'Why has he not been able to enter the national athlete village for so long?' Historic first gold medal in Korean Techball history 'great achievement'... Yoo Seung-min (Chairman) "We will prepare a plan to allow athletes to utilize the training environment at the athlete village"

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The Korea National Sport Council (President Yoo Seung-min) is stepping up support for Techball national team athletes.

On the 21st, the Korea National Sport Council announced, "As an opportunity to honor Lee Jun-seok's achievement of winning the first-ever gold medal in Korean Techball history at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Summer Asian Games, we plan to prepare a support plan that will allow Techball national team athletes to train at the Jincheon National Athlete Village."

On the 20th, Lee Jun-seok defeated Iraq's Ali Jalil Mezher Alayawi with a set score of 2-0 in the men's singles final at the Techball event held at Nagoya Higashi Sports Center in Japan to win the gold medal. With Techball making its debut as an official sport at this tournament, a South Korean athlete became the inaugural champion, proving competitiveness on the international stage.

The Korea National Sport Council explained, "Ahead of this Asian Games, we considered allowing Techball athletes to train at the Jincheon National Athlete Village; however, with national team athletes concentrating on entering and training in preparation for the tournament, securing training space within the village proved difficult, so entry was not possible. As a result, Techball athletes including Lee Jun-seok have trained outside the village while preparing for this tournament."

He further stated, "In particular, Lee Jun-seok has given up his livelihood to focus on training in order to participate in the Asian Games, and it is his dream to enter the Jincheon National Athlete Village and train systematically."

Yoo Seung-min (Chairman) personally visited the venue of Lee Jun-seok's men's singles final match that day to cheer for him and congratulate him on winning the gold medal.

Yoo (Chairman) especially said, "We extend our congratulations and gratitude to Lee Jun-seok and the national team for achieving this valuable result—the first Asian Games gold medal in Korean Techball history—even under difficult training conditions," and added, "We will prepare a plan that allows athletes to utilize the training environment at the Jincheon National Athlete Village so that Techball can grow even further."

The Korea National Sport Council emphasized, "We plan to review concrete measures in the future to support training at the Jincheon National Athlete Village for Techball," and added, "We will also continue to listen closely to the challenges faced by newly growing sports and athletes as the international sports environment changes."

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