Gaming superstar 'Faker' is one of a large number of male South Korean athletes at the Hangzhou Asian Games who, if they win gold, will enjoy the added bonus of being able to skip what is normally mandatory military service.
for mandatory military service last month, making him the third BTS member to go off to perform the military duty.
Fans and athletes alike noted that the leave-pass policy, though sometimes controversial in Korea, can provide extra motivation. "If I’m always focused on the process and get good times and standings when it’s time to compete, the military exemption will follow from that so I just focused on the race without thinking much about it,” Kim said.
"We have players who have been exempt from military service by winning gold medals in past editions of the games, but... we also several players who have not yet avoided military service.
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