Once again in a year, attention is drawn to Kim Yeon-kyung (36, Heungkuk Life Insurance).
The 2023-2024 season of the V League has come to an end. The regular league award ceremony will be held at The K Hotel Seoul at 4 p.m. on the 8th.
Kim Yeon-koung will also attend the ceremony. Kim Yeon-koung is considered a strong candidate for MVP in the regular league.
She already has the record of winning the most awards in the regular league MVP award. She was named the regular league MVP for the third consecutive year in 2005-2006, 2006-2007 and 2007-2008, and also won the regular league MVP trophy in the 2020-2021 season when she returned to the V-League. She also won the MVP award last season, becoming the fifth MVP of her career.
In this season, she was named MVP in the second and fifth rounds, and became the most winner of the women's division in this category for eight times. She played in all 36 regular league games played by Heungkuk Life Insurance this season. Even if she wanted to give her a break, she couldn't take it out. Without her, the game would not be easy. As such, she almost led her team to performance alone. She also stood out in record-breaking areas, including second place overall in offense. Such performances are well deserved MVP.
Whether or not Kim Yeon-koung will write the record for the most awards once again, it is because of his future.
Kim Yeon-koung, who announced her retirement plan in February 2023, led Heungkuk Life Insurance to No. 1 in the regular league. Unfortunately, however, she was the runner-up at the championship match due to being blocked by Korea Expressway Corporation.
Kim Yeon-koung, who became a free agent after finishing the 2022-2023 season, revealed her future after winning the MVP award at the regular league award ceremony. When expressing her intention to extend her active career, she explained, "As I missed the integrated championship, I had a bigger desire to win." She stayed with Heungkuk Life Insurance on a one-year contract with a total remuneration of 775 million won, effectively delaying her retirement by a year.
Despite this, Kim still could not overcome her challenge of winning the title again. She fought with Hyundai Engineering & Construction until the last minute of the regular season, but ended up losing the title, and had to turn around after not winning a single match in three consecutive full-set matches in the championship game. Kim looked quite stiff as she was taking a photo with the runner-up trophy.
Kim Yeon-koung is reportedly planning to decide her future while taking a break.
In fact, this season is more meaningful because it was Kim Yeon-koung's last season, but there is a high possibility that Kim Yeon-koung will continue her career.
Compared to the latter half of the 2022-2023 season, when he clearly expressed his intention to retire, there was little mention of "retirement" this season. Most of the days when Heungkuk Life won this season, Kim Yeon-koung was selected as an interview with Soo-hoon. Even Kim Yeon-koung expressed her intention to "do something else." She often expressed her desire for victory, but she did not nail down her future course of action.
In addition, since Kim Yeon-kyung still has the ability to play more, the possibility of an active extension is carefully predicted.
One of the factors that kept Kim from leaving the court was her desire to win the title. Those who are well aware of Kim's competitive spirit say, "I may retire after achieving my goal of winning the title."
The women's championship match for professional volleyball ended on the 1st. On the 2nd, Kim Yeon-koung left a message for her fans on her SNS, saying, "It's not the result we wanted, but I'm very upset and sorry. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for always being with us this season." Fans still want her to play on the court. And she was given about six days to think. The volleyball community is paying attention to what Kim Yeon-koung will say on the day of the award ceremony.
BY: 토토사이트