'Love Table Tennis'Sea President Lee Tae-sung tries to become the president of the Korea Table Tennis Association...A two-way race with former congressman Erica
Oct 08, 2024
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In addition to announcing his candidacy, he challenged the by-election to replace Yoo Seung Min, the former president of the Korea Table Tennis Association (former IOC member), who resigned early last month.
President Lee, who volunteered for the Table Tennis Association led by Chairman Yoo with his special affection for table tennis, reportedly decided to run for the president of the Korea Table Tennis Association after the invitation of Samgo.
Seah Group signed an MOU with the Korea Table Tennis Association in 2022 and is discovering and fostering young dream players through the establishment of the 「Seah Academy」, and as an official sponsor of the national team, it has not spared any support such as training elite players and supporting national team rewards. Last month, he founded the first men's business table tennis team in the steel industry and recruited players from the former KGC Ginseng Corporation's table tennis team and Jang Woo-jin, a long-time independent top ranker.
President Lee Tae-sung plans to contribute to becoming a Korean Table Tennis Association that receives trust and support from the people by systematizing youth player discovery and development programs that will be the root of the 'table tennis powerhouse' after former chairman Yoo Seung Min, creating an environment where elite players can focus on table tennis alone and providing various opportunities to strengthen global competitiveness, expanding the base of table tennis as a daily sport and attracting various competitions. In addition, he is determined to use his strengths as an entrepreneur to attract economic support and investment in table tennis by many companies and to support Korea's table tennis to continue to grow based on a sense of stability.
Lee Tae-sung, president of Seah Group, said, `I have politely declined to run because I thought it would be desirable for someone with better and more professional experience to take the chairmanship of the association, but I have decided to run for the election because I believe that if we provide practical assistance with a sincere heart and sincere attitude that loves table tennis, we will be able to contribute to making Korea's table tennis and the association become a sport that is greatly loved by the people,' and added, `I promise to lead the association to a transparent and honest association more than any other association so that everyone who loves table tennis and the passion of the athletes who do their. He expressed his ambition, saying, "I will do my best to become the president of the association who is committed to humility and low attitude and to blossom the renaissance of table tennis in Korea once again."
As a result, the election for the 26th president of the Korea Table Tennis Association, scheduled for November 6, will take the form of a two-way race. President Lee will compete for the next chairman position with the co-chairman of the National Sports Policy Committee (former lawmaker) Lee Ailesa, who officially announced his candidacy for the table tennis association one step earlier last month.
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