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Ryu gains IOC seat |
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| 이름 | 임서영 | 등록일 | 16.08.21 | 조회수 | 711 |
 Ryu Seung-minBy Nam Hyun-woo Former Olympic table tennis champion Ryu Seung-min, 34, became a member of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Athletes’ Commission, Friday. In a vote for four new commission members, Ryu finished second among 23 candidates after earning 1,544 votes out of 20,740, cast by the 5,185 athletes participating in the Rio Games. The election ran from July 24 to Aug. 17 at the Olympic Village located in Rio de Janeiro and voters cast their ballots for four different athletes in four different sports. Winning the most votes was German fencer Britta Heidemann with 1,603, followed by Ryu, then Hungarian swimmer Daniel Gyurta with 1,469 and Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva with 1,365. They will replace Claudia Bokel, Alexander Popov, Yumilka Ruiz Luaces and Moon Dae-sung, who got their seats at the 2008 Beijing Games. Ryu, the 2004 Athens Games table tennis gold medalist, became the second South Korean to become a member of the Athletes’ Commission following Moon, who won the gold medal for taekwondo at the same Olympics. Moon’s eight-year term was set to expire this summer, while his membership was suspended recently following a thesis plagiarism scandal. With another IOC member, Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee, ailing, Ryu would be the only active IOC member from Korea, bridging the organizers of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics and the IOC. “I understand my responsibility of being the bridge between the IOC and the organizing committee for the PyeongChang Olympics,” Ryu told reporters during a post-election press conference. “Though I don’t have much experience as a sports administrator, I will try my best to contribute to the advancement of Korean sports.” Ryu’s success, especially by coming in second, came as a surprise to the Korean sports community, which had a bleak outlook on his election. Ryu said he was aware of such a perception and endured “very lonely times” in Rio. “After the 2012 Games, either weightlifter Jang Mi-ran or shooter Jin Jong-oh were thought to be the potential Korean candidate. This discouraged me and I thought I should work as a coach,” Ryu said. “However, someone advised me to give it a shot because it’s my last chance, so I decided to run for the election.” In order to be eligible for the election, candidates have to participate in either the Olympic Games in the election year (the 2016 Games) or in the previous Games (the 2012 Games). Also, they have to be presented by their National Olympic Committees. In a domestic race to earn the Korea Olympic Committee’s patronage last year, Ryu outpaced Beijing Games weightlifting champion Jang, Rio Games shooting gold medalist Jin and Beijing Games fencing silver winner Nam Hyun-hee. At that time, he was highly appraised for not only his election but also for his command of English. Ryu said campaigning in Rio was also difficult. “I was out at the shuttle bus stop from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day, greeting the athletes and trying to cheer them on. Every day was so long and lonely,” he said. “I know athletes hate to be distracted before their competitions, so I want to thank all the athletes who received my greetings during the past 25 days, whether they voted for me or not.” While he was campaigning, he said the question he was asked the most was “What is the Athletes’ Commission?” “I believe my role is to narrow the gap between athletes and the commission,” he said. “I will rely on my legwork for that.” As Ryu grabs the seat, another South Korean IOC member hopeful, Kim Yu-na, will not get the chance to run for election. The Olympic figure skating champion, who called an end to her competitive career after the 2014 Sochi Winter Games, would have to run for election at the 2018 PyeongChang Games to become a member. However, the IOC regulation is that a National Olympic Committee can have only one member on the Athletes’ Commission, meaning South Korea cannot send a candidate until Ryu’s term expires in 2024. On Aug. 21, Ryu and three other newly elected members will be proposed at the IOC Session for IOC membership. Pending approval, they will then be officially introduced at the Rio Games closing ceremony on the same day. |
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