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training of the national team continues to be crippled amid the ongoing infighting of the Korea Curling Federation.

'PyeongChang Silver Medalist' Tim Kim failed to renew his contract with his team and became a de facto fellowship team.



This is the exclusive report by reporter Lee Jeong-chan.



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Tim Kim, who wore the Taegeuk mark again in November last year, washed away his long pain and spoke of hope.



[Kim Cho-hee/Female Curling National Team: I will prepare harder and show better performance (



competition

).]

However, after that, the players have never been able to train on the ice.



This is because the Korea Curling Federation, which was caught in an internal conflict ahead of the presidential election, delayed the approval of the national team and did not apply.



[Korea Curling Federation official: The corona stage has been raised.

Then I went back to the election system.

(As administrative force is concentrated in the election preparation happens when a team approval was delayed (get it?)) Yes, it is you see.]



Was that between timkim is to fail in more than 10 years, the body putting them team Kyungpook National Sports Council and renewal fact hobbyists team .



The qualifiers for the Beijing Olympics are approaching next month, but no support has been received.



[Kim Young-mi/Women Curling National Team: I should have been driving more than 40 minutes a day round trip to do physical fitness training at private expense.]



[Kim Eun-Jung/Women Curling National Team claim: I have a great sense of responsibility and cannot do it properly. The players seem very anxious.]




The same is true of the men's team, which caused a sensation in the hobbyist team and even a Taegeuk mark.



It is virtually neglected without a national team coach.



[Park Se-won/National Male Curling Team: I’m doing other (game) training teams in Tokyo.

I am anxious because I haven't trained properly.] While the



Federation has been fighting rice bowls even after the presidential election, the players are declining to the national team.



(Video coverage: Kim Won-bae and Choi Ho-jun, video editing: Lee Jeong-taek)