Yeouido Hangang Park

This guide to Yeouido Hangang Park in Seoul centers on Sohn Kee-chung, the Korean runner who won the 1936 Olympic marathon while forced to compete under a Japanese name and flag. It traces the airstrip that once covered this island, where his plane touched down after Berlin, and a newspaper's decision to erase that flag from his victory photo. Picture the runway that once stretched beneath this grass as you walk the riverside path today.