The management team, ahead of the World Championship for the Jincheon Swimming Pool's 3-meter-deep renovation, Miyazaki's 6-week off-season training
Apr 14, 2025
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The management team of the 2025 season will leave Incheon International Airport on the afternoon of the 13th and conduct overseas training for six weeks until the 21st of next month in preparation for the Singapore World Swimming Championships to be held in July. The swimming center in the Jincheon National Training Center is in the midst of construction to convert the existing 2m depth to 3m, which is less than the international standard of 2.5m, to the 'Olympic Standard', and the training will be conducted in Japan until the construction is completed at the end of May.
A total of 31 players participating in this overseas training, including 26 national team reinforcement training players selected in the management national team selection match at the end of last month, and five coaching staff including Jeon Dong-hyun, Kim Hyo-yeol, Hwang Sung-tae, Lee Bo-eun, and trainer Choi Seung-il.
With the support and cooperation of Japan's Miyazaki Prefecture Swimming Federation, the Korean Swimming Federation has created an environment to concentrate on training at the local Persol Aqua Park indoor swimming pool. It is the first time in 17 years that all management teams have been dispatched overseas only for training, not for the purpose of participating in the competition, since the two-week off-season training in Guam ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The national team will have aerobic training in preparation for the Singapore World Swimming Championships. It plans to conduct endurance training in parallel.
"After the Olympics, some male athletes, including Hwang Sun-woo and Kim Woo-min, went to the training center for four weeks to fulfill their military service obligations, so they could not carry out normal training," said Kim Hyo-yeol, manager of the management team. As we can concentrate on training in a good environment with the support of the federation, we plan to train with an emphasis on restoring our condition and skills." "There were a lot of players who didn't match their own records in the last try, but I hope the players will focus only on boosting their performance until the Singapore World Swimming Championships." Backing ace Lee Ju-ho from Seogwipo City Hall said, "I will do my best to give good results in all events while the World Swimming Championships are just around the corner in July." expressed his determination.
The training is funded by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Korea Sports Council, and the Korea Sports Promotion Foundation, as well as the national team support from companies such as KB Financial Group, Barrel, and CJ Cheiljedang.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
