Lifting King Kong

Native name: 킹콩을 들다

Other Name: Lifting Kingkong, Bronze Medalist, King Kongeul Deulda

Description:

Lee Ji Bong is a 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics bronze medalist for weight-lifting, but a career-ending injury from the games forces him into early retirement. Unable to find another vocation because of the lack of support from the Korean Olympic Committee, he becomes destitute. Down and out, he ends up working at a shady nightclub passing out flyers that advertise its hostesses to passersby until he is visited by his former coach who insists he begins a career as a coach at a high school in Boseong - a rural region at the southwest tip of the Korean peninsula. There, he forms a weight-lifting team comprised of a rag-tag group of outcasts. (Source: AsianWiki) ~~ Based on the true story of the teacher Jung In Young (정인영), who discovered Olympic weightlifter Jeon Byung Gwan (전병관).Watch drama online for free.

Date aired: Jul 1, 2009

Duration: 120 min.

Author(s): Park Geon Yong

Networks: Unknown

Genres: drama, Youth, Sports

Date aired: Jul 1, 2009

Status: Completed

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