Seocho District to Host 'Mayor’s Cup Youth Swimming Competition' on August 24

300 Elementary Students to Participate
Event Expected to Draw Enthusiastic Response

Seocho District in Seoul (District Mayor Jeon Seongsoo) will host the 31st Seocho District Mayor’s Cup Youth Swimming Competition at the Seocho Sports Complex indoor swimming pool on August 24 at 10 a.m.

Provided by Seocho District.

This competition is open to elementary school students within the district and aims to promote physical fitness among children and discover promising swimming talent. Notably, this year’s event drew significant attention, with all 300 participant slots filling up just two hours after registration opened, establishing itself as a flagship community sports event in Seocho District.

The competition will be divided by grade, event, and gender. For individual events, first and second graders will compete in 25-meter freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly, while third to fourth graders and fifth to sixth graders will each compete in 50-meter races for the same strokes. In addition, the mixed relay will be held as a 4-person, 50-meter relay, with teams formed regardless of grade but separated by gender.

Certificates and medals will be awarded to the top three finishers in each event, while the winning team in the group relay will receive a trophy and medals. The awards ceremony will take place immediately after the competition, and all participants can check their individual results on-site by scanning a QR code provided at the venue.

Seocho District Mayor Jeon Seongsoo stated, “This competition will be an opportunity for Seocho’s young athletes to learn the value of hard work and effort, and to grow through new challenges. We will continue to support Seocho’s youth athletes so they can pursue their dreams and move forward into the future through sports.”

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