Go Woo-seok (LG Twins), who has shed countless tears due to bad luck in international competitions, shed tears at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games .However, if his tears before were tears of regret, his tears in Hangzhou were tears of elation, joy, and gratitude .Ko Woo-seok pitched a scoreless ninth inning with a 2-0 lead in the final against Chinese Taipei at the Hangzhou Asian Games on Sunday at the Baseball and Softball Sports Center 1 in Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province, China, to secure the win for South Korea. It wasn’t an easy game. In the bottom of the first inning, he got Yang Tianyu to fly out to center field, but gave up a single to Lin Li to put runners on first and second with one out .Gou threw Lin a series of low, hard pitches that were just outside the strike zone, and the umpire ruled them balls .But Gou celebrated by inducing Wu Nying to ground into a double play .He hugged his teammates to express his joy, and burst into tears after receiving the gold medal. “I was in tears because I had a lot of complicated thoughts,” he said after the game, adding, “It must have been a difficult decision for national team coach Liu Zhong-il, but I’m grateful that he trusted me and gave me a chance.” “I felt sorry for my former national team coaches, Kim Kyung-moon and Lee Kang-cheol,” he said. In fact, Go Woo-seok has been plagued by bad luck at every international tournament. In the eighth inning of a 2-2 tie against Japan at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in 2021, he made a base-covering error that could have ended the inning. A shaky Go gave up a single and a walk to load the bases before collapsing. At the 2023 World Baseball Classic (WBC) earlier this year, Go injured his right shoulder in a practice game and did not play a single game .The jinx seemed to continue in this tournament .He entered the game in the bottom of the eighth inning of an 0-2 group stage loss to Chinese Taipei on Aug. 2 and gave up a double and a ball hit to his body before giving up a two-run double to Lin Tzu-hao with runners on second and third in an 0-4 loss .However, Liu Zhong-il showed his unwavering faith in Gou by sending him out again in the final inning of the final game. The situation and memories of the past brought tears to his eyes. “I remember the efforts of my seniors (at the Tokyo Olympics and WBC),” he said, “I know today’s game won’t repay them, but I tried to do better. “I don’t think I’ll be able to repay them today, but I’ve been trying to do a better job. “When asked about the situation where the ball he threw against Lin Angguo was ruled a foul ball, he said, “I was very disappointed because (catcher Kim) Hyung-joon (NC Dinos) was very disappointed, so I was also disappointed.” “In hindsight, that call made a difference,” he laughed. “There was a similar situation in the past (2008 Beijing Olympics final),” he said, “and the coach who threw the ball then, Jeong Dae-hyun, 안전놀이터 is the coach of the national team this time.