Both achievements and challenges were evident.At the Hangzhou 2022 ParaAsian Games, which concluded on Aug. 28, the Korean team fell short of its goal of 39 gold medals, but secured fourth place overall (30 gold, 33 silver, 40 bronze).The results of the program’s intensive development of outstanding athletes were also confirmed at the Games.Since this year, the KDF has been selecting athletes with excellent performance and providing them with intensive support. Of the 54 athletes selected by the KDF who competed at the Hangzhou Para Asian Games, 43, or 80%, won medals. Seventeen gold medalists benefited from the intensive support.In addition to the intensive development of high-performing athletes, the performance of athletes who were targeted by the Basic Sports Development Program is also noteworthy.Badminton’s Yoo Soo-soo (1 silver, 1 bronze) and Jeong Geu-wol (1 bronze) and taekwondo’s Kim Won-sun (1 bronze), who were discovered through the program, which started in 2018, took the podium and revealed their prospects for the Paris 2024 and Los Angeles 2028 Paralympic Games.
Generational change is also occurring in the basic sports programs, such as athletics (38.04 years old at Jakarta 2018 → 31.18 years old at Hangzhou 2023) and badminton (41.15 years old → 36.71 years old).However, generational change and strengthening international competitiveness in ball sports remains a challenge.The average age of the wheelchair fencing team is nearly 7.4 years younger than at the 2018 Indonesia Games, and wheelchair tennis is about 2.9 years younger, but the average age of the men’s sitting volleyball team is 45 years old, which is much higher than 바카라사이트 other countries.South Korea’s overall average age at the Games is 39.1 years old, up slightly from five years ago (38.5).