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| President Lee Jae-myung and IOC President Kirsty Coventry |
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| President Lee Jae-myung greets the president of the Korea Sports Council in Yoo Seung Min |
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| President Lee Jae-myung greeting IOC member Kim Jae-yeol |
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President Lee Jae-myung met with Kirsty Coventry, chairman of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), at the presidential office in Yongsan, Seoul, on the afternoon of the 3rd.
Coventry visited Korea on the 2nd to attend the 2025 World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) General Assembly held in BEXCO, Busan. As Zimbabwe's former sports and youth minister and Olympic swimming legend, it is the first visit to Korea since being elected as the first African and female IOC president in March and starting his term as former chairman Thomas Bach in June. At the opening ceremony of the WADA General Assembly, Coventry emphasized clean sports for future generations, international solidarity and unity for this, and expressed his gratitude for South Korea's dedication to the Olympic movement through the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and the 2024 Gangwon Youth Winter Olympics.
The day after the opening ceremony, Coventry, who headed to Seoul, met with President Lee. Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Choi Hwi-young, Chairman Coventry, Chairman of the Korean Sports Council Yoo Seung Min, and IOC member Kim Jae-yeol were also present at the meeting. President Lee will lead the IOC for a long time. Please show your interest and support for the development of sports in Korea as well as the development of sports in the world," he said. To Coventry, a former Olympic swimming legend who has opened a new path for African women's leaders, he added, `I also support the chairman's great life.'
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| President Lee Jae-myung meets IOC President Kirsty Coventry |
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Chairman Coventry visited Korea during the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, saying, `I have many good memories of Korea.' The weather was cold, but I remember it as a very successful Olympics." "There will be many opportunities for us to cooperate for the international sports community and for Korea in the future," he said, raising expectations for the expansion of sports diplomacy and exchanges in the future.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
