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Former Lawmaker Lee Yong Returns as Head Coach of South Korea’s Bobsleigh and Skeleton Teams

From Hankyoreh · () Korean

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  • Former lawmaker Lee Yong has been approved as head coach of South Korea’s national bobsleigh and skeleton teams on a two-year contract.
  • Lee previously led the teams and helped guide skeleton athlete Yun Sung-bin to Olympic gold and South Korea’s four-man bobsleigh team to silver at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games.
  • He will join the team for a training camp in Canada beginning on the 6th.

Lee Yong, a former lawmaker and former luge Olympian, is returning as head coach of South Korea’s bobsleigh and skeleton national teams.

The Korea Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation said Lee applied for the national team coaching position last month and passed document and interview reviews conducted by its performance enhancement committee. After a 10-day period for objections, the Korea Sports Council approved his appointment. His contract runs for two years.

Lee returns to the post six years after leaving it. He entered politics as a proportional-representation lawmaker in the 2020 general election, then ran unsuccessfully in Hanam, Gyeonggi province, in the 2024 general election and this year’s by-election.

Before entering politics, Lee competed for South Korea in luge at the 1998 Nagano and 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. He took over as head coach of the bobsleigh and skeleton teams in 2011 and helped lead the program to Yun Sung-bin’s skeleton gold medal and a silver medal in the four-man bobsleigh event at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.

The federation said the national team will leave for Canada on the 6th for a training camp, with Lee traveling alongside the athletes.

The national team will leave for Canada on the 6th for a training camp. The coach will depart with the athletes.

· Korea Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation officialThe federation’s statement about Lee’s immediate return to work.
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