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"I will motivate you to take pride in being the best player and leader in Korea."
Kim Taek-soo, the new president-designate of the Jincheon National Team, emphasized the pride of the best player, the best leader, and the Korean national team.
The Korea Sports Council appointed Kim Taek-soo, general manager of Mirae Asset Securities' table tennis team, as the head of Jincheon National Training Center on the 11th" he said. Chief Kim is a certified table tennis legend who won the men's team gold medal at the 1990 Beijing Olympics, the men's singles bronze medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, and the men's singles gold medal at the 1998 Bangkok Asian Games. It is praised by Chinese experts as `the player who used the most perfect technology' to this day. The 32-ball rally, which was held with Liu Guoliang, the current president of the China Table Tennis Association, in the final round when he won the gold medal at the 1998 Bangkok Asian Games, is still a famous scene. Chief Kim, who was known as Technician during his active days, is a leader and working-level administrator with extensive field and administrative experience by serving as the national team coach of men's table tennis, technical director of the Korea Table Tennis Association, Gyeonggi director, working vice president of Mirae Asset Securities, and senior vice president of the Asia Table Tennis Association.
He also has a special relationship with the president of the Korean Sports Council in Yoo Seung Min. Chief Kim accompanied Chairman Yoo as a coach at the 2004 Athens Olympics men's singles gold medal scene, and when he was the chairman of the Korea Table Tennis Association, he proved his administrative capability with the success of the competition as vice chairman and secretary-general of the Busan World Table Tennis Championships. In the 42nd election for the chairman of the Korea Sports Council, he was the first to witness the miraculous election by 38 votes as a `closest aide.'
It is the second time that a table tennis player has been appointed as the head of the national team's national sports village since 2005-2008, when he was a member of the Taeneung National Training Center. It is significant that Chairman Yoo Seung Min, who promised change and innovation, started his first term and entrusted Jincheon Training Center, the core and cradle of elite sports, to Chief Kim, who is the most trusted. Mayor-designate Kim served as an athlete and leader from 1987 to 2021. He played as a player from 2004 to 2004 with his first Taegeuk mark in 1987, coached men's table tennis from 2004 to 2006, coached men's table tennis at the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games, and coached men's table tennis right before the 2017-2021 Tokyo Olympics. The start of Jincheon Training Center was also accompanied by the start of the Jincheon Training Center, he said. "'He must be the only athlete who knows all of the best facilities from the days before the Taereung remodeling period.'" "As an athlete who has protected the site of the athlete's village longer than anyone else, the vision of the athlete's village is clear. I am proud to understand the minds of players and leaders better than anyone else," he said with a smile.
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Mayor-designate Kim, who has taken on a heavy task, said "I know that the public and sportsmen have high expectations for Chairman Yoo Seung Min. I also feel a lot of pressure and responsibility to change." "It is an important time to consider changes that fit the times while inheriting the good work of the former chiefs. There are many things I think about, but I will go into the athletes' village and communicate widely with the leaders and players and find the best way in reality."
As a former legendary national university, he emphasized the pride of the Taegeuk mark above all else. "I bet my life on the national flag. When he begins his term as the head of the athlete's village, he wants to clearly imprint the meaning of the national flag once again. I will strongly motivate myself to feel the pride of the athlete, the pride of the national flag, and the pride of being the best player and the best leader in Korea." "Times have changed. Although there were aspects of sports that were marginalized compared to professionals, I will show that they can be successful enough in sports and be recognized as the best." When asked about the burden of taking the heavy responsibility immediately after his best performance at the Paris Summer Olympics and the Harbin Winter Olympics, Chief Kim said, "I have never been free from the burden of results since I started the campaign. Sometimes results were produced even with a low probability of only 1%. If you do your best, the result is from heaven. I am confident that if I do my best, I will accept any outcome." `My goal is not to end after a two-year term, but to create a foundation for sustainable growth and increased performance even when the next chief comes.'
He then led 60 members of the organizing committee and 1,000 volunteers as secretary-general of the Busan World Table Tennis Championships. It is proud that the competition, which started with a debt of 2 billion won, was successfully completed with a surplus competition. He promised that he would apply the three principles 'Transparency in Budget, Administration, and Personnel' to the athletes' villages to constantly communicate with athletes, leaders, and employees and operate them fairly and transparently.
Chief Kim, who has traveled around the world as a table tennis player and has an open mind, said "Change is necessary for the times and values autonomy and communication, but there will be no compromise on the intensity of training." "It may be okay to do early morning exercise autonomously according to the characteristics of the event, but it has nothing to do with the intensity of training or the quality of training. My principles in training are firm. A player has no choice but to train. Reducing early morning training does not reduce the intensity of the training we saw." "We want to bring out the best competitiveness through scientific, systematic, and customized support for athletes' physical and nutritional management." He also said, "I want to create educational programs for athletes that are necessary to grow into athletes with skills and personality such as humanities and sports psychology."
The nominee for chief Kim said, `A national representative is something special. It is a great honor as an athlete to be together as the head of a special organization called the national athletes' village. As much as it is an honor, the burden and responsibility are great. I'll do my best to meet your expectations" conveyed a firm determination.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
