"South Korea's first female challenge to become an IOC member"Golf Empress"Park In-bee will be elected or not → Tonight's results will be announced

Aug 08, 2024

Park In-bee shakes hands with IOC President Bach

(Paris=Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Do-hoon = Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and Park In-bee, who is running for IOC Athletes' Commission, meet and shake hands at the men's fourth round of the 2024 Paris Olympics golf tournament held at Le Golf Nassional in Paris, France on the morning of the 4th (local time). 2024.8.4

Promotional activities for Park In-bee, Ahn Se-young, and Kim Ga-eun who are running for the IOC Athletes Commission

(Paris = Yonhap News) Reporter Choi Song-ah = Park In-bee, who is running for the IOC Athletes Commission, is promoting to Ahn Se-young and Kim Ga-eun of the badminton team at the Olympic Village in Paris on the morning of the 25th. 2024.7.25

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The fate of Park In-bee (36) will be decided on the night of the 8th.

Whether Park In-bee, who challenged after Yoo Seung Min International Olympic Committee (IOC) athletes, will be elected will be revealed at 9 p.m. (Korea time). The IOC will announce the results of the athletes' vote at the main press center (MPC) for the 2024 Paris Olympics in Palede Congregre, Paris, France.

Park In-bee was finally confirmed as a domestic candidate for the IOC Athletes' Commission last year. Five athletes (four elected, one nominated) for an eight-year term, including Yoo Seung Min IOC members (table tennis), were selected at the 2016 Rio Olympics site, and their terms will end.

Park In-bee was nominated by Jin Jong-oh (shooting), Kim Yeon-kyung (volleyball), Lee Dae-hoon (tournament of taekwondo), and Kim So-young (badminton) and received the highest score from all eight evaluation committee members in a closed interview. The process of selecting Korean candidates has been completed after a resolution by the athletes' committee.

Park In-bee, who has 21 wins in the LPGA Tour, is the best golf star who has won four major championships and has also joined the Hall of Fame. He led the women's golf gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics and even achieved the first 'Golden Slam'. He was evaluated as having English proficiency, global manners, dignity as an Olympian, and warm personality as well as native speakers.

Warmers Watching Park In-bee

(Paris=Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Do-hoon = Park In-bee, who is running for the IOC Athletes Commission, is watching the warm-up players before the men's fourth round of the 2024 Paris Olympics golf tournament at Le Golf Nassional in Paris, France, on the morning of the 4th (local time). 2024.8.4

Promotional activities for athletes from around the world Park In-bee running for IOC Athletes Commission

(Paris = Yonhap News) Reporter Choi Song-ah = Park In-bee, who is running for the IOC Athletes Commission, is promoting her national team at the Olympic Village in Paris on the morning of the 25th. 2024.7.25

When Park attended the evaluation committee, she said, `It was because of my dream to become an athlete committee member that I participated in the Rio Olympics and the Tokyo Olympics. He won the gold medal at the Rio Olympics with the spirit of the Olympics, and now he wants to play a leading role in the Olympic Movement by informing the world of that spirit" has expressed its aspirations.

And "Golf is a popular sport. The advantages of popular sports are great. During the Tokyo Olympics, Pau Gasol, an NBA player, also ranked No. 1 in the voting for the players' committee. "I've been quietly and diligently investing a lot of time and studying. I heard that Yoo Seung Min player committee member walked 450km and lost 6kg during the election, but I will try to lose 10kg by walking 500km," he said, expressing a strong determination.

Park In-bee started her campaign with the official opening of the Olympic Village on the 18th of last month and wrapped up her campaign on the 7th. Athletes who participated in the Olympics voted for four members of the IOC.

During the election campaign, Park In-bee visited athletes' villages and various stadiums and appealed for a vote. If Park In-bee is elected to the IOC Athletes' Commission, she will represent Korea in the sports world, following the Yoo Seung Min IOC Athletes' Commission, which will end her term at the end of this year. He will become the third Korean athlete committee member after former member Moon Dae-sung (2008-2016) and member Yoo. She is also listed as Korea's first female IOC member.

Korea currently has three IOC members: Lee Ki-heung, president of the Korea Sports Council, Kim Jae-yeol, president of the International Skating Union, and Yoo. If Park fails to win the election, the number of IOC members in Korea will be reduced to two.

A member of the IOC athletes commission is literally an Olympian who represents an athlete within the IOC. He is treated the same as an ordinary IOC member, and his term is eight years.

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