President Lee sends congratulatory message to speed skating gold medalist

SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak sent a congratulatory message
Tuesday to Mo Tae-bum, who won the first Olympic gold medal in South Korea's
speed skating history, calling him a "proud treasure" of the country, Lee's
office said.

Mo won a surprise victory in the men's 500 meter speed skating in the Winter
Olympic in Vancouver earlier in the day.
The president said that Mo is a "proud treasure who rewrote South Korea's speed
skating history," and that he made a big impression and brought jubilation to
South Korean people with his strong spirit and excellent skills, the presidential
office Cheong Wa Dae said in a press release.
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