윤강로의 스포츠세상 - Rocky YOON's Sport World

[국제스포츠계 전반적 동향 스케치(10월1일 현재)]

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10얼1일자 외신기사내용 정리하여 공유합니다.

(ANOC회장후보 2명: Alejandro Blanco와 Mustapha Berraf)

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[기사 요약 – THE 5-RING CIRCUS 주요 내용]

1. 아시안게임 2030 (도하)

1) Doha 2030 아시안게임 조직위원장 Ahmad Abdulla Al-Buenain:

-필요 시 대회를 2031년으로 연기해 Brisbane 2032 올림픽 출전자격부여 예선 역할을 강화할 수 있다고 언급.

2) IOC·OCA와 협의 필요.

-다른 지역 대회들이 올림픽 예선과 연계해 관심을 유지하는 사례와 유사.

2. 국가올림픽위원회연합(ANOC) 선거

1) 12월 선거에서 알제리의 Mustapha Berraf와 스페인의 Alejandro Blanco가 공동 프로그램·임기 분할 구상.

2) Berraf가 2028년까지, 이후 Blanco가 2030년까지 이끌 계획.

3) ANOC 규정 검증 필요, “대륙 별 NOC 단합” 메시지 강조.

3. 육상

1) 2027런던 마라톤 일정 결정: 가위바위보로(a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors)경기일 배정.

2) 여성 휠체어 챔피언 Catherine Debrunner (스위스)가 승리 → 여성 엘리트는 일요일(4월 25일), 남성 엘리트는 토요일 경기.

3) 러시아, 세계육상연맹의 출전 금지 해제 요청 계속했으나 IOC는 “IF 규정에 따를 것”이라며 거부.

4) 러시아 육상연맹, CAS에 제소 중.

3. 체조

1) 미국체조협회: Claire Pease 및 Charleigh Bullock 등 2026 세계선수권 대표 확정.

2) Skye Blakely, Reese Esponda 및 U.S. All-Around champ Hezly Rivera 등도 선발.

3) 종목별 우승: Pease (평행봉/ Uneven Bars), Rivera (평균대/ Beam), Esponda (마루/Floor), (도마/Vault).

4. 아이스하키

1) IIHF 회장 선거 후보 3명(에스토니아, 조지아, 스페인) 사퇴.( Jaan Mölder (EST), Georgian Zakaria Khechuashvili (GEO), 및 Frank Gonzalez (ESP)

2) 남은 후보: 현 IIHF수석부회장 체고 Petr Brríza , 부회장 키르기스 Aivaz Omorkanov , 이사인 독일 Franz Reindl (, 슬로베니아 Matjaz Rakovec.

3) 10월 2일 총회에서 결정 예정.

5. 스키·스노보드(FIS)

1) 새 회장 Alex Ospelt (LIE), 재정 안정화 계획 발표.

2) 2021~2025년 사이 자본금 47% 감소(8,100만 CHF → 4,300만 CHF).

3) 비용 절감·수익 확대 필요, 경기 수 확대 검토.

4) 2028년 ‘FIS Games’ 계획은 중단, 비 올림픽 짝수 해 글로벌 이벤트 구상 중.

5) 알프스 2030에서 제외된 노르딕복합을 올림픽 프로그램에 재도입 추진.

핵심적으로, 이번 기사에서는 도하 아시안게임 일정 조정 가능성, ANOC 선거의 특별한 임기 분할 구상, 런던 마라톤의 독특한 일정 결정 방식, 러시아 육상 출전 문제, 미국 체조 대표 선발, IIHF 회장 선거 후보 변화, FIS의 재정 위기와 개혁 방향 등 올림픽·국제스포츠계의 다양한 최신 이슈를 다루고 있습니다.

[THE 5-RING CIRCUS]

● Asian Games 2030: Doha ● During a media roundtable at the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Doha 2030 organizing committee chief Ahmad Abdulla Al-Buenain said that if requested, the event could be moved back to 2031 to better serve as a qualifying event for the 2032 Brisbane Olympic Games.

“For us, it’s 2030. But if it needs to be changed either one year earlier or po

stponed year for some specific reason, we need to make sure as the [local organising committee] that we are ready, that the venues are ready, all the operation plans are going on.”

