'Nagoya AG Participation' Sailor Cho Sung-min Selected as OCA Athlete Committee Candidate... To Compete Against Japanese and Taiwanese Candidates

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Cho Sung-min (39), a leading figure in South Korean sailing, is set to challenge for the position of athlete committee representative at Asia's premier event next month.

The Korean Olympic Committee announced on the 31st that Cho Sung-min has been selected as a candidate for the Asian Olympic Council (OCA) Athlete Committee election, which will take place during the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Summer Asian Games.

The OCA Athlete Committee election will be held from September 19 to October 4 during the 20th Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan. Voting will take place from September 20 to October 2. In this election, a total of four athlete committee members will be elected: one female from West Asia, one male from Central Asia, one male from East Asia, and one female from Southeast Asia.

As the South Korean candidate, Cho Sung-min will run in the East Asian men's athlete committee race, competing against Japanese track and field athlete Dobe Naoto and Taiwanese track and field athlete Chen Han-yang. The OCA officially released the list of athlete committee candidates, including Cho Sung-min, on the 26th.

Cho Sung-min has participated in the Asian Games four times from 2002 to 2022. He won a bronze medal in the Open Match Race sailing event at the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games, a silver medal in the same event at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, and a bronze medal in the mixed 470 class at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games. Additionally, he has competed on the Olympic stage twice in the men's 470 class, including at the 2012 London Olympics and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Cho Sung-min is still active as a competitor. Starting in 2025, he will serve as a member of both the Korean Olympic Committee Athlete Committee and the Korea Sailing Association Athlete Committee, bringing with him extensive experience coaching athletes domestically and internationally.

In running for the athlete committee position, Cho Sung-min outlined his main goals: strengthening communication between athletes and the OCA, improving athletes' rights, welfare, and competition environments, and expanding networks among Asian athletes. He particularly stated, "Drawing on my experiences accumulated across various sports and international competitions, I will listen to the voices of athletes from different countries and disciplines and faithfully convey them to the OCA's policy-making and decision-making processes."

The Korean Olympic Committee expects Cho Sung-min to contribute to improving the rights and welfare of Asian athletes as an OCA athlete committee member, citing his ability to directly represent the voices of athletes on the front lines as a current competitor, his rich experience in international competitions such as the Olympics and Asian Games, and his prior experience serving as an athlete committee member.

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