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Mon, July 4, 2022 | 09:38
Korea holds basketball match on Dokdo
'우리 땅 독도'에서 사상 최초 스포츠 행사
Posted : 2012-08-26 09:19
Updated : 2012-08-26 09:19
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Korea's governing body of basketball held high school basketball matches on Dokdo on Saturday amid heightened tensions sparked by Japan's claim to the easternmost Korean territory.

Players from four high schools formed teams and engaged in three-to-three friendly matches against guards stationed on the rocky islets in a sea between the Korean Peninsula and Japan, according to the Korea Basketball Association (KBA).

Association officials said the sports activity, intended as a morale booster for dozens of police officers stationed there, would help strengthen South Korea's sovereignty over the islets.

"I think that (this event) sent a message that Dokdo is our territory in a sincere and peaceful way to the world," KBA President Lee Jong-kul said.

He said that the KBA will hold more such events in the future to help instill affection of Dokdo and national patriotism among high school students.

It was the second such basketball match to be held on Dokdo following the first one in August last year.

This year's event comes amid high diplomatic tensions between South Korea and Japan after President Lee Myung-bak made a surprise visit to the islets on Aug. 10 and asked Japan to sincerely atone for its 1910-45 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.

Lee was the first South Korean president to visit the islets.

Tokyo, which has long laid claim to the islets, has strongly protested Lee's visit and suggested settling the issue at the International Court of Justice. South Korea rejected the Japanese proposal. (Yonhap)



'우리 땅 독도'에서 사상 최초 스포츠 행사
대한민국 영토 동쪽 끝인 독도에서 제2회 독도사랑 농구대회가 성황리에 열렸다. 대한농구협회는 25일 독도 내 선박 접안지에서 '독도 사랑 우수고교 농구대회'를 개최했다. 이날 행사에는 경복고, 울산 무룡고, 용산고, 안양고 등 4개 학교 선수 24명이 출전했다. 이 대회는 지난해 독도 육상에서 열린 사상 최초의 스포츠 행사로 기록됐으며 올해 2회째를 맞았다. 전날 울릉도에 모인 선수단과 협회 관계자들은 오전 8시 배편으로 출발해 2시간 정도 내달려 대한민국 영토 동쪽 끝에 당도했으며 화창한 날씨 속에 경기를 치렀다. 지난해 강한 바람이 불고 빗방울이 간간이 떨어지는 날씨가 선수들을 힘들게 했으나 올해는 화창한 날씨 속에 선수들도 더 박진감 있는 경기를 선보였다. 조립식 반코트에서 경기를 치른 4개 학교의 경기에서는 경복고가 예선에서 지난해 우승팀 용산고를 24-16으로 물리쳤고 결승에서 울산 무룡고를 15-12로 꺾어 우승했다. 또 4개 고교 선수들이 한 팀을 이루고 독도경비대원들이 또 한 팀을 이뤄 치른 친선경기에서는 독도경비대원팀이 14-12로 이겼다. 이종걸 대한농구협회장은 "독도경비대원들이 오늘 농구로 체력도 키우고 재미도 느낄 수 있었을 것"이라며 "또 우리 국민에게 남다른 의미가 있는 독도라는 곳에서 우수 고교 대회가 열리면서 농구와 젊음이 한데 어울리는 장이 됐다는 것이 보람있는 일"이라고 설명했다. 특히 올해 행사는 최근 독도와 관련한 일본과의 분쟁이 첨예한 상황에서 열려 의미가 컸다. (연합뉴스)
 
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