My Little World

and i was expecting some coverage on what the story is behind this guy’s helmet but nbc said he was just a fan *boooring* so i did some research on my own, and honestly the story went above and beyond what i was expecting.

“2014년 윤성빈선수가 어깨 부상으로 인해 서울에 있을때 이야기입니다.

마블덕후인 윤성빈선수는 그때 당시에는 아이언맨이 아닌 캡틴아메리카 헬멧을 쓰고 경기에 임했다고 합니다.

에이지 오브 울트론 촬영으로 어벤져스 팀이 서울에 촬영을 왔을때 크리스 에반스（캡틴 아메리카）와 만나고 싶어서 지인의 도움으로 촬영장에 방문하게 됐는데 촬영을 마치고 크리스 에반스에게 인사하러 갔지만 컨디션의 문제로 만남을 거부했다고 합니다.

그때 마침 로버트 다우 주니어（아이언맨）가 그 광경을 보고 윤성빈 선수에게 먼저 다가가서 팔의 깁스에 대해서 물어봤고 윤성빈 선수는 스켈레톤 선수이고 어깨부상때문에 깁스를 하고있다고 설명해줬습니다. 그러고 나서 윤성빈선수가 로버트 다우 주니어에게 싸인을 요청했는데 로버트 다우주니어는 잠시만 기다려 보라고 한다음에 펜을 들고오더니 윤성빈선수 팔에 싸인을 해주겠다고 했답니다. 

윤성빈선수가 허락하자 펜으로 깁스에 무언갈 그리더니 깁스를 아이언맨의 팔처럼 꾸며주었다고 합니다. 그러면서 팔 빨리 나아서 스켈레톤 경기에서 아이언맨 처럼 멋지게 질주해달라고 응원했다고 합니다.

그에 감동받은 윤성빈 선수는 로버트 다우 주니어의 팬이 됐고 그때부터 캡틴아메리카 헬멧대신 아이언맨 헬멧을 쓰기 시작했다고 합니다.“

and heeeere’s my translation (since google translate messes everything up):

This story occured in 2014 when athlete Yun Sung-Bin was in Seoul because of his shoulder injury.

Marvel fan Yun Sung-Bin, at the time, did not have an Iron Man helmet, but instead, competed in his Captain America helmet.

When Yun heard that the cast of Avengers were in Seoul to shoot for Avengers: Age of Ultron, he wanted to meet Chris Evans (Captain America). With the help of a friend, he got the opportunity to visit the filming location and went to say hello to Chris but unfortunately, Chris refused to meet him because he wasn’t feeling well.

Robert Downey Jr. saw this and approached Yun, asking him about the cast on his arm, and Yun explained that he was a skeleton racer and had hurt his shoulder. He then proceeded to ask Rob for an autograph. Rob told him to wait, and returned with a pen and offered to sign his arm (cast).

When Yun agreed, Rob began to draw something on his cast, and when he was finished, he had turned the cast into an Iron Man arm. He then told Yun he wishes for him to heal quickly and compete in his skeleton race as fast as Iron Man.

From that point on, Yun Sung-Bin became a Robert Downey Jr. fan and from then on, began to wear an Iron Man helmet instead of Captain America’s.