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| Photo provided =Korea Association of Curling for Persons with Disabilities |
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| Photo provided =Korea Association of Curling for Persons with Disabilities |
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○…The 2025 High Core Cup Korea Wheelchair Curling League (mixed four players) ended on the 25th. In its fourth year, the event was a major competition that qualified individuals for the national team to participate in the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Paralympics. As a result of a total of 10 teams participating in the competition, four teams, including the Gyeonggi Provincial Sports Council for the Disabled, the second-ranked Jeollanam-do, the third-ranked Changwon City Hall, and the fourth-ranked Gangwon Provincial Sports Council for the Disabled, advanced to the playoffs. South Jeolla Province won the championship, Gyeonggi Province won the runner-up, and Gangwon Province recorded the bronze medal. However, according to the Korea Disabled Curling Association, the four teams that made the playoffs will be listed on the list of participants for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Paralympics. Yoon Kyung-sun, president of the Curling Association for the Disabled, said "All of the athletes were able to achieve a valuable achievement of qualifying for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Paralympics because of their sweat and dedication in their respective positions. It's already a great impression and proud result for us just to qualify for the tournament. But it's time to work together toward more than that goal. We will spare no support for the team so that they can perform at their best in an optimal environment." In June, a mixed two-man league game will be held.
○…The Korean Sports Council for the Disabled will hold an event-specific meeting to prepare for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Paralympics in the small conference room of the new Olympic Hall on the 30th. The meeting will be attended by employees of four sports affiliated organizations, including alpine skiing, Nordic skiing, snowboarding and curling, as well as leaders and training staff for the Korea Sports Association for the Disabled. The meeting will share announcements from the organizing committee related to the competition and discuss future off-season training plans and support plans.
○…The Korea Sports Council for the Disabled will hold the first professional sports committee at 2 p.m. on the 29th at Olympic Parktel Rome Hall. About 20 people, including members of the professional sports committee and people in charge of the Korea Sports Council for the Disabled, will attend the meeting. This meeting will report this year's committee operation plan along with the meeting and appointment ceremony. It plans to deliberate and confirm the selection of national leaders and players in 2025.
○…On the 30th, a meeting of national trainers for the Ipchon national team will be held in the conference room in Education-dong, Icheon National Training Center. About 20 people, including the head of the athletes' village, medical and science team leaders, and trainers in the village, will attend to share the status of training support for each event, collect opinions on work, and discuss support plans.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
