Korean Olympic Committee holds '2026 Youth National Team and Future Star Athlete Dedicated Coach Meeting' to cultivate future national representatives

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The Korean Olympic Committee announced on the 30th that it held the '2026 Youth National Team and Future Star Athlete Dedicated Coach Meeting' at the velodrome conference room of the Jincheon National Athlete Village in the morning.

According to the Korean Olympic Committee, the meeting, held with financial support from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Sports Promotion Foundation, was attended by approximately 45 people, including dedicated coaches for youth national team and future star athletes, and full-time coaches for future national representatives.

The event was organized to share policies for cultivating future national representatives and the direction of this year's projects, and to gather on-site opinions from frontline coaches to enhance the effectiveness of project operations.

During the meeting, presentations were made on the 2026 future national representative cultivation project plan, measures to improve boarding training for youth national team and future star athletes, and major issues such as selection measurement and performance measurement and evaluation of future star athletes. In addition, matters to be noted for fund projects to ensure transparent subsidy execution were also discussed.

Notably, Professor Im Da-yeon from Mokpo National Maritime University presented on the topic of 'Proposal for a Merit and Demerit System for Boarding Training,' drawing attention by proposing new boarding training operation plans to enhance voluntary participation and motivation among youth athletes. During the subsequent question-and-answer session, coaches freely expressed various opinions on on-site difficulties and improvements to training environments.

Kim Taek-soo, the village chief, stated, "The success of cultivating future national representatives begins with close cooperation with coaches who best understand the on-site situation," and added, "Moving forward, we will reflect the voices of the field in policies based on continuous communication and establish a more effective support system."

The Korean Olympic Committee plans to actively reflect on-site opinions in cultivation policies through continuous communication with coaches in the future and to continuously improve relevant systems so that athletes can grow in better environments.

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