'Clean Sports Made Together' Spreads to the Next Generation... Global Anti-Doping Youth Camp Held in Busan from 19th to 22nd

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The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is preparing an event to spread a clean sports culture together with the next generation.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will hold the '2026 Global Anti-Doping Youth Camp' from the 19th to the 22nd at Daeon Campus of Pukyong National University in Busan Metropolitan City, in collaboration with the Korea Anti-Doping Agency (KADA) and Busan Metropolitan City.

This camp was organized to commemorate the successful holding of the '2025 World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) General Assembly' (hereinafter referred to as the Busan General Assembly), which was held for the first time in Asia in Busan in 2025, and to spread the value of 'fair sports' to the next generation based on the legacy of the Busan General Assembly. A total of 60 youth athletes and coaches from various sports including fencing, swimming, and athletics will participate in the camp from seven Asian countries, including South Korea's Busan, Bhutan, Cambodia, Laos, Maldives, Sri Lanka, and Kuwait. The camp will provide various cultural exchange programs, including lecture-style and experiential anti-doping education, counseling by current and former athletes, tourism in the Busan area, learning K-pop dance, and creating short video content (reels).

■ Learn and spread the value of 'clean sports' directly through experiential education and content creation

Student athletes participating in the camp will attend lectures on anti-doping and visit a mobile doping control room to experience inspection procedures and athlete responsibilities on-site. They will also produce anti-doping messages containing pride as an athlete, fair competition, and respect for oneself, along with short video content. The results will be made public through the Korea Anti-Doping Agency's social networking service (SNS), and awards will be given to the team that receives the most 'likes'.

In particular, this camp will expand counseling by current and former national team athletes, which received a great response from local students during the Busan General Assembly, to Asian student athletes. On the 22nd, a story concert and small-scale counseling sessions will be held on the theme of 'Athlete's Choice, The Value of Clean Sports'. Humphrey Kayange (rugby, Kenyan nationality) and Won Yoon-jong (bobsleigh), who serve as athlete representatives for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and WADA, along with Korea Anti-Doping Agency athlete representatives Kim Na-ra (gymnastics), Kim Dong-hyun (para-powerlifting/bobsleigh), Seo Jeong-hwa (mogul skiing), and Hong Seok-man (para-athletics, former International Paralympic Committee member) will participate to share experiences on career paths, self-institutional investor, and overcoming injuries.

■ Participating student athletes appointed as 'Clean Sports Supporters', spreading values even after the camp

The final event of the camp will be the 'Clean Sports Supporters Commissioning Ceremony'. Participating student athletes will be officially commissioned as 'Clean Sports Supporters' to play a role in conveying the importance of anti-doping at their respective schools and local communities, laying the foundation for solidarity beyond national borders. Through this, the values of protecting fair competition, expanding cooperation between nations, and strengthening protection for youth athletes—key points of the revised 'Anti-Doping Code (WADA Code)' confirmed at the 2025 'Busan Declaration'—will be passed on to the next generation.

Kang Dae-geum, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism for Sports Cooperation, stated, "This camp is an important event continuing the successful legacy of the Busan General Assembly, which was held for the first time in Asia," and added, "The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will actively support student athletes, who are the future leaders, to learn and practice the value of fair competition, and grow into leaders who spread a clean sports culture worldwide."

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