Nago, get ready for the game! The management team, including Suyeong Supernova Kim Young-beom, will challenge for the week-long special training fan open at the Tokyo Game Stadium
Nov 25, 2025
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The management national team of the 2025-2026 season, led by coach Jeon Dong-hyun and Lee Bo-eun, boarded a flight to Tokyo, Japan for a week-long overseas training on the 25th. The national team, consisting of 12 athletes and two leaders, including five freshmen who first joined the national team, will participate in the men's 200-meter breaststroke Korean record holder Cho Sung-jae (Daejeon Metropolitan City Hall), men's 50-meter backstroke Korean record holder Yoon Ji-hwan (Gangwon Provincial Government), and men's 100-meter freestyle Korean record holder Kim Young-beom (Gangwon Provincial Government). After the tournament, he will return home on the 4th of next month after three days of joint training with the local excellent team.
The Tokyo Aquatic Center, where the Japan Open and training will be held, is the venue for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the management stadium for the 2026 Aichi and Nagoya Asian Games next year, and the management team will begin preparing for the Asian Games in earnest through field trips early.
Thanks to the rapid growth of the golden generation of Hwang Sun-woo, Kim Woo-min, and Lee Ju-ho, and teenage athletes such as Kim Young-beom, the management selected by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's '2025 Strategic Sports Promotion Project' is preparing for a major competition in the new season with national support. Earlier on the 23rd, 20 members of the national management team left for Melbourne and Brisbane, Australia, and 14 players left for Japan on the same day. The Australian contingent team is supported by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's strategic sports promotion project, and the Japanese contingent team is supported by the approval of the Korean Sports Council. The Korean Swimming Federation divided the Japanese and Australian training teams by comprehensively considering whether they won the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games medal, the possibility of winning the 2026 Aichi and Nagoya Asian Games, and the need for high-altitude training according to the skills and capabilities of the athletes"In the case of players who have newly joined the national team for the first time in a long time, some have been assigned to the Japanese team instead of Australia in consideration of the adaptation period."
General manager Kim Hyo-yeol, who is currently training in Australia with Kim Woo-min and Lee Ho-jun, said, "We are grateful for the opportunity to participate in overseas training since April with the support of the Korean Swimming Federation, the Korean Sports Association, and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. We will systematically and step-by-step prepare for next year's Asian Games using such active investment and support as the cornerstone." expressed his determination.
◇'2025 Strategic Sports Promotion Project' List of Australian national team members supported by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
▶ Melbourne Team: Hwang Sun-woo, Ji Yoo-chan, Choi Dong-yeol, Lee Ju-ho, Kim Seung-won, Cho Hyun-joo, Park Si-eun, Kim Chae-yoon, Kim Min-seok/Hwang Sung-tae, coach Lee Ji-sun, two trainers
▶Team Brisbane: Kim Woo-min, Lee Ho-joon, Kim Jun-woo, Kim Min-seop, Yang Jae-hoon / General Manager Kim Hyo-yeol, 1 trainer
◇'2025 Strategic Sports Promotion Project' List of national team members of Japan's Jeon Hoon management supporting the Korea Sports Council
▶Leader: Jeon Dong-hyun and Lee Bo-eun
▶Player (male): Kim Young-beom, Cho Sung-jae, Yoon Ji-hwan, Kim Chan-young, Kim Young-hyun, Kim Ji-hoon
▶Player(female): Ahn Se-hyun, Kim Bo-min, Hwang Na-hee, Kim Yun-hee, Park Soo-jin, Heo Yeon-kyung
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