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The Doha organizers, the International Olympic Committee and the Olympic Council of Asia would all be involved in the decision. While the Asian Games has continued as an important event, other regional Games – including the Pan American Games – have struggled to find continuing relevance and have attached themselves to Olympic qualifying as one way to maintain interest.

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● Association of National Olympic Committees ● FrancsJeux.com reported a striking development in the upcoming ANOC elections in December, that candidates Mustahpa Berraf (ALG) and Alejandro Blanco (ESP) will “join forces.” In brief:

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“The idea: to build a common program and share the upcoming term. Berraf would therefore lead ANOC until 2028, before Blanco takes over until 2030. This idea remains to be validated in accordance with ANOC rules. This initiative is conceived as a message of unity and as a guarantee for the interests of the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of all continents.”

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The “common program” is to be posted not later than 8 November, a month before the election. It’s a unique idea, but subject to the ANOC rules. But in the Olympic Movement, contested elections are rare. This would be another uncontested selection.

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● Athletics ● A game of Rock, Paper, Scissors determined which elite race would take place on which day of the 2027 two-day London Marathon, with 2026 London women’s wheelchair Catherine Debrunner (SUI) and 2026 men’s marathon champ Sebastian Sawe (KEN) “playing” for the right to compete on the traditional Sunday date next year or the added Saturday.

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Debrunner, a six-time Paralympic gold medalist, was the winner and she and the women’s elite field will run on Sunday, 25 April, while the men’s wheelchair and elites will run on Saturday.

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Russia’s continuing campaign to get World Athletics to lift its ban against it went nowhere with the International Olympic Committee. In a Wednesday comment to the Russian news agency TASS, the IOC explained:

“As set out in the IOC Executive Board decision of 7 July 2026, the IOC’s recommended conditions of participation for International Federations and international sports event organizers, as they relate to Russian athletes and teams, are no longer applicable.

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“However, International Federations are responsible for determining the eligibility criteria applicable to participation in their respective competitions, in accordance with their rules and statutes. We refer you to World Athletics.”

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The All-Russian Athletics Federation has filed two actions against World Athletics regarding the bans at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, both of which are yet to be heard.

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● Gymnastics ● USA Gymnastics announced that Claire Pease and Charleigh Bullock secured spots on the 2026 World Gymnastics Artistic Championships team for the U.S. on Wednesday and Skye Blakely, Reese Esponda and U.S. All-Around champ Hezly Rivera were named on Thursday.

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Dulcy Caylor was named as the traveling alternate and Jade Carey as the non-traveling replacement athlete. Pease led the day one scoring at 56.700, with Blakely at 56.500 and Bullock at 55.650. Day two competitions were held for specific athletes on specific events

At the U.S. Nationals, Pease won the Uneven Bars, Rivera won on Beam and Esponda won on Floor; Carey won the Vault.

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● Ice Hockey ● The Russian news agency TASS reported that three International Ice Hockey Federation Presidential candidates have withdrawn: Jaan Mölder (EST), Georgian Zakaria Khechuashvili (GEO), and Frank Gonzalez (ESP).

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This leaves four in the race, to be decided on at the IIHF Semi-Annual Congress on Friday: current Senior Vice President Petr Brríza (CZE); Vice President Aivaz Omorkanov (KGZ); Council member Franz Reindl (GER), and Matjaz Rakovec (SLO).

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● Skiing ● One of the reasons that former President Johan Eliasch (SWE-GBR-GEO) was defeated by a single vote for re-election of the International Ski & Snowboard Federation (FIS) was the heavy spending that was draining federation finances. FIS issued a report on Thursday detailing its Council meeting under new President Alex Ospelt (LIE) with

“measures planned to stabilize the federation’s financial position – essentially, to significantly reduce costs and to generate additional revenues.

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“The figures presented show that FIS remains solvent and debt-free, but also that the financial trajectory inherited from the previous FIS leadership is not sustainable. Between 2021 and 2025, for example, FIS equity decreased by 47%, from CHF 81 million to CHF 43 million.” (CHF 1=$1.20 U.S.)

