"Chairman, I opened my wallet coolly."' Choi Ga-on, Shin Dong-bin Add 'Surprise 100 Million Bonus' to Total 400 Million Rewards "We Will Go Further With More Humility"

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Choi Ga-on (Sehwa Girls' High School), who won the gold medal for the first time in the history of Korean snow sports at the 2026 Milan-Cortina D'Ampezzo Winter Olympics, received a total of 400 million won in rewards. This is the result of adding a special incentive from Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin to the official reward of the Korea Ski and Snowboard Association.

Lotte Group, which serves as the chairman of the Korea Ski and Snowboard Association, held an "encouragement event for the national ski and snowboard team" in Signiel Seoul, Songpa-gu, Seoul on the 19th and praised the national team's hard work in the Olympics with the highest record (gold 1, silver 1, bronze 1).

On this day, the association paid a total of 860 million won in rewards to Olympic medalists and leaders. According to the association's regulations, 300 million won was given to snowboard women's halfpipe gold medalist Choi Ga-on, 200 million won to men's parallel competition silver medalist Kim Sang-gyeom (High1), and 100 million won to women's big air bronze medalist Yoo Seung-eun (Sungbok High School). The three medalists were also given a medal case specially made with two pure gold.

Lee Chae-woon (Kyunghee University), who ranked 6th with his high-level skills in the men's halfpipe, also received 10 million won, and a total of 250 million won was also given to dedicated leaders.

In particular, Chairman Shin Dong-bin's "surprise bonus" drew attention. Chairman Shin prepared a special reward with his own money to encourage the players to achieve their achievements. As a result, Choi Ga-on received an additional 100 million won, receiving a total of 400 million won in rewards. Additional special incentives of 70 million won and 35 million won were also delivered to Kim Sang-gyeom and Yoo Seung-eun, respectively.

According to News 1, Choi Ga-on said, "I was able to come to my current place because of Lotte's support from my childhood," adding, "I thank Chairman Shin Dong-bin for his generous support even in difficult times, and I will work more humbly on training in the future."

Meanwhile, Lotte Group has been making full investments for the development of Korean snow sports since taking office as the chairman of the Korea Ski and Snowboard Association in 2014. More than 30 billion won has been invested only in fostering ski and snowboarding sports, and the cumulative investment amounts to about 80 billion won when all subsidies for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics are included.

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