Senior Vice Minister Kim Ha-na, who returned home from mountain skiing injury, visited the snow stadium on the 12th.
Feb 12, 2025
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After taking the second post of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in July 2023, it is the fourth comprehensive international competition of Vice Minister Jang's term, who has been in constant harmony with the team at the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games and Asian Games for the Disabled, the 2024 Gangwon Youth Winter Olympics, and the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics. The support of the vice minister 'Gold Medal Senior', who knows the desperate hearts of the athletes competing in the general competition better than anyone else, was meticulous.
At last year's Paris Olympics, Vice Minister Jang, who also visited Chatoru, about 300 kilometers from Paris, to raise the morale of shooting national teams, is the first to visit snow sports national teams struggling in the name of South Korea in Yabuli, about 200 kilometers from Harbin. Compared to ice sports, he expressed special interest in the 'inpopular' snow sports, which are relatively alienated from media and fans' attention. On the 20th of last month, ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday, Vice Minister Jang visited the Pyeongchang Winter Training Center to check the training status of his juniors who were in the midst of preparing for the Harbin Asian Games and sent a coffee car to express his golden support.
Vice Minister Jang also visited the hospital where mountain ski Kim Ha-na, who returned to Korea early due to an accident on the 11th, a day before his departure, was hospitalized to convey his condolences and encourage him warmly. Kim Ha-na had an accident during the semi-final match of mountain skiing on the 9th due to the poor operation of the competition organizing committee related to doping tests. While waiting for the semifinal race, the doping inspector took the athlete out and went back, and the time was delayed due to the distance traveled. At 11:10 a.m., he arrived at the stadium only at 11:08 a.m. in the start-in game, played urgently, and returned home during the tournament with a fractured ankle. The Korea Sports Association, the Korea Mountain Federation, and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism supported athletes' emergency treatment, safe return, and hospitalization processes through a cooperative system, and demanded that the organizing committee of the tournament take measures to prevent recurrence and compensate them along with official protests. Vice Minister Jang said, `I felt reassured by the way our players were resolutely coping despite the injury,' adding, `The Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism will pay close attention to and watch the athletes who failed to complete the race due to injury to overcome the injury and return to the game.'
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On the 14th, the last day of the competition, we will cheer for our team's last games, including men's ice hockey, in Harbin and attend the closing reception and closing ceremony as a government representative.
Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Jang Mi-ran said, `Our players, who are busy with their schedules in Harbin, are performing better than expected and bringing joy and emotion to the people. "I know how much sweat and tears the players have shed in order to have a great game. "We will look at the competition site and cheer for our players so that they can finish the rest of the game safely. "
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
