The secret of the Paris Olympics presidential race, pre-camp and lunch box selected by the athletes
Aug 04, 2024
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Initially, the prospects for the Paris Olympics were bleak. The size of the team has been drastically reduced, and there were about five gold medals expected. The goal was to rank 15th overall. But when I opened the lid, the atmosphere changed. It showed tremendous medal races in shooting, fencing, and archery, far exceeding the original expectations. Double-digit gold medals are also possible.
The KOC has prepared a lot for this Olympics. The Korean Sports Council operated the Team Korea Paris Platform, a pre-camp for the Korean team at the French National Defense Sports Center (CNSD) in Fontainebleau, outside Paris. It is the first pre-camp for Korea's Olympic athletes in 12 years since the 2012 London Games. The Taegeuk Warriors sweated at the last minute in the pre-camp with a comfortable atmosphere that seemed to have moved the Jincheon National Training Center as it was.
Bob, who was the biggest concern of athletes' villages in each country at the beginning of the tournament, also had no problem. Fifteen chefs dispatched to France from Jincheon Training Center provided delicious and balanced lunch boxes every day. Team Korea's Paris platform has become more colorful as a meal support center since its opening. The sports association surveyed the demands of athletes and leaders to ensure that athletes who moved to the athletes' village would not lose their taste of rice, and delivered lunch and dinner boxes twice a day to the Paris Olympic Village, an hour and a half drive from Fontainebleau.
The players expressed satisfaction. Do Kyung-dong of the fencing men's sabre performed well because there were people who helped from behind. I went to the Paris Olympic Village restaurant, but I didn't like it. Thanks to the lunch box, I gained strength. Without them, I wouldn't have been able to eat and cheer up." "Thanks to my help in pre-camp, I was able to manage my condition and produce good results. I trained in pre-camp, ate food, and cheered up. In shooting, the athletes' village was far away, so I couldn't eat Korean food after the game began. I gained strength after eating the food I ate during the pre-camp. It was a good game."
Judo's Kim Ha-yoon also said, "I could do it like I was training in Korea in pre-camp. I was able to concentrate on training. Koreans are rice sim, but they sent me a good lunch box, so I was able to cheer up."
vanbasten@sportschosun.com
