Gyeongbuk Goryeong-gun Wins Overall Championship in Badminton and Basketball at Gyeongbuk Provincial Sports Festival

Goryeong-gun, Gyeongbuk Province, is taking a group photo after achieving excellent results at the 60th Gyeongbuk Provincial Sports Festival.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yeo Jong-gu] From the 15th to the 18th, Goryeong-gun, Gyeongbuk Province, participated in the 60th Gyeongbuk Provincial Sports Festival with about 319 athletes in 15 events, achieving overall victory in badminton and basketball, and runner-up in taekwondo.

At this provincial sports festival, the county announced on the 20th that athlete Lee So-hee (Gyeongbuk Physical Education High School) won the gold medal in the women's high school 800m track event, and all eight taekwondo athletes from Goryeong High School (Kim Dong-geon, Jo Han-gyeom, Lee Ki-hyun, Seol Jae-hyun, Gwak Jun-young, Kim Hyun-woo, Kim Jun-seo, Kim Kyung-min) won gold medals, totaling 16 gold medals.

Lee Nam-chul, the mayor of Goryeong-gun, said, “I sincerely congratulate the overall victories in badminton and basketball, and the runner-up position in taekwondo,” and added, “I appreciate the hard work of the athletes and officials who represented Goryeong in the hot weather.”