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As you can see, the Hangzhou Asian Games was postponed four months before the opening.
The national representatives, who were only waiting for sortie, fell into a sense of disappointment.
Correspondent Kwon Jong-oh.
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sport that has been hit hard by the postponement of the Asian Games is soccer, which has a 23-year age limit.
In particular, Jo Young-wook and Jung Woo-young, who were born in 1999 and are 23 years old this year, have passed the age limit with a one-year postponement.
At the Tokyo Olympics, the age limit was raised to 24 to protect players who went through the qualifiers, but in the case of Asian Games soccer, there is no qualifier, so the age of 23 is expected to apply next year.
Athletes in other sports are equally perplexed.
Most of the events, such as archery and weightlifting, have already selected participants through intense selection competitions, but this is because it is necessary to cancel the selection and re-select all nearly 1,000 athletes.
[Kim Young-chan / Korea Sports Association Training Headquarters: In order to select athletes with the best performance for the Asian Games, it would be appropriate to select them again in line with the Asian Games next year.]
Also, rising stars such as Hwang Seon-woo and Woo Sang-hyuk, who showed potential at the Tokyo Olympics I can't help but be disappointed.
While the Hangzhou Organizing Committee announced a one-year postponement, the specific schedule was not confirmed, but confusion is inevitable as the schedules for each event scheduled for next year, such as the Paris Olympic qualifiers and Asian Championships, will partially overlap with other events.
(Video editing: Kim Jong-tae)