Sports Promotion Corporation promotes joint cooperation with the Hong Kong Korean Society for the exhibition of sports artifacts
May 30, 2025
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At the signing ceremony held at the Olympic Hall on the 28th, officials, including Ha Hyung-ju, chairman of the Sports Promotion Foundation, and Tak Yeon-kyun, chairman of the Hong Kong Korean Association, gathered to express their gratitude for the free donation of the signature of the athletes participating in the London Olympics'1948 Games and promise continued cooperation between the two organizations. Donated artifacts will be preserved and managed in the best condition at the National Sports Museum in the future and used for exhibition and educational research.
The signature of the athletes participating in the 1948 London Olympics is the only one signed by the Korean team at the 1948 London Olympics, the first Olympics to participate under the Korean national flag after liberation, and the team will stay in Hong Kong for a while and at a welcoming event hosted by the local Korean Association (July 3, 1948). Participants include Kim Sung-jip (weightlifting), Korea's first Olympic medalist, Han Soo-an (boxing), and Park Bong-sik (athletics), the first female participant, and are considered to be of very high historical value.
Chairman Ha stated that "the relics of the 1948 London Olympics held by the Hong Kong Korean Association are an important record that connects the history of Korean sports and overseas Koreans. We will display and preserve the relics well to promote them in time for the opening of the National Sports Museum in the future."
Chairman Tak responded, "'The traces left by our compatriots 75 years ago when they welcomed their homeland's athletes are re-lit, which is a new feeling.'"We will continue to work with the Sports Corporation to ensure that the sports heritage of our people can be properly preserved and utilized in the future."
Meanwhile, the National Sports Museum, Korea's first sports-specialized museum, is set to open in the second half of next year.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
