POSTED: June 22nd 2011
NewsUpdate
Korean students and sports stars spread PyeongChang 2018 mission in Asia
LAURA WALDEN / Sports Features Communications
TAMPA/PYEONGCHANG, Jun 22: The PyeongChang 2018 bid receives extra support from a student group traveling around Asia promoting the bid.
Since early 2011 the volunteer student support group called Saeng-jon-gyeong-jaeng, has been touring Asia collecting 2,018 messages of backing from the public, star athletes, and other students for the bid. Foreign tourists visiting Korea also added their positive messages to the group.
The group was led by Professor Kyung-deok Seo of Sungshin Women’s University who also chaperoned the team on their travels.
Many Korean sports stars also gave their support to the students’ effort to spread the word about the campaign and even donated funds to help them namely Byung-Ji Kim (Football), Dong-Gook Lee (Football), Sung-Min Moon (Volleyball), and Seung-Gyun Choo (Basketball).
Byung-Ji Kim, a member of South Korea’s national team squad for the 1998 and 2002 FIFA World Cup, said, “It’s incredibly inspiring to see these young students work tirelessly to support PyeongChang’s bid. As a professional sportsperson I know that the country is passionate about Winter Sports, and it would be a great honour for us to host the Winter Games and welcome athletes from around the world to Korea in 2018.”
Bid ceo, Yang Ho Cho, said, “The hard work and energy shown by this group of students has once again highlighted that the people of Korea are wonderfully supportive of our bid, and it would mean so much to them to see the 2018 Winter Games come to PyeongChang.
“We are also delighted to see that our core message of ‘New Horizons’ is resonating around Asia and we very thankful for all the messages of support we have received from people in so many different international cities.”
The student team also visited Nagano in Japan, Bangkok in Thailand and Guangzhou in China and they were looking to spread awareness about PyeongChang’s ‘New Horizons’ vision for the Korean Games. And they also emphasized the important mission of the bid that the PyeongChang Games would also boost the winter sports following in Asia.
PyeongChang has 14 days left in the bid cycle to the final vote in Durban, South Africa on July 6th. They are running against Annecy and Munich for the 2018 winter Games and Paralympics.
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