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Jang Mi-ran, the second vice minister of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (hereinafter referred to as the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism), presided over a meeting with disabled winter sports officials to check the preparations for the Milan-Cortina Paralympics, which are less than a year away.
Vice Minister Jang held a meeting at the Seoul Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art on the 19th with 10 executives and employees of the Paralympic Winter Games, including the Pyeongchang Paralympic Gold Medalist and Shin Eui-hyun (Chairman of the Korean Sports Council for the Disabled), leaders, ice hockey association for the disabled, ski association for the disabled, and curling association for the disabled. This meeting was designed to check the training status of the disabled national team and discuss government-level support measures to improve performance in order to smoothly prepare for the '2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Paralympics (March 6-15, 2026).
Shin Eui-hyun, the first gold medalist in the history of Nordic skiing at the PyeongChang Paralympics, Jeon Young-deok, president of the Korea Disabled Ice Hockey Association, Sa Sung-geun, president of the Para Ice Hockey Leader, Noh Sung-kyun, senior vice president of the Korea Disabled Ski Association, Lee Soo-young, director of the Korea Disabled Ski Association, Jeong Jin-hyeop, secretary general of the Korea Disabled Ski Association, Son Sung-rak, national coach of the Nordic Ski Association, Han Ji-eun, staff of the Korea Disabled Curling Association, Kim Jung-hoon, and Ahn Jae-sung, national coach of the wheelchair curling mix-double. He also emphasized the need to invest in fostering new athletes and expand support for participation in international competitions for a generational change in winter sports.
Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Jang Mi-ran, who volunteered to be a "big fan of sports for the disabled" at the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games for the disabled, the 2024 Paris Paralympics and the annual winter sports event, said in a press conference that `Even at this time, national athletes and leaders will be sweating hard in their training to prepare for the '2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Paralympics' which is just one year away.'"I promised.
Reporter Jeon Young-ji sky4us@sportschosun.com
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
