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Coaches Kim Taek-soo and Hyun Jeong-hwa are shaking hands before the event match at the ‘2008 Charity Table Tennis Festival to Help the Neighbors in Need’ held at Hogye Gymnasium in Anyang, Gyeonggi-do in 2008. Yonhap News |
A large number of Korean sports stars attended the announcement of Yoo Seung-min’s (42), former chairman of the Korea Table Tennis Association, candidacy for the presidency of the Korea Sports Council. Among them, table tennis legends drew attention by most actively declaring their support for former Chairman Yoo.
On the 3rd, a press conference was held at the Plaza Hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul to announce former Chairman Yoo’s candidacy for president of the Korea Sports Council. Kang Moon-soo, former national table tennis team coach, Kim Taek-soo, Mirae Asset table tennis team general manager, Hyun Jeong-hwa, Korea Racing Authority table tennis team general manager, Yoo Nam-gyu, Korea Exchange men’s table tennis team coach, and Oh Sang-eun of Mirae Asset table tennis team. Table tennis legends, including coach Joo Se-hyuk, coach of the Korean Air table tennis team, gathered together to give strength to former Chairman Yoo.
In addition to table tennis, Shin Moon-seon, a visiting professor at Myongji University, Yoo Myung-woo, a former professional boxing world champion, Kim Young-ho (fencing), Ji-hyeon Jeong (wrestling), Bae-young Lee (weightlifting), Jae-eun Jeong (taekwondo), Yeon Yeon (badminton), Gyu-cheol Han (swimming), and Yun-ji Ryu (swimming). ), Hyeong-cheol Lee (boxing), Seok-hwan Cho (boxing), and other Olympic medalists and coaches attended and cheered.
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Hyun Jeong-hwa (55), general manager of the Korea Racing Association’s table tennis team, is chatting with an acquaintance while attending a press conference for former Korea Table Tennis Association president Yoo Seung-min to run for president of the Korea Sports Council. Reporter Dong-gyu |
Coach Hyun Jeong-hwa (55), former Chairman Yoo’s table tennis teacher and senior, expressed his full support for former Chairman Yoo in an individual interview with CBS Nocut News on this day. Coach Hyun said, “(Former Chairman Yoo) is young. Being young is his biggest advantage. I’ve never seen someone so sincere about sports.”
At the same time, he gave the reason for his support, saying, “When I met him when he was president of the Table Tennis Association, he worked hard with the intention of doing better than us (members of the association). How can we not declare support when he has such abilities?”
Coach Hyun also expressed expectations for changes in the sports world through former Chairman Yoo. He said, “The world is developing and changing so quickly. Korean sports and K-sports need to grow in line with this, but the current sports world is too old,” and “Yoo Seung-min is the only candidate who can keep up with the trend of the world.” “I think that there will be a big change in the sports world if (former Chairman Yoo) is elected as the president of the Sports Council,” he said.
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Mirae Asset table tennis team general manager Kim Taek-soo expressed his support for former Korea Table Tennis Association president Yoo Seung-min. Director Kim Taek-soo’s SNS capture |
Coach Kim Taek-soo (Senior Vice President of the Asian Table Tennis Federation), who was a gold medalist at the 1998 Bangkok Asian Games and coached former Chairman Yoo at the 2004 Athens Olympics, also said, “Former Chairman Yoo is the only candidate who can solve all the pending issues in the sports world.” expressed support.
Coach Kim said, “Former Chairman Yoo is a candidate for an athlete. He is my student and junior, and I worked under him as the Chairman of the Table Tennis Association. I also watched former Chairman Yoo work on the IOC subcommittee.”
He continued, “At the time, there was a lot of concern that former Chairman Yoo was young, but I have never seen anyone among athletes who cares for and devotes himself so passionately to administration. He is truly a master of administration.” He added, “Even during the Table Tennis Association, he presented 5 to 6 pledges, but later “He put 7 to 8 things into practice,” he said, praising former Chairman Yoo.
The 42nd Korean Sports Council President election will be held on January 14th next year. As of the 4th, a total of eight people, including former Chairman Yoo, current Korean Sports Council President Lee Ki-heung, Seoul Metropolitan Sports Council President Kang Tae-sun, Dankook University Professor Emeritus Kang Shin-wook, former Korean Wushu Association President Park Chang-beom, former Gangwon Province Sports Council Secretary General Kim Yong-joo, former Incheon Mayor Ahn Sang-soo, and Korean Sepak Takraw Association President Oh Joo-young. This is a situation that poses a challenge.
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