Yoo Seung-min, a former member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Athletes' Commission who was elected President of the 42nd Korean Sports Association (President of the Korean Olympic Committee), decided to maintain a close cooperation relationship with IOC President Thomas Bach.

Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Yoo Seung-min, the president-elect of the Korean Sports Association, communicated with IOC President Bach by phone after being elected president of the sports association on the afternoon of the 14th local time. It is reported that after congratulating him, Chairman Bach proposed to "meet in Lausanne, Switzerland, as soon as possible." At the same time, Bach added: "We will continue to work closely with the IOC. ”

Bach has led the IOC since 2013 and will hand over the baton to his successor in June at the end of his term. Yoo Seungmin was elected as a member of the IOC Athletes' Commission at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and has maintained a good relationship with Bach for eight years until August last year.

After winning the election of the president of the 42nd Korean Sports Association, Yoo Seung-min wore a flower necklace and held his hands

Ahead of the IOC plenary session in March, which elects a new president, the IOC will hold an extraordinary plenary meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, on the 30th of this month to hear the presidential candidates' campaign promises in private.

In addition, after Yoo Seung-min was elected as the new president of the Korea Sports Association, he communicated with more than 300 people by phone and received more than 3,000 congratulatory text messages by the morning of the same day.

On February 5, 2018, Bach visited the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics PyeongChang Athletes' Village, accompanied by Yoo Seungmin, then head of the athletes' village, and was visiting the athletes' restaurant.

It is reported that Yoo Seung-min had telephone conversations with Lee Ki-heung, Kim Yong-joo, Kang Tae-sun, Oh Joo-yong, Kang Shin-wook, and other rivals in the Korean Sports Association presidential election, and they all congratulated and encouraged him on his election.