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'Who is the winter sports star who will succeed the IOC Athletes Commission in Yoo Seung Min?'
Cha Jun-hwan (23) and Won Yoon-jong (39) of the 'Bobsleigh Ace' met at the first gateway to challenge the International Olympic Committee (IOC) athletes' committee.
On the afternoon of the 26th, the Korean Olympic Committee held an evaluation committee for domestic candidates for IOC athletes at the Olympic Hall in Songpa-gu, Seoul, and held a private interview with Cha Jun-hwan and Won Yoon-jong. The IOC Athletes' Commission is the representative of the athletes and is responsible for representing the voices of the athletes at the IOC, and is elected by direct voting by the athletes during each Olympic period. In an IOC culture that respects the opinions of athletes, they are given the same role and authority as IOC members. In Korea, Moon Dae-sung (Taekwon) at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and Yoo Seung Min (Tablegu, current president-elect of the Korean Olympic Committee) at the 2016 Rio Olympics were elected for the second consecutive time, but Park In-bee was defeated at the Paris Olympics last year, when Yoo's eight-year term ended, and the genealogy of the IOC athletes was cut off. Cha Jun-hwan and Won Yoon-jong expressed their intention to challenge side by side ahead of the Milan-Cortina D'Ampezzo Winter Olympics in January and February next year.
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Cha Jun-hwan is the first figure skating star to win a gold medal at the recent Harbin Winter Asian Games after winning a silver medal at the 2023 International Skating Union (ISU) World Championships. Cha Jun-hwan, who is preparing for the third Winter Olympics after Pyeongchang in 2018 and Beijing in 2022, will try to win the IOC Athletes' Commission along with his first men's single Olympic medal. When asked about his strengths, Cha Jun-hwan said, `I can hear the players' voices better because I'm an active player.He also has experience in sports diplomacy, such as hosting the 2020 Gangwon Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Won Yun-jong is Asia's first sledding hero to win a silver medal in the four-seater bobsleigh at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics. His strength is that he has participated in three Olympics since Sochi in 2014 and Beijing in 2022 and has stepped up his career in sports diplomacy, including serving as a member of the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). Won Yun-jong emphasized his competitiveness, saying, `He is ahead in terms of experience because he has participated in the Olympics three times and won a medal, and has also represented the voices of the athletes.' "Now that I have retired as a player, I can put all my energy into my election campaign in Milan," he added.
Meanwhile, a nine-member evaluation committee, including the athletes' committee of the Korean Sports Council, international committee officials, and external experts, comprehensively evaluates the careers of the two candidates, the skills needed for athletes' members, and foreign language communication skills. After an interview, quantification, qualitative index evaluation, and a resolution of the athletic committee's athlete committee, one candidate will be decided and notified to the IOC before the 14th of next month.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
