“Sejong City has a ‘Onglim Judo Team’ as an alternative to dismantling. But we have already walked the road. It was a real harmony team where people with disabilities and disabled people trained together, played together, and shine the name of Sejong City.”
Sejong City Hall tennis team athletes held a press conference with the Sejong City Tennis Association at the Sejong City Hall Press Office on the afternoon of 19th. The word ‘Hanglim’, which Sejong City was newly packed to dismantle the tennis team and founded the Judo Team, was not unfamiliar to them. Their training grounds were the field of integration, and on the court, there was a team with no disability and disability distinction. However, the value of the harms they have kept is now in danger of collapsing under the name of the dismantling.
Sejong City recently announced that it would dismantle the tennis team. The reason for this was that the sluggishness, the vacancy, and the budget burden were suggested. Players talk about injustice. The grades are still in the top of the national convention, and the absence of supervision is due to administrative gaps.
In particular, the team’s signboard Lee Deok -hee’s situation is a pity for many. He was born with a hearing impairment, but he grabbed a racket and stood on the world stage. In October 2023, he won the gold medal in the men’s singles in Greece in Greece and won the gold medal for the first time in Tokyo in November. After the golden moment of the world, there was a tennis team in Sejong City Hall, but if the dismantling became a reality, he would lose even the space to train. The players said, “We are already a true harmful sports department, even if we don’t have a new name ‘Oullim’.
Players do not see the decision of the decision for 13 years. The city, which speaks of human -centered administration, is turning away from people’s sweat and dreams. “This is a symbolic event that shows how Sejong City looks at the sports and communities,” he claims.
The players, who were in danger of losing their jobs in a moment, finally appealed to Sejong City with the citizens. “Please withdraw or review the decision to dismantle. And prepare a consultation procedure for the team and the athletic world. Sejong City Hall Tennis Team is not just athletic, but a community created with citizens.”
The voices of the players were desperate and firm. The ball now has been in the hands of Sejong City.
By Kim Yang -hee, reporter whizzer4@hani.co.kr