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| From left, Park Ji-young, Chairman of the Sports Ethics Center, Kim Nam-mi, Secretary-General of the Korea Sports Association, Kim Na-ra, Chairman of the KADA Athletes' Commission, Busan Mayor Park Hyung-joon, KADA Chairman Lee Young-hee, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Yoo In-chon, Volleyball Empress Kim Yeon-kyung, Executive Director of the Korea Sports Promotion Foundation Park Yong-chul, and Lee Hee-ryong, Secretary-General of the Korea Sports Association for the Disabled. Photo courtesy = Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism |
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| Actor and all-around entertainer Park Jae-min asks volleyball empress Kim Yeon-koung a question about 'the meaning of clean sports' Photo courtesy =KADA |
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| Volleyball Empress Kim Yeon-kyung and Culture Minister Yoo In-chon are chatting. Photo courtesy = Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism |
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| Kim Yeon-kyung who attended the anti-doping ceremony |
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The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (hereinafter referred to as the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) and the Korea Anti-Doping Committee (KADA) held a ceremony to commemorate "2025 World Anti-Doping Day".
First declared at the 2013 World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Education Conference'World Anti-Doping Day' is a day when the world's sports community has designated one of April every year since 2014 to participate in the spread of 'clean sports'.
At 10:30 a.m. on the 11th at the Seoul Olympic Parktel, the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Yoo In-chon, Chairman Lee Young-hee of KADA, Secretary-General Kim Il-hwan, former member of the Korean women's gymnastics team, Kim Nara, former member of the women's national team, Kim Dong-hyun, former member of the Pyeongchang Bobsleigh Silver Medalist, and Kim Yeon-kyung, former member of the Beijing Paralympics track and field legend, Hong Seok-man, Mayor of Busan Metropolitan City Park Hyung-joon, Executive Director of the Korea Sports Promotion Foundation, Park Ji-young, Chairman of the Korea Sports Ethics Center, Kim.
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| Lee Young-hee, chairman of the Korea Anti-Doping Committee, is taking a commemorative photo after awarding a letter of appointment to Olympic bobsleigh medallist Won Yoon-jong at the Olympic Parktel in Songpa-gu, Seoul on the 11th. |
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In his congratulatory speech, KADA Chairman Lee Young-hee said, `Today's World Anti-Doping Day is a global sports campaign in which the world joins together for a clean, doping-free sport,' adding, `KADA will make a pledge to make fair competition under the slogan of `Strong Korea without weak people' and practice it.' In particular, KADA created the Fair Play Ground, a youth-experience anti-doping cultural space, this year and held a groundbreaking ceremony today. It will be a sports and culture hub where youth student-athletes learn the dangers of doping and the value of sports through play and experience. "This year is also a significant year for the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) General Assembly to be held in Busan in December. Through this opportunity, he urged us to engrave the value of 'PLAY TRUE' and practice the message of fairness that sports convey to our society together."
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| Kim Na-ra, chairman of the KADA Athletes Commission (right), and Won Yoon-jong, the new KADA member, pose for an anti-doping promise with the KADA mascot Tone. |
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At the ceremony, a ceremony to appoint a new athlete member, a performance to publicize the will to prevent doping, and an award for anti-doping merit were also held. Won Yoon-jong, Asia's first bobsleigh Olympic medalist and International Olympic Committee candidate, has been appointed as KADA's new athlete committee member. "It is an honor to become a KADA athlete member on the World Anti-Doping Day in 2025 and take the lead in clean sports," Won said. I will do my best to promote and work as an athlete member so that I can create a clean sports world" delivered his pledge.
Culture, Sports and Tourism Minister Yoo In-chon said in a congratulatory speech, "'Today is World Anti-Doping Day, and it is a meaningful day when the Republic of Korea's national title was created in 1919 and the provisional government was established.'" Immediately after the last dance of Heungkuk Life Insurance, he commended Kim Yeon-koung for her hard work attending the ceremony as a KADA player committee member and said, `I ask that Kim Yeon-koung play a more important role for Korean sports than when she was a player.' Minister Yoo said, `The basis of sports is honesty and fairness. The athletes' sweat drops and achievements of fair efforts remind us of the value of sports alone. "Let's all join forces to create a clean and fair sports world. " "This December, the WADA General Assembly will be held in Busan for the first time in Asia. We ask KADA and Busan City to make thorough preparations. I will actively support the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism"I hope that through this, the Republic of Korea will stand tall as a clean and sports advanced country" he said.
Mayor Park Hyung-joon of Busan Metropolitan City, who is preparing for the 2025 WADA General Assembly, said "Busan is emerging not only as an international film festival, but also as an international exhibition and international conference MICE city. Above all, the satisfaction of those who came is high. It is becoming a fun, informative, and cheerful city as a cultural city, a 'Michelin' gourmet city. It is our dream to become a global hub city. Kim Yeon-kyung also came, but she has all professional clubs except volleyball. The professional volleyball team also plans to host the event this year. She also won the women's professional basketball championship. I also hope Lotte will have an opportunity to play in the fall." "Our goal is to make Busan a sports paradise city. The WADA General Assembly for fair sports will be held as part of the way to improve the quality of life of Busan citizens and make them a happy city through sports. Through this, the path to a sports paradise city will be wide open. Please visit Busan a lot and help me a lot."
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| 2025 World Anti-Doping Day, Anti-Doping Ceremony |
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The ceremony was followed by an anti-doping pledge performance along with awards for anti-doping merit, including Lee Ki-bok, head of the Gangwon Student Sports Center, who received a commendation from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. Chairman Lee Young-hee, Minister Yoo In-chon, Sports Committee Chairman Kim Na-ra, Sports Committee Member Kim Yeon-koung, Busan Mayor Park Hyung-joon, Executive Director of the Korea Sports Promotion Foundation Park Yong-chul, Secretary-General of the Korea Sports Association Kim Nam-ki, Secretary-General of the Korea Sports Association for the Disabled Lee Hee-ryong, and Chairman Park Ji-young of the Sports Ethics Center lifted the letter 'PLAY TRUE' and shouted 'PLAY TRUE!' As a performance of attaching each letter to a tree fruit, he expressed the non-stop will of the sport 'Jeongdang'.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
