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Korean judo team misses Dubai flight en route to world championships
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Korea's national judo team missed a connecting flight in Dubai on Oct. 4 while traveling to the IJF World Championships in Azerbaijan, with the team reportedly failing to allow for transfer time and eating instead, Yonhap reported. The episode follows the weigh-in disqualification of Jung Su-jin in the women's 48kg at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. The Korea Judo Association said it will draw up improvement measures for the problems that arose after the World Championships.
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Korea's national judo team missed a connecting flight in Dubai while traveling to the IJF World Championships in Azerbaijan, according to Yonhap, which reported that head coach Jung Sung-sook and some national team athletes failed to board the transfer on Oct. 4. Newsis and Chosun Ilbo also reported that the team missed the flight on its way to the championships. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
Citing the Korea Judo Association and others, Yonhap reported that the team did not take transfer time into account and was handling errands including a meal when the flight departed. The group waited a long time in Dubai before taking a later flight to Azerbaijan, and the athletes' condition management was disrupted by the unnecessary procedures at the airport, according to the report. [ 2 ]
The missed flight follows an incident at the recently concluded 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, where Jung Su-jin of Yongin University, entered in the women's 48kg, was disqualified. According to Yonhap, she did not realize she had been selected for a random weigh-in on competition day and was advised to eat, leading to the disqualification. The case became public after Jung disclosed it on her personal social media, Yonhap said. [ 2 ]
The Korea Judo Association said it would prepare improvement measures for the problems that arose after the World Championships, according to Yonhap, which described the team's management of its athletes as a recurring problem. Newsis and Chosun Ilbo framed their coverage around the same two issues — the weigh-in disqualification and the missed flight. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
Почему это важно
The reports frame the missed flight as the latest instance of poor athlete management by the national judo team, coming shortly after a disqualification at a major multi-sport Games. The Korea Judo Association has said it will prepare improvement measures, but the documents do not specify what those measures are or when they would take effect.
Ключевые факты
- Korea's national judo team missed a connecting flight in Dubai while traveling to the IJF World Championships in Azerbaijan. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
- Head coach Jung Sung-sook and some national team athletes were on the trip and failed to board the connecting flight on Oct. 4, according to Yonhap. [ 2 ]
- The team did not take transfer time into account and was doing errands including eating when the flight left, Yonhap reported. [ 2 ]
- The party waited a long time in Dubai and later took another flight to Azerbaijan, Yonhap said. [ 2 ]
- Athletes were said to have had their condition management disrupted by unnecessary procedures at the airport. [ 2 ]
- At the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, Jung Su-jin of Yongin University, entered in the women's 48kg, was disqualified after eating, having not realized she was subject to a random weigh-in. [ 2 ]
- The disqualification became known after Jung disclosed it on her personal social media, according to Yonhap. [ 2 ]
- The Korea Judo Association said it would prepare improvement measures for problems that arose after the World Championships. [ 2 ]
Подтверждено несколькими источниками
- The national judo team missed a flight while traveling to the World Championships. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
- The team had earlier been involved in a weigh-in disqualification at the Asian Games that drew controversy. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
- The Korea Judo Association said it would prepare improvement measures for problems arising after the World Championships. [ 2 ]
Пока неясно
- How many athletes and staff were involved in missing the connecting flight in Dubai. Yonhap refers only to the head coach and “some national team athletes”; no figure is given.
- When the weigh-in disqualification at the Asian Games took place. The documents say it happened on competition day but give no date.
- What the Korea Judo Association's improvement measures will contain or when they will be announced. The association is quoted only as saying it will prepare measures after the World Championships.
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- The judo team misses its connecting flight in Dubai while traveling to the World Championships in Azerbaijan. [ 2 ]
- Newsis reports that the judo team missed its plane while going to the World Championships, in a story that also references the weigh-in disqualification. [ 1 ]
- Yonhap publishes a detailed report on the missed flight and the Asian Games weigh-in disqualification, including the judo association's response. [ 2 ]
- Chosun Ilbo publishes a summary of the two incidents. [ 3 ]