Lee Bong-ju, a disease of incurable disease that twists his neck… Cheonan mayor and sports venue encouragement

Chungnam Cheonan Mayor Park Sang-don and Hannam Bridge Cheonan City Sports Center visited the hometown of Lee Bong-ju, who is struggling with an incurable disease, and encouraged them.

According to the city of Cheonan on the 23rd, Mayor Park and others visited Souri, Seonggeo-eup, where Lee Bong-ju and mother Gong Ok-hee (86) live, and delivered a message of support from Cheonan citizens.

Mayor Park said on his Facebook page,’I’ve been receiving more strength from his bright appearance than this player was worried about. “Our heroes,” Lee Bong-ju and “Bong-dari, Lee Bong-ju,” said that the filial piety toward their mother and the depth of the human being are different.” We ask for the warm interest and encouragement of not only citizens but also Koreans,” he sent a message of support.

Hannamgyo City Sports Hall also said on Facebook, “I hope that this athlete will be able to stand tall again with a healthy appearance, as if he achieved the feat of a marathon with his indomitable determination and determination.” The Cheonan Sports Association sponsored account (Nonghyup Bank 301-0288-7158-41) was also posted.

Cheonan City Sports Association started a fundraising campaign to help Lee Bong-ju. I also decided to hold the Lee Bong-ju marathon.

Born in Seonggeo-eup, Cheonan-si, Lee Bong-ju won the 1991 National Sports Marathon. In 1993, in the National Sports Festival, he achieved a new sports record with 2 hours, 10 minutes and 27 seconds. He won the awards of international competitions, including a silver medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic marathon, a gold medal at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, and the 105th Boston Marathon in 2001. Since then, Lee Bong-ju’s ordination has been called’National Marathoner’. He retired at the age of 39 after winning the Daejeon National Sports Marathon in 2009.

Lee Bong-ju is reportedly suffering from muscular dystonia since a year ago through various media and social network services (SNS). Muscular dystonia is a disease caused by abnormalities of the cranial nervous system and is classified as an incurable disease.

Symptoms usually appear in the neck. Symptoms of muscle abnormalities accompanied by pain such as sudden twisting of the neck and turning or tilting, and the jaw turning differently from prosthesis appear. Lee Bong-ju is said to have an excessively bent neck and waist, making it difficult to live a normal life. He said in broadcasts that he was “going to several hospitals and undergoing rehabilitation treatment.”

Cheonan = Reporter Kim Bang-hyun [email protected]