Chairman Cho Yang-ho, who I miss, I'm here The unofficial first step of the president-elect of the Korean Sports Council in Yoo Seung Min, thank you to Korean Air for the table tennis player Kidari
Jan 20, 2025
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Yoo Seung Min, the president-elect of the Korea Sports Council, visited the grave of the late Cho Yang-ho, the former chairman of the Korea Table Tennis Association (former chairman of Hanjin Group), and laid flowers and announced his election.
At 9:30 a.m. on the 20th, Yoo visited the grave of the late Cho Yang-ho, former president of the Korea Table Tennis Association, located in Hagal-dong, Yongin, Gyeonggi-do. After posting the pre-prepared harmony, he expressed his gratitude with a silent tribute. "There are so many people to thank, but I came because I thought it was right to visit Chairman Cho first and greet him on an unofficial schedule before the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism approved." Korean Air officials accompanying Chairman Yoo said in unison, `If the senior president was alive, he would have loved it.'
The late chairman Cho Yang-ho, who led the history of hosting the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics with his extraordinary love for sports, is a mentor who particularly cared for Yoo while he was alive. After becoming the 20th president of the Korea Table Tennis Association in July 2008, Chairman Cho provided 1 to 1.2 billion won every year for 11 years as the head of the Table Tennis Association until his death in April 2019, and cheered at the men's team bronze medal at the Beijing Olympics and silver medal at the London Olympics. When President Yoo challenged for the 2016 Rio Olympics, he gave support and paid special attention to international sports diplomacy, so he rejoiced and encouraged President-elect Yoo to be elected as an IOC member. Chairman Yoo challenged the president of the Korea Table Tennis Association to succeed Cho after his death, and Korean Air, which was the chairman of the Korea Table Tennis Association, remained loyal as a sponsor of the association during Chairman Yoo's term. He did not forget the grace of the sports CEO who led his day in the most brilliant moment.
After paying tribute to the grave, Chairman Yoo thanked the president " I promised that I would do well.' After he became an IOC athlete at the 2016 Rio Olympics, the chairman called me to LA in June 2017 and talked over lunch for more than four hours. I saw the president's true face. He said a lot of good things, from the story of preparing for the PyeongChang Winter Olympics to the story of endless English study. He shared his memories with the deceased. "He supported me a lot until I became an IOC athlete and even after I became an IOC athlete. When he was a player, he always broadened his knowledge and created an opportunity to challenge himself." Even after Chairman Cho's death, Korean Air helped him in every difficult moment like 'White Knight'. Like the Busan World Table Tennis Championships, the Table Tennis Association was silent and supportive whenever it was difficult. You didn't even show it. Not only me, but also a grateful company that uniformly supports Korean sports," he said.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
