2023-04-21 05:33:19
Kim Yeon-kyung hugs Pyo Seung-ju following losing the bronze medal match once morest Serbia in women’s volleyball at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Tokyo/Yonhap News
Kim Yeon-kyung (Heungkuk Life Insurance), who retired from the national team following the Tokyo Olympics, returns to the national team as an advisor. The Korea Volleyball Association issued a press release on the 21st, saying, “We have appointed former national team member Kim Yeon-kyung as an advisor for the national volleyball team.” The advisor serves as an advisor for the overall national team, such as mentoring the national team players and providing work support for coaches and support personnel. Kim Yeon-kyung will also partially participate in the training and dispatch schedule of the national team. Kim Yeon-kyung said, “As a member of Korean volleyball, she is happy to be with the national team once more. She is grateful to the Korea Volleyball Association for giving her this opportunity, and we will do our best to develop Korean volleyball by thinking together regarding the future direction of the national team,” she said. Kim Yeon-kyung will enter the Jincheon National Training Center on April 24 with the women’s national team. On May 22, she will depart with the women’s national team to accompany the Turkiye field training ahead of the 2023 Volleyball Nations League (VNL). Reporter Lee Jun-hee [email protected]
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