Interim Secretary General Urs Lehmann (SUI) told The Associated Press that in order to maintain the current prize-money structure, which was increased due to the Covid-19 pandemic but never reversed, “There is only one way: add competitions. Can we do this? Yes, because I’m a strong believer that our calendar has more space. We have more interested parties than we have spots today.”

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As a consequence of the financial situation, the concept of the 2028 “FIS Games” to include all disciplines was shelved, but there is interest in exploring a major worldwide event in non-Olympic even-numbered years (2032 would be next).

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There was also a determination to try and reinstate Nordic Combined on the Olympic Winter program after it was left off for the first time ever for Alpes 2030. The ideas include a shorter, 60-minute format, with simpler rules.

*References:

-the Sports Examiner

[Aichi-Nagoya 초 절약 긴축, 혼란으로 이어지다(Aichi-Nagoya austerity gives way to chaos)]

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9월30일자 외신기사내용 정리하여 공유합니다.

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숙박 문제, 교통 실패, 의전 오류가 이미 치솟는 비용 문제로 논란이 된 아시안게임을 더욱 가려버리면서, 일본의 대형 스포츠 이벤트 운영에 대한 명성이 타격을 입었다(Japan's reputation for staging major sporting events has taken a hit after accommodation problems, transport failures and protocol errors overshadowed an Asian Games already facing mounting questions over soaring costs)고 보도되었습니다.

[기사 요약 – Aichi Nagoya 2026 아시안게임, 긴축에서 혼란으로]

1. 비용 폭증

1) 당초 예산: 약 1,000억 엔(6.36억 달러).

2) 실제 지출: 약 3,700억 엔(23.5억 달러)으로 3.7배 증가.

3) 원인: 인플레이션, 인건비 상승, 엔화 약세, OCA 추가 요구, 종목 확대(36→43개).

2. 운영 문제

1) 선수촌 대신 호텔·크루즈 선·컨테이너 숙소 활용 → 침대 크기 부족, 누수, 음식 부족 등 불만.

2) 폭우·태풍 위협으로 혼란 가중.

3) 선수단 숙소 배정 오류, 공항 인증 문제, 교통 혼선 발생.

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4) 인도 커뮤니티가 자발적으로 숙소 지원.

3. 프로토콜·교통 실패

1) 남북한 국가 연주 오류, 경기 전 국가 미 연주 사례 발생.

2) 버스가 잘못된 장소로 이동, 훈련 취소 등 교통 문제 다수.

3) 조직위 사무총장 Murate Satoshi 공식 사과(“There have been errors regarding accommodation and transport, which may have occurred for various reasons, but regardless of the cause, responsibility for providing the service rests entirely with us and I would like to sincerely apologise for the errors that have occurred”)

4. 재정 분담

1) Aichi현: 약 1,800억 엔, Nagoya시: 900~1,105억 엔.

2) 중앙정부 지원: 136억 엔(요청액 400억 엔보다 훨씬 적음).

3) 나머지는 후원·티켓 판매로 충당 예정.

4) 경제효과 예상: 전국 3.7조 엔, Aichi현 1.8조 엔.

5. 구조적 문제

1) Tokyo 2020 때 핵심 역할을 했던 광고대행사 덴츠(Dentsu) 부재.

2) 마케팅은 지역 업체 Shinto Tsushin, 경기장 운영은 프랑스 기업 일본지사(venue management went to the Japanese subsidiary of a French company)에 맡김.

3) 경험 부족으로 대형 이벤트 운영 역량에 의문 제기.

6. 일본의 국제 이벤트 신뢰도 타격

1) Tokyo 세계육상선수권(2025), 오사카·간사이 엑스포(2025)에서도 운영 문제 지적.

2) 아시안게임 사례는 일본이 앞으로 국제 메가 이벤트를 어떤 모델로 운영할지에 대한 근본적 의문을 제기.

핵심적으로, Aichi-Nagoya 2026 아시안게임은 긴축 운영을 목표로 했으나 비용은 폭증하고 기본 서비스마저 혼란을 초래, 일본의 오랜 ‘완벽한 조직력’ 이미지에 심각한 타격을 입혔습니다.

