[스포츠]Corona 19, the catastrophe that the Olympics also stopped…

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Corona 19, which has shocked and terrorized the world this year, has had a tremendous impact on sports as well.

YTN has prepared a planned series that looks back on sports in 2020 with the theme of Corona 19.

Corona 19, which hit the world, stopped even the world’s largest festival Olympics.

In addition, professional sports also left a serious wound.

Corona shocked this year’s sports, reporters Sang-ik Kim and Bong-guk Seo will deliver.

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[아베 신조 / 전 일본 총리(3월 24일) : (바흐 위원장에게) 1년 정도 연기를 검토해 줄 것을 제안했고 바흐 위원장도 100% 동의한다는 답을 주셨습니다.]

The Japanese government and the IOC, which had insisted on holding the summit until the last minute, followed the declaration of a boycott of the Olympics amid the spread of Corona 19, and eventually heard a white flag.

Four months before the opening, the unprecedented situation of postponing the Olympics has become a reality.

For the players who have been waiting for four years, while they could have collapsed, nothing can prioritize safety and health.

[신유빈 / 탁구 국가대표 : 연기된 기간 동안 준비 잘해서 더 좋은 모습 보여드리고 싶어요.]

[장우진 / 탁구 국가대표 : 다시 처음부터 준비를 잘해 보자는 생각으로 하다 보면 저희가 원하는 결과를 얻지 않을까….]

Corona fear still remains, and the additional cost of one year postponement is about 3 trillion won.

Even after the decision to postpone, public opinion over the holding of next year’s tournament is intensifying in Japan.

[마수다 아카리 / 올림픽 개최 찬성 : 만약에 방법만 있다면 올림픽은 역시 개최해야 한다고 생각합니다.]

[오쿠보 히카루 / 올림픽 개최 반대 : 저라면 지금 올림픽이 외국에서 열리는데 안전이 완전히 보장되지 않는다면 아마 가지 않을 겁니다.]

The IOC and the Japanese government are in a position that there is no cancellation of the event, but they will take one step further and hold the Olympics with the audience.

[토마스 바흐 / IOC 위원장, 지난달 : 도쿄올림픽 취소 논의가 있을 수 있느냐를 묻는 것이라면 대답은 ‘노(No)’입니다.]

The IOC is pushing ahead with a plan to mandate vaccinations for athletes and spectators, but strong backlash is expected.

The new opening date of the Tokyo Olympics is on July 23, next year.

Although the distribution of vaccines has begun, it is a reality that amidst constant unrest, not only the Tokyo Olympics, but also the Beijing Winter Olympics, which are scheduled six months later, cannot be guaranteed to be held at the summit.

YTN Kim Sang-ik[[email protected]]is.

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Baseball and soccer, the two major professional sports in Korea, opened in May with an unprecedented no-going game and finished the league after twists and turns.

However, clubs that have relied on entry revenues and the marketing and broadcast revenues derived from them suffered a serious financial deterioration as their main source of income was cut off.

In fact, the cumulative losses of 7 professional federations in 5 sports this year totaled 250 billion won, including baseball that exceeded 100 billion won.

Nearly 90 percent of commercial facilities in the stadium were also closed or closed, and the overall sports industry was hit directly.

Overseas as well, all four major sports in North America, including the major leagues, whose annual salary was reduced to 40 percent of the previous season due to the reduction of the season, once stopped, and European football also suffered astronomical losses due to the absence of spectators and repeated suspension of the league with some early termination.

[최지만 / 탬파베이 내야수 : 시즌 중에 너무 제재가 많았습니다. 코로나 검사도 검사지만, 어디 나가지도 못하고 항상 감금된 상태여서 그게 힘들었습니다.]

The players desperately realized the value of the fans that they took for granted,

[소형준 / kt 투수 : 무관중 시작할 때는 긴장을 안 해서 좋기는 했지만, 던지다 보니 관중들이 계셔야 힘이 난다는 걸 실감했습니다.]

Most of the clubs that have endured with the support of their parent companies also need to reorganize the overall team operation.

[최동호 / 스포츠 평론가 : 코로나 장기화가 예상되는 만큼 위기를 기회로 삼아 자생력을 키워야 합니다.]

A domestic professional sports that has suffered from various broadcast rights, advertising contracts, and squad salary problems not only this season but also from next year due to the league limping.

It is time to consider a new paradigm such as the era of the pandemic, the reorganization of the weak profit structure and the diversification of sports-derived content.

This is YTN Seo Bong-guk.

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