after transferring to IBK Industrial Bank. Before the game started, she took her seat on Court B and thought for a moment while watching the introduction video of the Hyundai Engineering & Construction players. Last season, she led her team as Hyundai Engineering & Construction captain, so it was awkward for her to meet her old teammates on the away court.

It wasn’t like this when I entered the court an hour before the game started. Wearing the IBK Industrial Bank uniform, Min-kyung Hwang appeared on the court smiling brightly with her colleagues and focused on training as usual. However, as the player introduction continued, she started to get nervous and could not take her eyes off the Hyundai E&C player introduction video. It still seemed awkward to meet her old colleague like this.

After the player introductions were over, players from both teams shook hands and greeted each other across the court. They lined up in a row and greeted each other in turn, and it turned out that the player who shook Hwang Min-kyung’s hand was Go Ye-rim. Hwang Min-kyung and Go Ye-rim laughed awkwardly, unable to hide their embarrassed expressions.

Yes. Hwang Min-kyung and Go Ye-rim are famous close friends in the volleyball world.

Although the two players are seniors and juniors of four years, they have been close friends since their days at the Korea Expressway Corporation. Hwang Min-kyung and her junior, Go Ye-rim, showed off their special friendship by showing great chemistry. Meanwhile, Hwang Min-kyung transferred to GS Caltex in 2016, and Go Ye-rim transferred to IBK Industrial Bank of Korea in 2017, leading to a separation between the two players. And three years later, we met again at Hyundai Engineering & Construction. In 2017, Hwang Min-kyung transferred to Hyundai Engineering & Construction as a free agent, and in 2019, Go Ye-rim wore the Hyundai Engineering & Construction uniform as a free agent, and the two players reunited. It is already a well-known fact that when Go Ye-rim was recruited, Hwang Min-kyung went to Go Ye-rim’s house and persuaded him to join by buying him pasta.

That’s how special the two players are. But now, they met wearing different uniforms and even shook each other’s hands during their first meeting, creating a strange atmosphere.

But the awkwardness lasted until the game started. When the game started, Hwang Min-kyung worked as a housekeeper for IBK Industrial Bank and struggled in offense and defense, but Hyundai Engineering & Construction was strong. Hyundai Engineering & Construction MoMA led the attack with 21 points (45.5% attack success rate), the most of both teams, and Yang Hyo-jin supported the team with 13 points, including 2 blocks, making the set score 3-0 (25-19 25-13 25-22). achieved a complete victory.

[IBK기업은행 이적 후 첫 수원 원정길에 오른 IBK기업은행 황민경 / KOVO(한국배구연맹)]

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