‘IOC athlete Challenge’ Won Yoon -jong’s cool learning myth is not over… “Give a new vision to winter sports players” (SS interview)

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(Sports Seoul | Reporter Kim Yong -il)

Korea Bobsleigh’s Living Legend Won Yoon -jong (40), who runs for the election of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in February next year, said in a new future.

Won Yun -jong recently met with Sports Seoul at the Olympic Hall in Bangi -dong, Songpa -gu, Seoul. “The athlete’s voice is the most important attitude. I am ready to go to the players who are in a difficult environment and listen to the administration.

The IOC included Won Yoon -jong last month, with 11 finalists who will compete in the election of the athletes’ elections during the 2026 Milan -Corti Nadam Pego Winter Olympics.

Won Yoon -jong led the silver medal as a pilot of the bobsled four -seater team at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. For the first time in Asian, he became a bobsled medalist.

Dreaming of an ordinary physical education teacher in college, he made a destiny with the Winter Sports, as he was a bobsled representative. He was inspired by the film ‘Cool Learning’, which is a challenger in Korea, called a sledding, and a land player in Jamaica, a country that doesn’t fall, prepares for the 1988 Calgary Olympics. Finally, he was born as a candidate for the IOC athlete. Draw the second heyday as the next -generation sports administrator.

Won Yun -jong said, “It is important to be well affected. When I was a player at the time of Pyeongchang, I had to focus on the game, but I was a member of the athlete’s sports chairman at the time.”

To be a member of the athletes, you must listen to the top two in the player voting during the Winter Olympics. Yoo Seung -min, chairman of the athletes, who had previously experienced the athletes, mentioned active support such as pre -skinship. Won Yun -jong met with the players at home and abroad, including the Bobsled Celeton World Championships, Women’s World Curling Championships, and Men’s Ice Hockey World Championships, starting with the Luge World Cup in February. He said, “Some players didn’t see the reaction of ‘Why should I talk?’” He said, “I also lived in a player but focused on important competitions, and it could be burdensome to meet someone and talk suddenly.

Pre -skinship is important because of the characteristics of the Winter Olympics. Compared to the Summer Olympics, the stadiums are far away, and the players have less external activities due to cold weather. Won Yun -jong said, “It is important to see how efficiently you are working on the stadium that is out of the campaign.” “I have a lot of mountainous terrain and I think it will be a chance to move.

Won Yun -jong has submitted a plan for the athletes’ committee through the Olympic Agenda 2020 +5, an IOC reform. The most important thing is the player’s ‘career transition’. He said, “The player cannot be a leader after retirement, and he cannot work in this field. Career transition is a long time ago.” “Winter players are in a crisis due to climate change.

Lastly, he said, “The movie ‘Cool Learning’ is still a big meaning for me when I started the bobsleigh.It was wonderful for athletes to move forward without leaving the dream of the Olympics in a poor environment. kyi0486@sportsseoul.com