Athletics Legend Jeon Min-jae's tearful remarks, 'Union executive unfairly excluded living support due to personal feelings"
Sep 05, 2024
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Unexpected and shocking revelatory remarks were made at the 2024 Paris Paralympics, which is touching the world with the passion and fighting spirit of athletes with various disabilities.
Jeon Min-jae (47) of the Jeonbuk Association of Athletics Federations for the Disabled, who set the record for five consecutive Paralympics participation, claimed that he was unreasonably discriminated against by the executives of the Korea Association of Athletics Federations (hereinafter referred to as Athletics Federations) after finishing the final of the women's 100m (sports grade T36) in seventh place (14.95 seconds) in the early morning of the 5th (Korea time). Jeon Min-jae wrote this information in advance and released it to the on-site reporters after the game.
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In fact, Jeon Min-jae also showed his rusty skills at the Paris Paralympics, which declared 'The Last Paralympic Games'. The final at the Stade de France in Paris finished seventh, but the record was still there. He clocked 14.69 seconds in the preliminary round, just 0.01 seconds behind the personal best of 14.68 seconds set at the 2019 Dubai World Championships. Even in his late 40s, he maintains a pace almost similar to the record set five years ago.
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Jeon Min-jae, who had written a lot of stories he wanted to reveal on his smartphone notepad, his 'communication tool', sat on the floor outside the stadium and pressed the play button with his right big toe instead of his uncomfortable hand. It was to convert the writing on the smartphone into voice and let the reporters know. Jeon Min-jae, who cried a lot while telling the story of his father's death in April, revealed the story he really wanted to tell after a while.
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Jeon Min-jae argued that `Although I need living assistance more than anyone else because my hands are uncomfortable and I can't speak, one executive strongly opposed it, so there were many inconveniences in training because there was no living assistance this year.'
Then "Over the past few years, my mother came in as a living aid and took care of me, so I was able to concentrate only on exercising, but there were many difficulties in exercising because there were many uncomfortable things without my mother. "The diet is the most important thing for athletes, and although the trainer took good care of them, the meal time was the most inconvenient."
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In response, an official from the Korean Sports Association for the Disabled in Paris said "We are checking the details. There are no officials from the Athletics Federation in Paris at the moment, and it's early in the morning in Korea, so we can't get in touch."
Jang Sung-joon, head coach of the track and field team, hurriedly opened his mouth on behalf of the track and field federation, which could not be reached. Coach Jang said, `There were many national team players, so there was a budget part. Our leaders did their best to take care of the players' needs, but we know that no help can be as convenient as the family."
There are currently three track and field athletes participating in the Paris Paralympics. There were two players for the 2020 Tokyo Games. And as of the 5th, Jang is listed as a director on the website of the Athletics Federation.
Paris (France) = Reporter Lee Won-man wman@sportschosun.com
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