2024-02-02 08:17:00
▲ IOC President Thomas Bach and Korea Sports Council President Lee Ki-heung
Lee Ki-heung, president of the Korea Sports Council, received the International Olympic Committee (IOC) President’s Special Award.
The Korea Sports Council announced on the 2nd that IOC President Bach presented Chairman Lee with the IOC Chairman’s Special Award at the IOC farewell reception held at a hotel in Gangneung, Gangwon-do following the closing ceremony of the 2024 Gangwon Winter Youth Olympic Games on the 1st.
The IOC President’s Special Award is an award in which the IOC Chairman directly nominates a person who has contributed to the spread of the Olympic movement. This year, in recognition of the 130th anniversary of the IOC’s establishment and the successful hosting of the Gangwon Winter Youth Olympics, Lee Ki-heung, Sports Council President and IOC member, received the award. explained:
Chairman Bach said, “I am grateful that Gangwon-do, which became a legacy of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, provided a perfect stage for youth athletes to shine. This is the result of the joint efforts of the Korean government, local governments, organizing committee, and the Korea Sports Council.” I did.
Sports Chairman Lee Ki-heung said, “We would like to thank the operating staff, volunteers, organizing committee, government and IOC officials who spared no effort in hosting the Games. We will spare no efforts to spread the tangible and intangible Olympic legacy to growing youth athletes.” “He expressed his feelings.
(Photo = Provided by the Korean Sports Council, Yonhap News)
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