Our sledding team, including PyeongChang Winter Olympic Skeleton Gold Medalist Yoon Seong-bin, decided to stop training on the current track for safety reasons.
An official from the Korea Bobsleigh Skeleton Federation said, "The Gangwon-do Development Corporation, who is in charge of operating the Pyeongchang Olympic Sliding Center, recently selected Company A as a consignment company through a bidding. 'Because there is no, the national team decided to stop training.'
According to the official's explanation, it was too late to select a consignment company by the Gangwon-do Development Corporation, and after temporarily hiring 14 existing experts, the Federation staff and the national team leader joined together to freeze the ice in the Buryaburya Stadium.
In this situation, the conflict was caused by the recent signing of a contract with the Gangwon-do Development Corporation to entrust the management of the sliding center from the 16th to March of next year.
The Korea Bobsled Skeleton Federation said, "The speed of the sledding race is over 130 km/h, so the athletes are very sensitive to safety. So, you have to check the ice conditions every day. However, in Company A, an expert who saw the ice in the stadium or made a track directly No. If Company A manages the sliding center, players will not be able to train because of concerns about injury.”
Our national team has been training at the Olympic Sliding Center in Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do since the beginning of this month to compete in the 5th World Cup tournament held in Winterberg, Germany on January 4th next year.
A federation official said, "The training time is very short until the opening of the 5th competition, but we cannot train because of safety until the consignment problem is resolved."
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