The happiest athlete on the field is the South Korean athlete because he was supposed to enlist in the military in August. By earning a bronze medal he was granted an exemption from mandatory military service and so he organized the selfie in celebration. The joke is if he had placed any lower he would be sent to military camp as soon as he returns home.
The bronze medal match was called, "Saving Private Lim" 😆
shuttle_bus on July 31st, 2024 at 05:39 UTC »
South Korea's Lim Jonghoon takes a selfie with his teammate Shin Yubin and Chinese and North Korean mixed table tennis team medallists at Paris 2024
China took gold, North Korea Silver, and South Korea Bronze
Edit: Ironic as well given that the selfie was apparently taken on Samsungs folding phone which is a south korean company.
Edit edit: I don't know the meaning of irony apparently.
lkodl on July 31st, 2024 at 06:41 UTC »
all of these Olympic athletes look like kids. wait, does this mean that i am getting old?
FrancisHC on July 31st, 2024 at 07:46 UTC »
Backstory I heard on social media:
The happiest athlete on the field is the South Korean athlete because he was supposed to enlist in the military in August. By earning a bronze medal he was granted an exemption from mandatory military service and so he organized the selfie in celebration. The joke is if he had placed any lower he would be sent to military camp as soon as he returns home.
The bronze medal match was called, "Saving Private Lim" 😆