P.E. New start, 3 gold medals are together! Chairman Ha Hyung-joo's sports hero dedication ceremony, warm meeting with Chairman Yoo Seung-min X Jung Jin-wan
Jan 21, 2025
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On the day when Ha Hyung-ju, chairman of the Seoul Olympic Memorial Sports Promotion Foundation, who is a 'first generation senior in the Olympics', was inducted as a sports hero of the Korean Sports Association, the president-elect of the 'Athens Olympic Table Tennis Hero' Yoo Seung Min, and the president of the Korean Sports Association for the Disabled, Chung Jin-wan, rushed to congratulate the president of the 'Sydney Paralympic Shooting Hero'.
Chairman Ha said in an official press conference held immediately after the sports hero induction ceremony held at Olympic Parktel Olympia Hall in Songpa-gu, Seoul at 3 p.m. on the 21st, `The time of interviews and press conferences after the LA Olympic final 40 years ago passes by.' "As the first generation of the Olympics, I have longed for sports heroes. I feel heavy on my shoulders thinking that it means that I want you to lead Korea's physical education better in the future. As the chairman of the Seoul Olympic Sports Corporation, I will spread the noble values and philosophy of the Seoul Olympics in accordance with the purpose of the establishment of the industrial complex, and collaborate with Yoo Seung Min President-elect of the Korea Sports Association and Chung Jin-wan, President of the Korea Sports Association for the Disabled, to take a proud path so that healthier Korea and its citizens can enjoy a happy quality of life through sports" expressed his feelings.
The dedication ceremony for sports heroes was even more brilliant as the heads of the three major sports organizations, the Olympic and Paralympic gold medalists, joined for the first time. Chairman Ha also said in a speech on the induction of sports heroes "President-elect Yoo Seung Min, the Athens Olympic gold medalist in table tennis, and Chung Jin-wan, the Sydney Paralympic shooting gold medalist, are here with us. It means more that the heroes of the Olympic and Paralympic Games 40 years ago and 20 years ago are in one place." "All the heads of the three major sports organizations were former gold medalists who loved physical education and devoted themselves to physical education. I've never seen anything like this before. A true sportsman has never been the head of three sports organizations. As the three heads of organizations are filled with gold medalists in 2025, it will be the first year for Korean sports to be reborn."
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At the press conference, Chairman Ha said "I dare to assume that the president-elect of the Korea Sports Council in Yoo Seung Min, Chung Jin-wan, the president of the Korea Sports Council for the Disabled, must feel the same weight as me." "I think the long-cherished dream of administration, education, and development by sportsmen is finally coming true. It is very encouraging." Looking at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, the 2004 Athens Olympics (Yoo Seung Min table tennis gold), and the 2000 Sydney Paralympics (Jeong Jin-wan shooting gold), I'm 20 years older, but there's a lot of work and work for the public corporation, the Korean Sports Council, and the Paralympic Committee. The responsibility is heavy. I'm sure that within a short period of time, the public corporation will be able to separate the work of the two sports associations and lead the sports community together more simply," he said emphatically. "There were a lot of things I've always wanted, so now it's something we have to solve together with homework. We will do our best to work together to lay a solid foundation"I promised.
Chairman Ha Hyung-joo of the "Korean Sports Hero" did not forget a warm message to teenagers and dreamers. "I've long admired this award, too. From the gold medal at the LA Olympics to the end of his career, after retirement, he spent 38 years as a professor at his alma mater Dong-A University. "Isn't he not just a professor, but an Olympic gold medal professor. I had to calm myself down. As a result of spending my days with a feeling of approaching the Olympic final with admiration for the 'sports hero', I received the title of a Korean sports hero today. "I tried to become a model for the growing youth and sports juniors. It's not self-praise, but I lived a very lonely life. In his 38 years on the university platform in preparation for the Olympic medal, he prayed a lot for the arrow in his heart, saying, `Don't be tempted and save me from evil.'," he said with a smile. "Sporting dreamers and parents have lived like that, hoping that their dreams of becoming like Ha Hyung-joo will not be dashed." "Whether you win an Olympic gold medal or not, if you play sports for the rest of your term, you'll find a decent life and an honest life like that. If you play sports, you can become a leader who leads the country and society through a fair life, and you need to exercise to achieve that kind of achievement."
In the new year, the first year of Sports Toto's publicization, he also expressed his extraordinary determination as the head of the National Sports Promotion Foundation. "We have been preparing for co-prosperity for more than a decade, but the bill we want passed the National Assembly plenary session at 3 p.m. on December 31, 2024, and it became a promulgation at the State Council yesterday. The Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism also met. The government's position is that our industrial complex can sufficiently play a role as a public institution. We are well aware that the industrial complex is the only one that can settle this project.' "Without any error, we need to establish a subsidiary exclusively responsible for Sports Toto's business from now on, and we need the equivalent number of representative directors." The articles of association, regulations, etc. are piled up. I will prepare well so that it doesn't interfere with the first departure on July 1st. It is one of the biggest missions of his term in office. It will be the first project for the chairman of the corporation, he said, expressing his strong will.
Reporter Jeon Young-ji sky4us@sportschosun.com
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
