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‘How are the preparations for the 60th Gyeongbuk Provincial Sports Festival going?’
Gyeongsangbuk-do Athletic Association (Chairman Ha-young Kim) held a press conference on the status of preparations for the 60th Gyeongbuk Provincial Sports Festival in the conference room on the 3rd floor of Pohang Water Leisure Town on the 7th.
The 60th Gyeongbuk Provincial Sports Festival will be held for 4 days from the 15th to the 18th in the Pohang-si area, with a total of 29 events at 32 stadiums including the Pohang Sports Complex.
This meeting was held in Pohang, the venue of the event, in order to prepare for the finale and check the status of the tournament as 22 events were held in the main tournament in addition to the 7 pre-game events such as badminton.
This provincial sports festival will be held separately as a marine sports festival suitable for the maritime city of Pohang.
As part of the ‘KIMA WEEK 2022 in pohang’ event, the venue Pohang features marine sports such as the Yonghan Surfer Beach Surfing Championship, Pohang Canal (Marine Park) night kayak, SUP, pedal boat experience event, and the 2022 Pohang Mayor’s Ship Windsurfing Championship. Prepare for the local civic competition.
Pohang Sports Complex, which was completed in 1985 as a preparation for the game facilities, was also completed with facilities for the game, such as the complete renovation of the front (stands, electric signs, headquarters seats, etc.).
Joo-Young Na, chairman of the host city Pohang City Sports Association, said, “This opening ceremony will seek a change that is beyond the existing framework of an entrance ceremony that penetrates the central stage rather than the track entrance ceremony of the previous opening ceremony, so that the athletes and citizens will work together.” We will prepare for the opening ceremony of change with the participation of local and provincial citizens by setting up 6,000 seats) in the stadium,” he said.
The torch is lit at Mt. Toham and Homigot, respectively, and the torch is transported along the Hyeongsan River to the Pohang Sports Complex with the characteristics of the maritime city of Pohang.
In addition, he announced that he plans to expand the participation program for city and city residents who are exhausted from Corona, and plan to operate it as a provincial sports event where anyone can enjoy and participate.
In addition, in order to revitalize the difficult market economy, various side events will be prepared to promote sales through publicity booths such as city and county agricultural special products.
In particular, the Gyeongbuk Provincial Sports Association is planning to establish a safety countermeasures headquarters as soon as possible for the safety sports in the summer, and to establish and implement event manuals and action plans for each stage of the game in preparation for typhoons.
In addition, Pohang City plans to establish a fundamental safety net by suspending games or operating night games after sunset for the safety of players.
In this way, Gyeongbuk Provincial Sports Association and Pohang City, the host city, operated a safety countermeasure team for the opening ceremony to operate the safety competition, and prepared countermeasures jointly with competition events to ensure the safety of the competition.
Kim Ha-young, president of the Sports Association, emphasized, “We will put the greatest emphasis on safety sports for the operation of the competition to quickly and accurately respond to measures to prepare for the situation caused by climate change.” We will do our best until the end so that the provincial sports festival can be successfully held based on safety. Also, we ask for a lot of participation and interest from local residents.”
