WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2002 - KOREA

This first major competition in the Asian region was a success.

The organization did everything to make it comfortable for all the participants.

Especially the use of interpreters was a very good decision because this made the communication much more easy and avoided misunderstandings.

The organization was well structured and they could handle very well the different problems that arise when people arrive at the same time on the same spot.

The opening ceremony included speeches form different honorable guests, amongst them the Minister of Health and Welfare, Mr. Tae Bok LEE and the Governor of the Gyeonggi-do Province, Mr. Hak-Kyu Sohn.

For the first time in the history of our sport, we received a lot of media coverage from national newspapers as well as from the national TV-channel.

Local traditional dancers entertained the public and after this short ceremony, every team could sent 2 members to attend the opening banquet.

A total of 36 countries participated with 211 athletes and the overall number of attendances was counted on 325 people. 

New countries in the competition:

• Malaysia     

• Turkey         

During classifications, more than 80 athletes were seen and/or reviewed.

Also 3 national classifiers gained their international ISCD license.

Not only the number of new athletes but also the performance level is encouraging.

Again several World records were broken and step by step, we are moving closer to the able body scores.