Lawmakers Lim Oh-kyung visited the Gwangmyeong Speedome 'Sports Ethics Center' to spread the value of fair sports

Sep 30, 2024

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"For the spread of fair sports values " The Sports Ethics Center (Chairman Park Ji-young) under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism visited Gwangmyeong Speedom in person.

On the 28th, the Sports Ethics Center operated a promotional booth for the 「Campaign to Prevent Corruption and Human Rights Violations in the Sports World」 at the Gwangmyeong Speed Dome site. About 2,500 people attended the event, including lawmaker Lim Oh-kyung, chairman of the Sports Ethics Center Park Ji-young, head of the Gyeongryun Correctional Project at Chungchullak, representative of the Korea Financial Human Resources Development Institute Lee Deog-ho, racers, officials, and local citizens.

Representative Lim Oh-kyung, who became the first elite female athlete to win re-election in the district in Gwangmyeong Gap, is serious about sports. He visited Gwangmyeong Speedom and met citizens on the same day by splitting his busy schedule, such as sympathy and parliamentary audit, on the purpose of spreading fair sports values. After the Paris Olympics, Rep. Lim focused on the "natural values of sports" rather than unilateral condemnation or criticism without respect for the sports community. Rep. Lim said in his congratulatory speech, `It is also very important to establish the values of transparency, fairness and ethics in the sports field.' We hope that this campaign will serve as an opportunity for citizens and sportspeople to make changes so that the Center for Sports Ethics can publicize the values and roles of fair sports and create a fair and sound sports society" he said. "As the secretary of the Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee of the National Assembly, I will make more efforts to establish a fair value of sports." expressed his will.

Chairman Park Ji-young of the Sports Ethics Center, who advocated the center to reach out to the people and athletes through his first public relations booth campaign since he took office, said, `The Sports Ethics Center will do its best to represent the rights and interests of sportspeople. We will continue to strengthen our public relations activities at sports venues such as the National Sports Festival, the National Sports Festival for the Disabled, the Boys' Sports Festival, the Sports Festival for the Disabled and the Sports Festival so that both citizens and sportspeople can raise awareness of sports transparency, fairness, and ethics.'

Meanwhile, the promotional booth was held as a public relations and sports ethics experience center to prevent corruption and human rights violations in the sports community and various event booths such as stopwatch and laser shooting. It provided opportunities for sports human rights, ethics education, and sports experience to family fans and citizens of Gwangmyeong who visited Gwangmyeong Speedome on the weekend.

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