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Pyeongchang Bobsleigh Legend'Won Yoon-jong (40), a member of the Korea Anti-Doping Committee (KADA), represented the voices of the athletes at the World Anti-Doping Committee (WADA) General Assembly in Busan ahead of the challenge of the IOC athletes' committee.
During the WADA General Assembly in BEXCO, Busan on the afternoon of the 3rd, Won presented English at a session on suggestions on the National Anti-Doping Organization (NADO), the rules and international standards of each member state. At a meeting presided over by Chairman Witold Vanka, Won explained the difficulties of taking the doping test during his active career from the player's point of view and made active suggestions. In fluent English in front of anti-doping experts around the world, Won said, "I would like to share my opinion from the perspective of athletes regarding international standards and procedures for doping tests" he opened his mouth. "Doping tests were taken several times on the same day by different test organizations during my career, especially when I was included in the registered test pool (RTP). It's not frequent, but it nevertheless causes inconvenience to players. Similar concerns are being raised among fellow players." "As an athlete, I am aware of the obligation to conduct doping tests and comply with anti-doping test requirements, and I understand that there may be administrative limitations in coordination and communication between different testing agencies, but I think there is room for improvement for more convenience, more efficient and harmonious doping management." he expressed his opinion. "It would be nice to look for possible measures to promote better coordination between testing agencies and develop a more simplified and effective anti-doping program that equilibrates the integrity of testing and the welfare of athletes."."
Won, who won Korea's first bobsled silver medal at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics, will challenge to become an IOC athlete during the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on February 6-22 next year. About 70 days before the Olympics, it is continuing its stormy moves at home and abroad. Last month, he visited Cortina and D'Ampezzo, where bobsleigh and skeleton events were held, to cheer for his juniors. He then visited Poland, where the 3rd International Skating Union (ISU) Short Track World Tour was held, and two days after moving back to Cortina to join the luge competition, he visited the Busan WADA General Assembly, attended by more than 20 IOC members, including IOC President Kirsty Coventry, and 2,000 sports officials from each country. The order will continue even after the conference ends. After leaving the country on the 7th to observe the Finnish ice hockey tour, he also plans to visit the Norwegian Speed Skating World Cup site from the 12th to the 14th. "I was well advised by President Yoo Seung Min (former IOC Athletes Commissioner) to move for the athletes from early in the morning to late at night. That's the answer. "Wouldn't that sincerity lead to a good result in the end?" he said with a smile.
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| 'Women's Gymnastics Legend'Kim Na-ra, Chairman of the KADA Athletes' Commission, Hong Seok-man, Won Yoon-jong, and Ki Bo-bae visited Busan Sports High School at the WADA General Assembly in Busan to have a clean sports mentoring session for younger students. Photo courtesy =KADA |
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| KADA Athletes Commissioner Won Yoon-jong and KADA mascots tone and KADA Athletes Commission Chairman Kim Na-ra. |
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| From left, Hong Seok-man, KADA athlete committee member (wheelchair athletics), Won Yoon-jong (bobsleigh), Kim Nara (gynics), Kim Arang (short track), and Kim Yeon-koung (promotional ambassador for WADA General Assembly) Photo courtesy of KADA athlete committee |
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The original committee member is the prepared 'Athletic Committee member'. After retiring as a player, he studied in Calgary, Canada for one year in 2023 and devoted himself to studying English. Immediately after his retirement, he decided to become an international sports administrator and took on the challenge with the belief that English was essential. And two years later, at the WADA General Assembly in Busan, his fluent English presentation was full of confidence. Commissioner Won "As I prepared for the IOC Athletes Commission, I became a KADA member, and I am very lucky that the first general meeting in Asia was held in Busan. As a former athlete, it is also important to have the direction that clean sports aims for while fighting doping. Above all, it was meaningful to make the presentation on behalf of the players today" expressed his feelings.
At the WADA General Assembly, he played with Kim Na-ra, Kim Yeon-kyung, Hong Seok-man, Ki Bo-bae, and Kim A-rang, and gained greater stimulation and confidence by watching the performances of international sports administrators, including WADA President Witold Vanka, a former Polish athlete, and Chinese short track star-turned-vice president Yang Yang. He said "It's a great advantage of being a former player to be able to communicate naturally with a variety of players. Today's presentation was presented as a bobsled player committee member and KADA player committee member, and he announced what he heard, learned, and felt with the players in personThe players' voices are the cornerstone of changing the administration. I feel that the direction of international sports organizations such as IOC and WADA is also becoming more athlete-centered. "I'm just thinking that I'm in the top two in the IOC athletes' committee election unconditionally. I want to speak out more on behalf of the players and take a step further to reflect the voices of the players in the administration" conveyed his aspirations.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
