The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's 2025 Strategic Sports Selection Swimming Federation conducts overseas training to foster international management referees
Nov 27, 2025
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The Korea Swimming Federation (Chairman Chung Chang-hoon) announced on the 27th that it has dispatched six management judges to Tokyo, Japan for overseas training with the support of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism as a project to foster strategic sports in 2025.
Six outstanding judges in Korea, including Jung Eun-hee, standing judge of the Korean Swimming Federation, Kang Sung-chun, vice chairman of the Gimcheon University Judgment Committee, will participate in accumulating experience and global networking to become international referees in the future as a referee practice at the '2025 Japan Open', an international competition hosted by the Japanese Swimming Federation and approved by the International Swimming Federation.
Thanks to the support of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the federation has already sent two artistic swimming referees to Europe as a follow-up program following the training of excellent leaders in September, and is preparing to send open water swimming referees next month to shape not only player support but also a system for fostering referees.
Prior to leaving the country, standing referee Jung Eun-hee said, `There are a lot of things that the referee needs to look carefully at in order to make all the players compete under fair conditions, and such practical experience at an international competition that is different from that of Korea is a very valuable opportunity.' `Although there were no Korean management referees at the time of the Hangzhou Asian Games, we will make more efforts to increase our presence and strengthen our refereeing capabilities so that Korean referees can participate in next year's Asian Games.'
Reporter Lee Won-man wman@sportschosun.com
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
