Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education to Hold Jeonnam Youth Sports Festival Events Separately by Discipline

Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education will hold the '2022 Jeonnam Youth Sports Festival' in a distributed manner by event to prevent COVID-19 infection. Photo by Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Jun-kyung] The Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education announced on the 28th that the '2022 Jeonnam Youth Sports Festival' will be held separately by event to prevent COVID-19 infection.

This year's Jeonnam Youth Sports Festival is hosted by the Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education and organized by the Jeonnam Sports Council and member sports organizations, taking place at 31 venues across 10 cities and counties in the province, including Naju Sports Park, with a total of 1,775 student athletes participating.

To prevent COVID-19 infection, the competition is divided into four events before and four events after the main period, running over seven weeks from last month's boxing event on the 11th to the golf event concluding on the 26th of next month.

In addition to promoting school sports and discovering new athletes, this year's festival also serves as the 2nd and 3rd preliminary rounds to select athletes who will participate in the 51st National Youth Sports Festival to be held in Gyeongsangbuk-do.

Superintendent Jang Seok-woong stated, "Since the competition is held amid the COVID-19 situation, the safety of participating athletes and event officials must be the top priority during the games," adding, "We will spare no effort to support each student's outstanding talents to grow into sports prodigies."

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