Fair X transparent sports world leader Jin Jong-oh in his 40s Rep. X Yoo Seung-min, chairman of the Korea Sports Council, is in agreement!
Feb 03, 2025
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Representative Jin Jong-oh (46) of the People's Power Party and Chairman-elect of the Korean Sports Council, Yoo Seung Min, have finally met. Representative Jin Jong-oh's office said on the 3rd that "Rep. Jin met with the 42nd president-elect of the Korean Sports Council in Yoo Seung Min who visited the office earlier in the day to discuss in-depth the future of the Korean sports community and ways to reform it."
Jin and Yoo participated in four Olympics together from Sydney in 2000 to London in 2012. Rep. Jin is an iron man who won three consecutive gold medals in five Olympic shooting events until Rio 2016. It is a legend among the legends who have won four gold medals and two silver medals, including two gold medals at the 2012 London Olympics. He entered the 22nd National Assembly as a proportional representative of the people's power in May last year and is active in the Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee. President-elect Yoo is a table tennis legend with three medals: a gold medal in men's table tennis singles at the 2004 Athens Olympics, a bronze medal in team events at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and a silver medal in team events at the 2012 London Olympics. He was elected by challenging the IOC athletes commissioner at the 2016 Rio Olympics, the last Olympics in which lawmaker Jin participated, and was elected president of the Korean Sports Council on the 14th of last month by 38 votes against current chairman Lee Ki-heung, who is trying to serve three consecutive terms. He became the youngest sports chief ever.
He was a comrade who once sweated hot at the Taeneung Training Center and challenged for gold at four Olympics together, competed fiercely when selecting domestic candidates for the IOC athletes' committee just before the 2016 Rio Olympics, and at the Gangwon Youth Olympics last year, the "40s Legendary Olympian", who led the success of the competition as the chairman of the organizing committee, IOC members, and the chairman of the Pyeongchang Memorial Foundation, met again at the summit.
Rep. Jin Jong-oh has taken the lead in creating a fair and transparent sports world since entering the National Assembly last year. At the parliamentary audit, he strongly pointed out the opaque operation and irregularities of the Korean Sports Council, and clarified his opposition to Lee Ki-heung's third consecutive term, saying, "The administration of sports should exist for the athletes, not as a means of maintaining power for a specific person." Regarding the Sports Fair Commission, it has also voiced intense reform throughout.
Yoo Seung Min President-elect of the Korea Sports Council said in a meeting with Representative Jin that `Today's change was possible because of Representative Jin's courage and determination to change the sports worldAs the chairman of the Korea Sports Council, I will do my best to help the players realize their dreams in a fair environment" conveyed his will. Rep. Jin also congratulated Yoo on being chosen by sportsmen in the election for the chairman of the Korea Sports Council"Now that it is an important time to change the sports world anew, we hope that the Korean Sports Council will be reborn as an organization for athletes and athletes." "The National Assembly will also actively support the innovation of the Korean Sports Council..." he said, expressing his willingness to cooperate.
Yoo and Jin shared and agreed on securing transparency and fairness for the KOC. Jin's office said `President-elect Yoo promised to reform the Sports Fair Commission and expressed his intention to take more care of the sports community in general.' As a gold medalist and Olympian with a special interest in school sports, they also put their heads together to expand overseas exchanges for sports youth in the future and increase international competitiveness.
Representative Jin Jong-oh's office said, `This meeting will be an important opportunity for change and development in the Korean sports world. Through the cooperation between Yoo Seung Min and lawmaker Jin Jong-oh, it is expected that a sports environment that guarantees fairness and transparency can be created."
Reporter Jeon Young-ji sky4us@sportschosun.com
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
