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| photo courtesy of the Korea Sports Council for the Disabled |
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Korea's Sports for the Disabled has opened its first page in 2025.
The Korean Sports Association for the Disabled held the '2025 National Team Training Opening Ceremony' at 2 p.m. on the 4th at the grand auditorium of Icheon Training Center and began official training this year. The training opening ceremony was organized to raise the pride of the disabled national team and pledge to do well to prepare for the 2025 Tokyo Deaflympics and Asian Paralympics, and the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Paralympics. More than 200 people attended the event, including Chung Jin-wan, chairman of the Korea Sports Association for the Disabled, and Jang Mi-ran, second vice minister of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, as well as athletes, leaders, and sponsors.
Chairman Chung Jin-wan said in his opening speech that "2025 will be a very busy year for international competitions such as the Tokyo Deaflympic Games and the Asian U.S. Para Games, and the regular IPC meeting to be held in Seoul in September. In particular, we will start a project to win medals in winter sports based on our achievements made at the Paris Paralympics in preparation for the Italian Winter Paralympic Games to be held next year.
Vice Minister Jang Mi-ran said, `Thanks to your passion and hard work, sports for the disabled in Korea are developing remarkably"We will actively support on-site support as well as creating a training environment and improving treatment so that the team can perform at its best under the best conditions."
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| photo courtesy of the Korea Sports Council for the Disabled |
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Then, Kim Jung-nam (shooting) and Kang Hyun-joo (coordination) announced their national team players, and various commemorative events were held, including screening training videos and celebratory performances by the Brass Orchestra.
The biggest competition for the national team in 2025 will be the Deaflympics in Tokyo, Japan, in November (November 15-26), and the Asian Para Youth Championship, the dream stage for disabled youth, is also scheduled.
In order to secure a berth for the Winter Paralympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, in March 2026, the national winter sports team will participate in the 2025 international competition for each event. The Korea Sports Association for the Disabled plans to provide regular training expenses to five winter sports and to support special training by selecting excellent winter sports players (four in three sports) in the 2025-2026 season.
In 2025, the training environment for athletes with disabilities will also be improved. Training assistance and training partner allowance, which helps players train, has been increased from 50,000 won (1 day) to 70,000 won (1 day). In addition, the salary-based leadership event has been expanded from the existing 25 events to 27 events, including canoeing and triathlon, allowing leaders to guide players in a more stable environment.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
