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The chairman of the Yoo Seung Min Korean Olympic Committee (IOC) will meet with Thomas Bach, chairman of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), at the Lausanne Olympic House in Switzerland on the 8th of next month.
On the 20th, the Korean Olympic Committee plans to hold a meeting with the IOC President on April 8th with President Yoo Seung Min to actively express the Republic of Korea's intention to host the 2036 Summer Olympics. The interview will also be accompanied by officials from the government and Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province, and will emphasize the high interest and full willingness to support the government and local governments."
After being elected as an IOC athlete at the 2016 Rio Olympics, Yoo worked as the president of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics and the chairman of the PyeongChang Memorial Foundation, maintaining a close relationship with Bach and the IOC through the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics and the 2024 Gangwon Youth Winter Olympics. During his eight-year tenure as an IOC member, Yoo actively served on six to seven committees, serving as Asia's first vice chairman of the athletes committee, and was praised by Bach as a `global hard worker' at the Paris Olympics last year. Chairman Bach's trust in the young IOC member who is a gold, silver, and bronze medalist at the Athens Olympics, and who is a native of Olympian who holds gold, silver, and bronze medals at four Olympics was special. Shortly after the news of Yoo's election as the chairman of the Korean Sports Council was reported on January 14, Chairman Bach made a congratulatory call and suggested that "See you in Lausanne at the earliest."
The IOC is scheduled to elect the 10th new chairman at the 144th General Assembly in Costa Navarino, Greece on the 21st (Korea time). Bach, who was elected at the 125th General Assembly in September 2013, will retire in June this year after serving a 12-year term.
In his first meeting with Bach as chairman of the Korean Sports Council, Yoo plans to actively express South Korea's willingness to host the 2036 Summer Olympics. Chairman Yoo, along with the accompanying government and Jeonbuk officials, will explain that the Republic of Korea is systematically preparing for the 36th Summer Olympics in 2036, and is preparing an optimal hosting strategy in line with the IOC's Olympic agenda and sustainable competition operation direction. It also emphasizes that South Korea can play an important role in the Olympic movement that realizes the value of peace and inclusion through sports, and plans to convey close communication and cooperation with the IOC in the future.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
