“I’ll give you cool news to blow away the heat”

The opening of the Tokyo Olympics, a global sports festival, is approaching on the 31st. The Dong-A Ilbo has appointed commentators for major sports who will deliver the Olympics in a fun way with rich experience and knowledge, even if they cannot see the Olympics in person due to the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19). In addition to KBO ambassador Lee Seung-yeop, who won the gold medal in baseball for Korea at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, as well as the 2012 London Olympics women’s fencing silver medalist Shin Aram, and the 2004 Athens Olympics men’s individual all-around bronze medalist Yang Tae-young, the Olympic medalists It is expected that the members who used to be coaches and managers who led the players will give a richer commentary. Former FC Seoul manager Choi Yong-soo, who serves as a soccer commentator, said, “The soccer team is a team that has more power and will play soccer more fun than any other Olympics. It will add fun,” he said.

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▽List of commentators for the Tokyo Olympics

△Baseball: Seung-Yeop Lee (KBO PR ambassador) △Soccer: Choi Yong-soo (former FC Seoul manager) △ Basketball: Byun Yeon-ha (BNK coach) △ Volleyball: Lee Jung-cheol (2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic women’s volleyball team coach) △Golf: Kim Jae-yeol (broadcast commentator) △ Archery: Lee Seong-jin (Hongseong-gun Office Archery Team Coach) △Fencing: Shin Aram (CEO Shin Aram Fencing Club) Athletics: Jae-ryong Kim (Director of Korea Electric Power Corporation) △Taekwondo: Jongki Kim (2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games Taekwondo Team Manager) △ Shooting: Yeo Gap-soon (Chairman of the Korean Shooting Federation referee) △ Gymnastics: Yang Tae-young (2014 Incheon Asian Games Men’s Gymnastics Team Coach) △ Badminton: Dongmoon Kim (Professor, Wonkwang University) △ Swimming: Na-ri Park (National Olympic Team, Athens 2004) △ Diving: Park Yoo-hyeon (Director, National Sports Promotion Agency) △Sports Climbing: Hwang Pyung-ju (2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games Sports Climbing Team Manager) △ Handball: Lee Gye-cheong (Director of Samcheok City Hall)