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[Aichi-Nagoya austerity gives way to chaos]

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Japan's reputation for staging major sporting events has taken a hit after accommodation problems, transport failures and protocol errors overshadowed an Asian Games already facing mounting questions over soaring costs.

Aichi-Nagoya 2026 was supposed to mark Japan's return to Asia's biggest multi-sport stage, 32 years after Hiroshima 1994. Instead, the continental Games have drawn fierce criticism at home, with Japanese media questioning how an event built around cost-cutting went so badly wrong. The figures offer part of the explanation.

When Aichi and Nagoya submitted their bid, the combined budget for the Asian Games and Asian Para Games was estimated at around ¥100bn ($636m/€561m). By December 2025, expenditure by the organising committee had risen to approximately ¥298bn ($1.90bn/€1.67bn). Once another ¥70bn ($445m/€393m) in related infrastructure, transport and other expenditure is included, the overall cost is expected to reach approximately ¥370bn ($2.35bn/€2.08bn) — around 3.7 times the original estimate.

J-CAST News highlighted the scale of the increase, describing the final figure as approximately 3.7 times the projected cost. The increase did not have a single cause. Japanese media have pointed to a combination of inflation, higher labour costs, the depreciation of the yen and additional operational demands as preparations progressed.

Inflation and rising labour costs reportedly added between ¥55bn and ¥60bn ($350m-$382m/€309m-€337m), while the weaker Japanese currency increased the cost of imported materials and services. Additional requirements from the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) reportedly added another ¥60bn ($382m/€337m). The sporting programme also expanded from 36 to 43 sports, increasing the number of participants, events and venues required.

The growth in participation placed further pressure on an organisational model originally designed for a smaller Games. Organisers had planned for around 15,000 athletes and officials, but more than 17,000 eventually arrived from 45countries and territories to compete across 43 sports and 469 medal events.

Financing, another source of tension

Aichi Prefecture is expected to contribute approximately ¥180bn ($1.14bn/€1.01bn), while Nagoya's contribution has been put at between ¥90bn and ¥110.5bn ($572m-$703m/€505m-€620m).

Japan's central government approved ¥13.6bn ($86.5m/€76.3m) under special legislation in 2025, substantially below the approximately ¥40bn ($254m/€224m) initially requested by the prefecture, city and organising committee. The remaining revenue is expected to come from sources including sponsorship and ticket sales.

Omura has defended the investment by pointing to a projected economic impact of ¥3.7tn ($23.5bn/€20.8bn) across Japan, including around ¥1.8tn ($11.4bn/€10.1bn) in Aichi alone. Whether those forecasts are ultimately achieved will only become clear after the Games. The organisational consequences are already more visible.

Aichi-Nagoya set out to demonstrate that the Asian Games could be staged with greater financial restraint by using existing infrastructure and eliminating unnecessary expenditure.

The principle was straightforward, but its implementation has proved far more difficult: Cuts to accommodation and other operational costs coincided with problems in transport, accreditation and coordination —precisely the areas on which the daily functioning of a multi-sport event depends.

Japan has spent considerably more than originally planned on an Asian Games designed around austerity, yet some of the most basic services have generated the strongest criticism. The financial cost can already be calculated. The impact on Japan's long-standing reputation for organisational excellence may take considerably longer to measure.

One of the most significant cost-cutting decisions was to abandon plans for a conventional athletes' village, producing estimated savings of ¥10.2bn ($65m/€57m). Instead, competitors and officials were spread across city hotels, the Costa Serena cruise ship docked at Nagoya Port and container-style accommodation near Garden Pier.

The cruise ship provided space for around 4,000 people, while the temporary container accommodation was designed for another 2,000. Hotels across the city were expected to absorb the remainder. What appeared on paper to be an innovative and cheaper solution began causing problems before the Opening Ceremony.

Some beds were reportedly too short for taller athletes, water leaked into accommodation units and problems emerged over room allocations. South Korean broadcaster MBC, in reports carried by Record China, also raised concerns over what it described as an insufficient quantity of food for elite athletes. Record rainfall in Nagoya in the days before the Opening Ceremony added to the difficulties, while the threat of a typhoon raised concerns over further disruption.

