The training is to implement what Chairman Lee Ki-heung declared during the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games.

According to the Sports Association on the 14th, more than 500 executives and employees of the national team, the Korean Sports Association, and Gyeonggi organizations will hold a three-day Marine Corps camp at the Pohang Marine Corps 1st Division from the 18th to the 20th.

Ahead of the competition, when Choi Shin-won, chairman of the Korea Fencing Association, said that he would conduct a Marine Corps winter training with representative fencing athletes, Chairman Lee Ki-heung added that he would expand to all national sports.

Staring at his rather poor performance at the Hangzhou Asian Games, Chairman Lee Ki-heung said, "I will train the Marine Corps in person to strengthen my mental strength ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics," sparking controversy. Some critics say that the Marine Corps camp itself is an outdated idea.

However, Chairman Lee Ki-heung said, "The Marine Corps training means making up your mind ahead of the Paris Olympics," adding, "If it adversely affects the athletes' training, we will definitely exclude them."

According to the association, the upcoming Marine Corps camp is held to make up for the sluggish performance in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and provide a new opportunity for the team to make a leap forward. The camp aims to strengthen the spirit of the Korean team that will participate in the Paris Olympics.토토사이트

The sports association plans to avoid mental strength programs through physical training in consideration of injuries.

Archery's Kim Je-deok, Ansan, fencing's Koo Bon-gil and Oh Sang-wook, Suyeong Hwang Sun-woo, track and field Woo Sang-hyuk, modern pentathlon Jeon Woong-tae, and artistic gymnastics Yeo Seo-jung will attend.

The team will leave Jincheon National Training Center on the morning of the 18th to enter Pohang Marine Corps and start quenching with the goal of "One Team Korea."

"If the current trend continues, there could be only five to six gold medals in the worst case scenario at the Paris Olympics," said Lee Ki-heung, expressing concern. "I hope this training will serve as an opportunity for the athletes to make a leap forward again."