President Lee Jae Myung on Friday congratulated the 2018 Olympic bobsleigh silver medalist Won Yun-jong on his election to the Athletes’ Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Lee posted the message on Facebook after Won finished first among 11 candidates by earning 1,176 votes from 2,393 athletes participating in the Winter Olympics in Italy to join the body representing fellow athletes. The results were released Thursday (local time). “Amid fierce competition in which only two new members were to be elected among 11 candidates, Won Yun-jong winning the highest number of votes clearly demonstrates the leadership, trust and sincerity he has shown on the international stage,” Lee wrote. Won became the third South Korean to be elected to the IOC Athletes’ Commission after the 2004 Olympic taekwondo champion Moon Dae-sung and the 2004 Olympic table tennis gold medalist Ryu Seung-min. Lee praised Won’s contribution to leading South Korea’s four-men bobsleigh team to claim the nation’s first Olympic medal in the event at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics and for serving o
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