Osan G-Sports Club takes the lead in fostering elite athletes
[아시아타임즈=강성규 기자] 10 student athletes from Osan G-Sports Club participated in the ’51st National Youth Athletic Competition’ held in Gyeongsangbuk-do from the 26th to the 31st of last month, for a total of 5 gold medals, 1 silver medal, and 2 bronze medals. It was announced on the 3rd that it achieved the feat of winning a medal for dogs.
Every year, the city of Osan provides 200 million won to 90 athletes in 5 sports through the Osan G-Sports Club. Supported.
Among the players participating in this event, △ Badminton Lee Chang-hak won the gold medal in this competition following the 48th National Youth Sports Festival △ Swimmer Lim Jae-yul placed 2nd in the 400m relay and 3rd place in the 200m freestyle △ Tennis player Jonah-hyung took the gold medal, and Yang Seo-jeong took the gold medal. He won 5 medals in 4 events, including a bronze medal.
Osan City Sports Association Chairman Lee Jang-soo said, “I hope that the players will show off their hard-trained skills in this national youth athletics competition, and that it will be an opportunity for our players to further develop through good-natured competition.” The Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education and the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education will cooperate with each other to nurture advanced elite sports teams such as the Osan G-Sports Club, and we will spare no effort to provide support so that those who dream of sports can develop their better skills.”
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Osan City Public Health Center held ‘Plogging Challenge’ to commemorate Environment Day
Osan City Public Health Center is conducting a ‘Plogging Challenge’ to protect the environment and promote health in commemoration of Environment Day on the 5th.
Plogging refers to the act of picking up trash while walking to protect health and the environment, and this event is open to all Osan citizens who have signed up for the ‘Walk On’ app.
To participate, install the mobile application ‘Walk On’ on your mobile phone, sign up for ‘Today’s Walk’ among the ‘Osan City’ community, take a picture of picking up trash while walking, and post it on the community bulletin board.
The blogging event will be held from the 4th to the 6th, and mobile gift certificates will be given to 450 people on a first-come, first-served basis when photos of walking while picking up trash are verified.
Mayor Kwak Sang-wook said, “Environmental protection is very important not only for the coming generations, but also for the present we live in,” he said.
Osan City Hall Children’s Water Playground to open from the 4th
Osan City will open the ‘Osan City Hall Children’s Water Playground’ in earnest on the 4th so that citizens can spend a cool summer as social distancing is lifted.
Osan City Hall Children’s Water Playground, equipped with a cooperative play area, water drop, and water shower, will be operated flexibly until the end of August, and will be operated on weekends in June and July (every Saturday, Sunday, and Memorial Day on June 6). It will be operated every day from the 26th of next month to the end of August, when the vacation starts.
Hours of operation start at 10 am and run until 4:50 pm. In addition, it is not operated on Mondays when water cleaning and facility inspections are performed, in case of rain, or in case of unavoidable circumstances.
We plan to operate it so that citizens can use it without any inconvenience, such as providing shade curtains and temporary changing rooms as convenience facilities, and deploying safety personnel in the water playground. We plan to focus on the health and safety of children, including weekly water quality inspections by specialized institutions.
A city official said, “For the citizens who are exhausted from Corona 19, a children’s water playground will be installed in the city hall plaza to provide a great resting place for residents and children.”
