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Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Choi Hwi-young will visit Milan, Italy, from the 4th to the 8th to attend the "2026 Milan-Cortina D'Ampezzo Winter Olympics" as a government representative, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said. Minister Choi plans to continue international sports diplomacy while directly supporting the Korean national team and checking the local support situation.
Minister Choi Hui-young will first visit the Olympic Village in Milan on the 5th to meet athletes who are focusing on training and preparation for the games ahead of the competition. It encourages players to see if they have any difficulties in preparing for the tournament and perform without regret with their best performance. In addition, we would like to express our encouragement to the hard work of the support staff who are struggling in the field to support our team's participation in the competition.
He will then visit the local meal support center in Milan. In order to support players' local adaptation and nutrition management, we will check the status of the preparation of Korean lunch boxes delivered to the athletes' village twice a day, and encourage officials who are struggling to prepare thorough lunch boxes during the competition.
On the 7th, he will visit the 'Main Media Center' to meet with the Korean press corps, which is striving to vividly convey the heat of the Winter Olympics to the Korean people even in cold weather.
In addition, Minister Choi Hwi-young will visit the game site, a stage where our players, the main characters of the competition, will perform brilliantly, including the figure skating team event on the 6th and 7th.
It is also committed to international sports diplomatic activities to expand Korea's status as an international sports in the wake of the Olympics. He will attend the opening ceremony of the Korea House on the 5th and interact with members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and officials of the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of each country. In particular, the opening ceremony will promote the beauty of hanbok in Milan, the center of design and fashion, under the theme of winter hanbok suitable for the Winter Olympics through the Hanbok Fashion Show hosted by the Korea Craft Design Culture Promotion Agency. It plans to expand international sports exchanges through various charms of Korean culture, including a cover dance stage for the theme song of "K-pop Demon Hunters," which was popular worldwide, and a celebratory performance by Korean vocalists in Italy.
On the 6th, he will attend a welcoming party (reception) for sports ministers from each country hosted by Italy's Minister of Sports and Youth to pray for the successful hosting of the Milan Winter Olympics and discuss ways to expand sports exchanges between Korea and Italy. After that, he attended the opening ceremony of the "2026 Milan Winter Olympics" at Milan San Siro Stadium as a government delegation, adding heat to the position of our national team.
Minister Choi Hwi-young said, "We will visit the Olympic site, which is the stage of our dreams, to check all factors that affect our performance, including the training environment and the status of local support, and add energy of support and encouragement."
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