Chinese gymnast Zhang Boheng, a double silver medallist at Paris 2024, reportedly spent six hours at Chubu Centrair International Airport because of accreditation problems. A Vietnamese volleyball team was taken to the wrong hotel and had to make its own way to the correct accommodation. Other delegations, including India's cricket team, sought accommodation independently.

Nagoya's Indian community also stepped in, with around 2,000 families reportedly offering support amid concerns over the availability of accommodation.

Aichi Governor Hideaki Omura had already warned in August that the budget was based on 15,000 participants. "The budget is for 15,000 people. If more come, they will have to manage on their own," Omura said.

Accommodation was not the only problem

On 18 September, organisers mistakenly played North Korea's national anthem before South Korea's men's hockey match against Bangladesh. South Korea head coach Min Tae-seok said, "It's a really serious problem. It simply should never happen." A day later, the national anthems of South Korea and Hong Kong were not played before a women's handball match.

Transport problems also mounted. A bus carrying South Korea's football team reportedly took the players to a baseball ground, while transport for the men's basketball team failed to arrive before the final, forcing the squad to cancel its scheduled training session. Volleyball players were also reportedly dropped off at the wrong location.

The rising complaints prompted an apology from Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games Organising Committee Secretary General Satoshi Murate, who accepted responsibility for the failures on Saturday.

"There have been errors regarding accommodation and transport, which may have occurred for various reasons, but regardless of the cause, responsibility for providing the service rests entirely with us and I would like to sincerely apologise for the errors that have occurred," Murate said at a press conference.

Murate said the organising committee was investigating the causes 'thoroughly' to prevent a repeat and acknowledged that the higher-than-expected number of athletes had made it more difficult to provide an adequate service.

The problems have also triggered a wider debate in Japan over the structure put in place to deliver the Games.

J-CAST News has pointed, among other factors, to the absence of Dentsu, the advertising giant that played a central role in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics before becoming embroiled in corruption scandals connected with the event. With the company excluded, marketing for Aichi-Nagoya was handed to local group Shinto Tsushin, while venue management went to the Japanese subsidiary of a French company. J-CAST News reported discussions over what has been described as the 'price of excluding Dentsu'.

Dentsu's absence, however, does not by itself explain the problems. Tokyo 2020 faced its own organisational controversies, while athletes also raised concerns over measures to deal with extreme heat. Aichi-Nagoya has, nevertheless, exposed questions over whether the structures replacing experienced mega-event operators had sufficient capacity to handle an event of this scale.

The concerns extend beyond the Asian Games

Japan staged the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo in 2025, when there were complaints over lengthy journeys and accommodation, while Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai also faced criticism over queues, extreme heat and transport disruption.

The experience of Aichi-Nagoya raises a broader question over the model Japan intends to use for future international mega-events and how much local authorities are prepared to spend to stage them.

*References:

-insidethegames

-J CAST News

-Aichi Nagoya 2026 website

[전북, 최근 좌절 보도에도 불구하고 2036 올림픽 유치 도전 지속(Jeonbuk remains committed to 2036 Olympic bid despite recent reports of setback)]

9월30일자 외신기사내용 정리하여 공유합니다.

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“서울과의 지속적인 논의는 대회 구상과 개최 계획을 더욱 발전시키고 정교화하기 위한 것입니다.”라고 전북의 한 대변인이 말했다(The ongoing discussions with Seoul are intended to further develop and refine the Games Concept and hosting plan," a spokesperson said)고 합니다.

The Olympic Winter Games opened in PyeongChang, South Korea in 2018 (IOC Photo)

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[기사 요약 – 전북, 2036 올림픽 유치 도전 지속]​

1. 유치 의지 재확인

1) 최근 일부 언론에서 ‘전북의 올림픽 유치 도전이 좌절됐다’는 보도가 있었으나, 전북 측은 “2036 올림픽·패럴림픽 유치 도전을 철회하지 않았다”고 공식 입장 발표.

2) 서울과 협력 논의를 진행 중이며, 이는 대회 구상과 개최 계획을 발전·정교화하기 위한 과정이라고 설명.

3) 서울과의 협력 논의

-기존 계획상 서울은 8개 종목을 개최할 예정이었으나, 최근 논의에서는 개·폐회식 등 주요 행사까지 서울에서 진행하는 방안이 포함됨.

