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| The president-elect of the Korea Sports Council, Kim Yoo Seung Min, who greets |
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| Welcome Vice Minister Jang Mi-ran |
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| From left, Yoon Sung-wook, Secretary-General of the Korea Sports Council, Yoo In-chon, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Jang Mi-ran, and Yoo Seung Min, President-elect of the Korea Sports and Olympic Committee. |
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The Harbin Winter Asian Games team, which returned to gold with the most gold medals ever, and medals in all sports, finished well.
The welcoming ceremony for the Korean athletes to return home at the '2025 Harbin Winter Asian Games' held at Incheon International Airport Terminal 1 at 7 p.m. on the 15th was attended by Culture, Sports and Tourism Minister Yoo In-chon, Second Vice Minister Jang Mi-ran, Chairman-elect of the Korea Sports Council Yoo Seung Min, and Secretary-General of the Korea Sports Council Yoon Sung-wook. Despite the best performance at the Paris Olympics last summer, the mood and morale were completely different from the day's dismissal ceremony, which was marred by the discord between the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korean Sports Council.
The South Korean team ranked second overall after host China (32, silver 27, bronze) with 16 gold medals, 15 silver, and 14 bronze medals in the first competition in eight years since the 2017 Sapporo Games. He far exceeded his goal of 11 gold medals before the competition, setting a record for the most gold medals ever in line with the Sapporo Games (16, silver 18, bronze 16). He won medals in snowboarding, skiing, and biathlon as well as ice skating (short track, speed skating, and figure skating), which are currently strong events. One year before the Milan/Cortina D'Ampezzo Winter Olympics, the government and the sports association were excited by the feat of the Taegeuk Warriors. Initially, Vice Minister Jang, who left the country to cheer for the team and returned home on the same day, was scheduled to attend the ceremony, but Minister Yoo also expressed his willingness to welcome the players together earlier in the day. Yoo also decided to accompany him. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Sports Council promised in unison 'Collaboration for More Support'.
Standing on the podium in his uniform, Minister Yoo In-chon smiled broadly, saying, `I feel proud and energized to be wearing uniforms with the national flag with our players.' "The winter sports felt alienated compared to the summer sports, the size of the team was small, and the training site and conditions were not good, so we suffered a lot."Starting with this Asian Games, I promise you that the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Sports Association will create sufficient support and training conditions for new winter sports to bring joy to the people with good results in next year's Olympics." The applause of the team poured in.
Minister Yoo then directly handed over the microphone to President-elect Yoo. The minister took care of Yoo's 'Quality', which was a bit ambiguous because he was the president-elect who was about to take office at the end of the day. Yoo once again thanked the players who gave the best performance ever in a week in cold Harbin"It is encouraging that not only the number of medals but also the medals that were limited to skating events came out in various ways in all seven events." "The Korean Sports Council will also cooperate with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to support athletes to perform at their best at next year's Olympics."We thank Minister Yoo In-chon and Vice Minister Jang Mi-ran for making this arrangementHe didn't even forget to say goodbye. Minister Yoo then did not leave out another Vice Minister Jang Mi-ran 'Olympic Legend'. Vice Minister Jang, who was on the podium, was also in one mind and one mind. "I was grateful for the athletes' performance despite the difficult conditions, but I was sorry for not being able to support them more."I heard the voices of the players and leaders through a meeting at the Harbin site." Together with the Korean Sports Council, we will do our best to support in the future. Thank you to everyone who worked so hard where you can't see it," he said.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
