President Yoon Suk-yeol: "I Will Run Together in Spirit with AG Athletes"
Ministry of Culture Sports Korea Team Send-off Ceremony at Hangzhou AG
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee held the Hangzhou Summer Asian Games Korea team send-off ceremony on the afternoon of the 12th at the Olympic Hall in Seoul Olympic Park. About 1,000 people, including Minister Park Bo-gyun of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Lee Ki-heung, president of the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee, heads of city and provincial sports councils, executives of sports organizations by discipline, coaches, and athletes, attended to pray for safety and success.
Park Bo-gyun, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, is delivering a congratulatory speech at the opening ceremony of the 59th Korea Press Photo Exhibition held on the 20th at Gwanghwamun Square, Jongno-gu, Seoul. / Photo by Joint Press Photographers Group
View original imageIn an encouragement speech read by Minister Park, President Yoon Suk-yeol stated, "We are doing our best to ensure that the values of freedom and solidarity are reflected throughout sports policy," and added, "I will run and cheer together with the people in spirit." The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism supports training and other activities to improve athletic performance. On the 8th of last month, a meeting was held with related ministries including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Unification, and National Intelligence Service to establish measures and support plans for participation in the games. Minister Park said, "We will do our best to support the athletes so that they can safely participate in the competition," and "We expect to bring hope and overwhelming emotion to the people."
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This competition will be held from the 23rd of this month to the 8th of next month. A record number of 45 countries and 12,500 participants will compete for 481 gold medals across 40 events. Korea will dispatch about 1,140 people in 39 events.
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