Kim Dong-moon officially runs for president of the Badminton Association… Association moves forward through bold changes and challenges

Wonkwang University professor Kim Dong-mun (48), who is known as a living legend in the Korean badminton world, has officially announced his candidacy for the presidency of the Korea Badminton Association.

Professor Kim released a statement on the 13th, saying, “I want to run for the presidential election and start the challenge of creating a new and emerging badminton.”

He bowed his head in relation to 2024 Paris Olympic gold medalist Ahn Se-yong’s decisive comments and said he would use it as an opportunity to turn around Korean badminton.

Professor Kim said, “As a badminton player, I am very sad about the current situation and I feel sorry for the fans and the public. They are wrong practices and not in line with the trend of the times.”

He made a call for support saying that he is a firefighter who saves the union in the chaos.

“I don’t think the current situation is a badminton crisis,” Professor Kim added. “Changes and Challenges”.

Professor Kim specifically promised to reorganize regulations to improve the performance and rights of players, establish a fair opportunity system, run a communication system between the association and athletes, promote elite sports and lifestyle sports, and establish a transparent financial operation and accounting system. .

Current chairman Kim Taek-gyu’s term expires until the regular general meeting of delegates scheduled for February next year. The specific election schedule has not been confirmed yet.

At the Badminton Association, trouble erupts when Ahn Se-yong exposes the absurdity and inadequacies of the association’s player support.

In a recent investigation by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the suspicions of the association’s president for breach of trust and misappropriation of sponsorship items were found to be largely true. In addition, it has been confirmed that the resources that are supposed to be provided to the athletes have been returned to the representatives, directors, the competition business promotion committee and the elders of the associations.

In addition, it is known that the association did not properly give the bonus payments that should have been paid to the athletes who performed well in international competitions.

Meanwhile, as a player, Professor Kim won the mixed doubles gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and the men’s doubles gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

Apart from the Olympics, he has repeatedly won gold medals in major international competitions such as the Asian Games, World Championships and Asian Championships. During his tenure, he won 14 consecutive tournaments and recorded 70 consecutive victories.

In the year Professor Kim, who retired after the 2004 Athens Olympics, studied abroad in Canada and has been teaching at Wonkwang University since 2012.