Kim Ga-young said, "My strength is sincerity, if I can do this for 20-30 years..." [PBA Golden Q on-site interview]

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Although he has outstanding talent and amazing concentration than anyone else, the biggest weapon of "Queen" Kim Ga-young (43, Hana Card) is sincerity. His terrible amount of training and consistency to the point where he went to the practice field the next day even after winning the championship was the driving force that made him "G.O.A.T." on the 3rd cushion stage following the pocket ball.

Kim Ga-young won the LPBA Grand Prize at the 'Hana Card PBA Golden Q Awards 2026' held at Grand Hilton Seoul Vista Hall in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul on the 17th.

The grand prize goes to the first place in the point ranking in a season, and Kim Ga-young, who achieved four wins, including the World Championship, won 122,900 points, ranked first in the prize money ranking of Jevisco with 229.5 million won in the season prize money, and won the Best Abidge Award (1.139), the Bank Shot Award (total of 200 successes), the Team League Grand Prize once again following last season, and the Best Doubles Award (34-14, 73% winning rate) with Ayako Sakai, achieving a great feat of winning six gold medals.

He continued his winning record since last season to eight tournaments and, although he had some ups and downs, he won three consecutive World Championship championships, firmly maintaining his position as the best player without disagreement. Starting with the first award ceremony for the 2022-2023 season, he was honored with the grand prize for the third consecutive time.

At the press conference for the grand prize, Kim Ga-young said, "I will live hard. "I'm happy to receive so many awards," he said. "I thought it would be the best at that time because I won so many awards last season, but it's a great honor to receive it with the team league grand prize. I'm satisfied and happy that I've done a proud job," he said.

He even won the Yoongok Sports Awards, which goes to female sportsmen who have exerted the best influence over the past year. Kim Ga-young said, "As a result, I think it was a year when mourning erupted because I won the grand prize and won the Yoongok Sports Awards. As a player, I can't help but self-evaluate my performance, but I wanted to raise my average more, but I was less than last year and I was greedy because I won so many times last season, but I looked back on my shortcomings because I was less than that in terms of the number of wins," he said. "I'm satisfied because I always prepared and tried with the same mind every year to do my best in the preparation process for the game and the attitude during the competition. I've been doing it steadily, so I'm looking forward to next year more," he said.

Kim Ga-young, who always values the process and its contents more than the results, said, "So far, I think we needed time to accept the diversity of three cushions with our bodies.. "I have practiced many attempts technically so that using the ball will not be too monotonous," he said, expressing his intention to return to his initial intention, saying, "In the offseason this year, I will focus on the accuracy that is faithful to the basics, the basic balls, and how to position by hitting the probability of the ball that is not difficult."

There are many fast-growing female players. Kim Ga-young also said, "Compared to two or three seasons ago, overall, the average has increased a lot and the content has improved a lot. There are many players with good basic skills, and the number of balls has improved, he said. "There are many players who started early education with school sports because female athletes are relatively young." I think players with strong basic skills will continue to be advantageous in the future. Han Ji-eun, Park Jung-hyun, and Jung Soo-bin, who finished with me the day before yesterday, have all sides. He is young, star-studded, and sincere. I'm looking forward to the growth of these players," he said.

However, it is true that it is still difficult to find a competitor to threaten Kim Ga-young. Kim Ga-young said, "I've talked about it many times, but my big strength was consistency and sincerity. That's what I'm saying, but it wasn't easy for me to do this with the same mind for 20 or 30 years without a break, and I still do," he said. "However, if you do that, you will have an opportunity." Even if it's hard, I think the opportunity to stand here is open to all players if they believe in their possibilities and continue to do their work," he stressed.

Based on these efforts, it paved the way for billiards to be recognized as a sport. Kim Ga-young, who grabbed the microphone after winning the grand prize at the ceremony, said, "I've been a player for just 30 years this year, and I think I'm able to stand here today because I've been running hard with the hope that billiards will be recognized as a sport." I want to say thank you so much for trying to make billiards recognized as a sport. I will continue to be a player who strives not only for my own glory but also for the development of billiards in Korea," he said.

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