Korean press group honors PyeongChang bid leader for ambitious efforts to develop sports
Park Kun Man, the president of the press group, praised Kim by saying, “Gangwon Province has made exceptional efforts to promote winter sports. Moreover, they are now pouring all of their efforts and passion toward succeeding at hosting the 2014 Winter Olympics. We have chosen Kim Jin Sun Korea Sports Grand Prix award, for we have highly appraised his efforts.”
Meanwhile, as its Athlete of the Year, the press group recognized the swimmer Park Tae Hwan. The 16-year-old notched a new Asia-wide record of 15:00:32 for the 1,500-meter men’s freestyle event at the 4th East Asian Games in Macau, which wrapped up in early November. Park surpassed the previous Asian record for this event by more than 9 seconds.
In addition, the Korea Sports Press Union bestowed its Academic Award to Kim Yang Jong, president of Suwon College.
Founded in 1985 to promote the prosperity of Korean sports, the Korea Sports Press Union established its annual “Korea Sports Award” program in 1996 to honor individuals who played an important role in national sports development during that year.
Among the many leaders of the Korean sports community recognized over the years was Chung Mong Gu, chairman of Hyundai Motor. Lee Kun Hee, the chairman of Samsung Group, was the group’s first awardees.
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