KPC Summer Sports Camp Opens for Promising Athletes with Disabilities to Discover Young Talents

The 2026 summer sports camp hosted by the Korea Paralympic Committee (KPC) to nurture young sports talents with disabilities opened today (July 22) at the Icheon National Training Center.

A total of 35 promising young athletes with disabilities are participating in this camp, experiencing 14 sports events including track and field, badminton, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair tennis, table tennis, swimming, rowing, and archery.

Tomorrow (July 23), national team athletes are scheduled to serve as mentors to offer career advice. They include Nordic skier Kim Yun-ji (BDH Paras), who won five medals at the 2026 Milano-Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Paralympics, along with Yu Su-young, Jeong Gye-ul (both in badminton), and Lee Je-hyuk (snowboard).

Programs for further education have also been prepared.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the KPC plan to provide information on university admissions for sports specialists as well as newly opening special physical education middle and high schools. They will also share experiences and information necessary for athlete development and career planning through a special lecture by parents of Paralympians.

In addition, the KPC will select 10 scholarship recipients among the camp participants and award each of them 2.5 million won from the Woomi Hope Foundation.

(Photo provided by the Korea Paralympic Committee, Yonhap News)
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