Online Jump Rope Challenge 'Jongno Ssangssaengi King Selection Contest' Held

October 21?November 6 Double Jump Challenge Video Filming SNS Posting or Email Submission... 600 Participants First-Come, First-Served via Jongno-gu Office Website by October 30... 52 Selected Participants Receive Walking Shoes, Masks, and More

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Jongno-gu (Mayor Kim Young-jong) will hold the online jump rope challenge, "Jongno Ssangssaengi King Selection Contest," from October 21 to November 6.

With the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing social distancing measures, many people are experiencing feelings of depression. To promote health and happiness using jump rope, which anyone regardless of age or gender can easily do, the district has prepared this challenge.

Anyone, including residents of Jongno-gu, can participate in the contest.

Residents wishing to participate can submit their application form via the Jongno-gu Office website's civil petition application or by email (tkpark@seoul.go.kr) by October 30.

The "Jongno Ssangssaengi King Selection Contest" will be held non-face-to-face. Participants will individually record a 1-minute video of double unders jump rope challenge from October 21 to November 6 and post it on their personal Instagram account with the hashtag #JongnoJumpRopeChallenge or send it by email (tkpark@seoul.go.kr).

The district will select 2 top participants and 50 excellent participants. One Ssangssaengi King with the highest double unders record and one Promotion King with the most 'likes' on their video will each receive walking shoes, and the top 50 participants with the best double unders records within 1 minute will receive quarantine gift sets including masks.

Additionally, from November 2 to 9, the district will hold the "Non-face-to-face Residents Walking Festival" (the 73rd Jongno Health Walking Contest).

To promote residents' health and enhance communication among neighbors and families, the district holds the Jongno Health Walking Contest twice a year. However, this year it will be held non-face-to-face to practice social distancing in daily life due to COVID-19.

The course is divided into a "designated course," which starts from Bosingak, goes along Cheonggyecheon-ro to Ogan-su Bridge, and returns to Bosingak, and a "free course," which can be anywhere within Jongno-gu such as health walking trails. Participants must walk either the designated or free course during the participation period and submit a certification photo of the results from a walking app on their smartphone or a pedometer provided by the district.

From October 19 to 26, 300 participants will be recruited on a first-come, first-served basis. Participants in the living sports club division should submit their application to the Jongno-gu Sports Council, and general participants can apply through the district office website (Comprehensive Civil Service - Civil Petition Application).

For more details about the "Jongno Ssangssaengi King Selection Contest" and the "Non-face-to-face Residents Walking Festival," please contact the Jongno-gu Office Health City Division or the Jongno-gu Sports Council.

Mayor Kim Young-jong said, "Due to COVID-19, outdoor activities are less free than before, increasing feelings of depression, and the importance of health is now more prioritized than ever. We will do our best to create a healthy city Jongno so that residents can overcome COVID-19 well and live healthy and positive lives."

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