-이에 따라 문화체육관광부는 전북 계획 검토를 잠정 보류하고, 서울과의 협의 결과를 반영해 재검토하기로 함.

2. 향후 절차

1) IOC는 2027년 3월 총회에서 ‘전략적 대화 단계(Strategic Dialogue)’를 시작할 예정.

2) 이 단계에서 후보 도시들은 설문 응답과 현장 방문을 통해 IOC 미래개최위원회(Future Host Commission)에 보고서를 제출.

3) 2028년 말에는 ‘타깃 대화(Targeted Dialogue)’에 진입할 도시가 선정되고, 2029년 최종 개최지가 결정됨

3. 국제 경쟁 상황

1) 이미 (1)카타르 도하, (2)인도 아메다바드가 공식적으로 2036 유치 캠페인을 시작.

2) 잠재 후보지: (1)칠레 산티아고, (2)사우디아라비아, (3)남아공, (4)이집트, (5)튀르키예 이스탄불, (6)헝가리 부다페스트, (6)스페인, (7)이탈리아 등.

3) 독일은 뮌헨을 2036 후보 도시로 확정.

4) 향후 전북·서울은 치열한 국제 경쟁 속에서 도전을 이어가야 하는 상황.

4. 올림픽 개최 일정

-LA 2028, Brisbane 2032, French Alps 2030 동계, 미국 Salt Lake City/Utah2034 동계 개최 확정.

핵심적으로, 전북은 서울과 협력해 2036 올림픽 유치 도전을 계속 이어가고 있으며, 국제 경쟁이 치열한 가운데 한국 정부 및 KSOC와 긴밀히 협력해 개최 계획을 발전시켜 나가겠다는 의지를 분명히 하고 있습니다.

[Jeonbuk remains committed to 2036 Olympic bid despite recent reports of setback]

"The ongoing discussions with Seoul are intended to further develop and refine the Games Concept and hosting plan," a spokesperson said

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South Korea’s Jeonbuk State “remains committed to pursuing the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Games,” a spokesperson for the project told GamesBids.com following reports last week that the bid has suffered a setback, adding “the bid has not been withdrawn.”

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Several domestic news sources revealed Jeonbuk opened discussions with Seoul officials with the intent of fostering a stronger collaboration and possible co-hosting of the Games to help meet International Olympic Committee (IOC) hosting requirements. Plans were already in place for the capital to stage eight different sports if South Korea were elected to host, but new talks are said to include demands for additional key events – including the opening and closing ceremony – to be held in the 1988 Olympics host city.

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Due to the impending changes, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism chose to defer the review of Jeonbuk’s plans until implications of the discussions with Seoul have been analyzed.

“The ongoing discussions with Seoul are intended to further develop and refine the Games Concept and hosting plan,” the spokesperson said.

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“Jeonbuk State will continue to work closely with the Korean government and the Korean Sport and Olympic Committee (KSOC) to further develop its hosting plan.”

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South Korea’s PyeongChang hosted the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced in June that a new Strategic Dialogue phase of the bid process is scheduled to launch March 2027 at the next IOC Session. During this stage, candidates will submit questionnaire responses and conduct site visits for the Future Host Commission who will develop reports for the Executive Board and IOC members. Any hopeful bids will need to engage in ongoing dialogue with the IOC before this time to get invited to the process.

Then in late 2028 qualified bids will be chosen for Targeted Dialogue to set them up for a 2029 final election.

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In the international race for 2036, South Korea could face an uphill battle in a growing field.

Doha in Qatar and Ahmedabad in India have already formalized 2036 campaigns.

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Other potential 2036 or 2040 bids include Santiago in Chile, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Egypt, Istanbul in Türkiye, Budapest in Hungary, Spain and Italy. Last week Germany’s sports authority (DOSB) chose Munich ahead of Cologne-Rhine-Ruhr to bid for an edition as early as 2036.

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Los Angeles is scheduled to host the 2028 Olympic Games followed by Brisbane in 2032. The Winter Games are to be staged in French Alps in 2030 and Salt Lake City, USA in 2034.

*References:

-GamesBids.com

-IOC website