Minister Yoo In-chon is going to the Paris Paralympic Games and Vice Minister Jang Mi-ran is going to the Olympics

Jul 03, 2024

Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Yoo In-chon, cheering for table tennis intuition at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics. Photo courtesy = Korea Sports Council for the Disabled

Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Yoo In-chon, supporting Boccia for the 2008 Beijing Paralympics. Photo courtesy = Korea Sports Council for the Disabled

Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Yoo In-chon will attend the opening ceremony of the Paris Paralympics, and second vice minister Jang Mi-ran will attend the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. Usually, the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism reversed the stereotype of going to the Olympics and the vice minister going to the Paralympics. Minister Yoo met after a press conference held to support the South Korean team ahead of the Paris Olympics and Paralympics on the 2nd. "This time, I decided to go to the opening ceremony of the Paralympics. Isn't Vice Minister Jang Mi-ran 'Summer Olympics Legend'. I gave up because I thought he would take care of the team more carefully than anyone else," he said with a smile.

Minister Yoo is serious about sports for the disabled. He attended the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games during the Lee Myung Bak government, when he was first appointed as the head of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. He met disabled archers and communicated with them by experiencing wheelchair archery, and he also joined the athletes at the Korea House press conference. At the Beijing site, I shed tears after watching Hong Seok-man's race of 'Wheelchair Athletics Hero'World New Record'.

Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Yoo In-chon, who visited the site of the Beijing Paralympic Games in China, encourages Lee Ji-seok (shooting), Shim Jae-yong (shooting), and Jeong Geum-jong (weightlifting) at the Korea House.Yonhap News

The day wheelchair athletics legend Hong Seok-man won the gold medal in a new world record.Yonhap News

Asked about support measures for the Paris Paralympics at the meeting, Minister Yoo said, `I promise you that I will support you unconditionally.' Since 2009, many policy improvements have been made to revitalize sports for the disabled. It was then that the medalist pension was decided to support the same for disabled and non-disabled national representatives. Since then, I have always been interested in sports for the disabled and policies for the socially disadvantaged." "When I recently went to the Icheon National Paralympic Training Center, I saw that the Paralympic Games were being prepared very well. "We also discussed closely with Chung Jin-wan, president of the Korean Sports Council for the Disabled, regarding support for the Paralympic Games. Of course, there are still points to improve, but we will continue to change them to continue to do better.' Regarding securing broadcast time for the Paris Paralympics "This year, broadcasting companies are said to have difficulty broadcasting both the Paralympics and the Olympics. I heard that you are agonizing over the situation where you have to bear the deficit of production costsAfter presupposing that ", Rep. Kim Ye-ji's office is preparing a bill to include not only the Olympics and Asian Games, but also the Paralympics and the Asian Games for the disabled in the 'Public Interest Event' set forth by the Broadcasting Act (Article 76 (2)). The government will also make efforts."

Provided by Vice Minister Jang Mi-ran who encourages table tennis ace Jang Young-jin at the Hangzhou Asian Games for the Disabled last year.=Korea Sports Council for the Disabled

Vice Minister Jang Mi-ran also expressed affection for the Paralympics. "The joint preparatory team of the Olympic and Paralympic organizations is held regularly to ensure that athletes participating in the Paralympics perform well and do not experience any inconvenience there."I will take good care of the disabled national team until the moment they return home safely before departure, during the game, and after the game." As in the Hangzhou Asian Games for the Disabled, we will support you well so that there is no shortage for the rest of the time."

Chung Jin-wan, chairman of the Korea Sports Council for the Disabled, said "The athletes with disabilities remember Minister Yoo's mind at that time. He came to the opening ceremony of the Beijing Paralympic Games and took care of the disabled students' sports. 'The government should support the right to move for the disabled. The special bus support project for the disabled city and provincial sports association was also launched for the first time under Minister Yoo." "I'm glad to hear that you're encouraging our athletes at the opening ceremony of the Paralympics for the first time in 16 years." "The Paris Paralympics also runs the first pre-training camp to condition the athletes. The government's support is quite large.'

Sports for the disabled ahead of the Paris Paralympics is a scam. Bae Dong-hyun, vice chairman of Changsung Group, who led the success of Pyeongchang 2018, is in charge of the head of the team, and voluntary cash and in-kind donations from sponsors and executives such as Toyota Korea, Lotte Chilsung, and Hana Financial Group are continuing. Park Sang-hun, the head of the Korea Administration, promised to upgrade airline tickets for people with severe disabilities. Korea's representative brands, such as Prospecs and E-Land Spao, provide customized uniforms and training suits for athletes with disabilities.

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