Olympic gold medal winner Inbee Park received what the Korean Times called a “hero’s welcome” at Incheon International Airport Tuesday, even though she arrived at 4 a.m.
The delegation greeting Park included her grandfather, who handed Park a bouquet of flowers.
“You have become the daughter of the Korean people,” he told Inbee, according to JTBC Golf.
Korean media took photographs of Park draping her gold medal around her grandfather’s neck. When Park was presented the gold medal after her five-shot triumph at the Olympic Golf Course in Rio de Janeiro, it was 2:08 a.m. Sunday in South Korea.