Choi Seung-tak, former president of the Daegu Association, declared his candidacy for the 32nd Korean Badminton Association president election. Daegu Association
The election of the 32nd President of the Korea Badminton Association is drawing extraordinary attention amid the determined remarks of ‘Badminton Queen’ Ahn Se-young (Samsung Life Insurance). Some are predicting a three-way battle between the 31st Chairman Taek-gyu Kim, Professor Dong-moon Kim of Wonkwang University, and former Chairman Kyung-hoon Jeon of the Korea Federation of Industries.
There are people who oppose this. This is Choi Seung-tak (59), former president of the Daegu Badminton Association. Former Chairman Choi already held a press conference on the 19th of last month and officially declared his candidacy. Nevertheless, the presidential election is known to be a three-way battle.
Former Chairman Choi confessed his suffering to CBS Nocut News on the 12th, saying, “I even held a candidacy conference last month, and I was shocked when the media reported that the badminton presidential election was a three-way race.” He continued, “As the press conference was held in Daegu, most of the reporters were from local media. Since the data was not delivered to the central media, we hastily inquired and sent the press conference and photos.”
Korean badminton suffered the shock of no medals for the first time in 40 years due to unreasonable generational changes at the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games. In November 2022, the national team was reorganized under coach Kim Hak-kyun, and it showed signs of revival, including three gold medals at the World Championships and two gold medals at the Hangzhou Asian Games last year.
However, Ahn Se-young, who won the women’s singles gold medal at the Paris Olympics, caused a big stir when she criticized the management of the national team right after. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism inspected the association and pointed out the irregularities of the national team. The association violated the subsidy law and requested a police investigation into former president Kim Taek-gyu on charges of corruption and embezzlement.
The association has filed an objection against the final announcement of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. The opinion is that it is absurd to say that the promotion system league, which was pointed out as a violation of the subsidy law, has become a problem now, as it was approved by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for the previous two years. In addition, they countered that they received additional supplies from official sponsors for the development of the sport and used them for the competition, but this was not a case of corruption.
Kim Taek-gyu, former president of the Korea Badminton Association, attends an inquiry on pending issues at the National Assembly Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee. Reporter Changwon Yoon
Therefore, there is great interest in the election of the next president of the association. First, Professor Kim Dong-moon, a former Olympic gold medalist, and former Chairman Jeon Kyung-hoon, a pharmacist-turned-entrepreneur and club fan, declared their candidacy. Former Chairman Kim is also carefully considering whether to run after applying for suspension from his duties on the 11th, and the presidents of city and provincial associations are running for re-election. are cheering for.
Meanwhile, former Chairman Choi is also actively expressing his presence in the media. Former Chairman Choi said, “I feel great disappointment and responsibility for the seriousness of the controversy surrounding the association’s overall operation through recent media reports.” He added, “The association must operate fairly and transparently, guarantee players’ autonomy, and establish a systematic player development system.” He declared his candidacy by saying, “I will achieve fundamental reform.”
Former club president Choi served as vice president of the Daegu Dalseong-gun Sports Association and was elected president of the Daegu Badminton Association in 2021. Former Chairman Choi introduced, “I received the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Award for my contribution to supporting the development of elite athletes and expanding the base of daily sports through transparent operation of the association, establishment of university teams, and hosting of various competitions.”
Former Chairman Choi ▲stabilized the association’s finances ▲revised various regulations and internal regulations ▲established a badminton communication department and international competition professional support team ▲operated semi-professional league competitions ▲protected human rights and interests of players ▲established a virtuous cycle system for daily sports ▲systematic player management and Development, etc. were presented as a vision. Former Chairman Choi said, “I have always built a good network of badminton people through trust and faith,” and added, “For the future, old ways and bad habits must be eliminated, and I will do my best to create a fair and equal association, not an individual.” “He emphasized.
The election for the next president of the association will be held on January 16th next year. Candidate registration will be held on January 7th and 8th next year.
