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Ninety-five days after the protest blocking the Olympic Park vote-counting station, sports organization officials have entered the stadium. They first retrieved items urgently needed for the Asian Games, which open next week.

Reporter Im Jihyeon.

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At 9:00 AM, police riot police units are deployed to the Olympic Park Handball Gymnasium, and a human chain is formed around exits 2 and 3.

[How will you take responsibility if evidence is damaged by entering without any legal safety measures?]

Dozens of protesters blocking the vote-counting station shouted and strongly protested, but shortly after, the doors opened, and representatives from nine sports organizations lined up and entered with empty boxes.

Entering their offices 95 days after the blockade began, the staff hurriedly gathered items needed for the Asian Games—which are eleven days away—such as foreign player analysis videos and training equipment.

[Is that a medal? Medals are out. Take the medals out.]

Until now, sports organizations have appealed that they lack even the official seals necessary for payroll payments and the equipment to take to international competitions. Yesterday morning, within an hour, they secured six 1-ton truckloads of supplies.

[Kim Dae-nyun / Secretary General, Korean Sport & Olympic Committee: There were many difficulties, but now that we have retrieved the equipment and documents, we will review them thoroughly and make every effort to ensure there are no disruptions in operating the national team.]

To ensure smooth entry and prevent clashes, some 1,800 personnel from 28 police riot units were deployed. Staff from the National Election Commission and the Special Prosecutor team led by Lee Tae-han entered first to take necessary measures for the preservation of ballot boxes.

[Woo Jong-hwa, Head of Security Division, Songpa Police Station: Officials from the Special Prosecutor team and the Election Commission moved to the location where the ballots are stored and completed the necessary safety measures...]

The sports organizations' entry yesterday proceeded through consultations with the police, as the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee concluded they could no longer stall ahead of the Asian Games and early admissions screenings for college physical education departments.

No forced measures, such as the dispersal of protesters, were carried out, and the protest blocking the vote-counting station continues to this day.

Meanwhile, prosecutors demanded a two-year prison sentence yesterday for a woman in her 40s accused of cursing at and spitting on a police officer at the blockade protest site last June.

(Camera reporting: Kim Seung-tae | Video editing: Kim Jun-hee)