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[Asian Games] High Jumper Woo Sang-hyuk Passes the Preliminaries with One Jump... Choi Jin-woo also Advanced to the Finals
Woo Sang-hyuk ends the preliminaries after passing 2m15 on his first attempt... Barsim ranked first overall in the preliminary round with 2m19.
‘Smile Jumper’ Woo Sang-hyuk (27, Yongin City Hall) easily passed the first hurdle toward winning his first Asian Games gold medal. 온라인카지노
Woo Sang-hyuk advanced to the finals by exceeding 2m 15 only once in the men's high jump preliminary round of the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games held at the main stadium of the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center in China on the 2nd.
The other players' records were so low that Woo Sang-hyuk could not play any further.
On this day, there were two high jump bars in the stadium.
A total of 17 players, including 9 from Group A and 8 from Group B, participated in the preliminary round, with Woo Sang-hyuk playing in Group B and his rival Mutaz Essa Barshim (32, Qatar) playing in Group A.
The match started at 1m 90, but Woo Sang-hyuk made his first attempt at 2m 15.
The preliminaries ended with the top 12 ranked before Woo Sang-hyuk, who cleared 2m 15 on his first attempt, could raise the bar.
For Woo Sang-hyuk, the 2023 season champion of the Diamond League Finals, which track and field athletes consider to be the second most important event after the Olympics and World Championships, the preliminaries were more like actual training in preparation for the finals.
Sang-hyuk Woo advanced to the finals with just one jump.
Woo Sang-hyuk, whom we met after the game, said, "I ran lightly in the preliminaries.
I only ran once, but I felt good.
I will take good care of my body and show a good performance in the finals on the 4th."
Woo Sang-hyuk aims to win his first Asian Games title in this tournament.
Woo Sang-hyuk finished 10th with 2m20 at the 2014 Incheon Games when he was a high school student, but won a silver medal with 2m28 at the 2018 Jakarta/Palembang Games.
Woo Sang-hyuk, who took a leap forward as a world-class jumper starting from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics held in 2021 (4th place at 2m 35), won the 2022 Belgrade World Indoor Championships (2m 34), took second place at the Eugene Outdoor World Championships (2m 35), and won the Diamond League this year.
He wrote a new history in Korean track and field, including winning the finals (2m35).
Woo Sang-hyuk is expected to compete with Barshim for the gold medal in the finals held at 8 p.m. on the 4th, Korean time.
Jinwoo Choi (18, Ulsan Sports Science High School), a high school student who also competed, also secured a ticket to the finals by surpassing 2m15 in the third period.
Choi Jin-woo, who suffered from a heel injury just before the competition, said, “I am happy to have advanced to the finals in my first adult international competition,” and added, “I will enjoy playing in the finals.”
Barsim, who had passed 2m15, cleared 2m19 in the first period and took first place in the overall preliminaries.
Barsim, after the game, said, "Woo Sang-hyuk and I are rivals and friends who together raised the Asian track and field high jump to the world level.
I will compete happily on the 4th.
Of course, my goal is to win."
Woo Sang-hyuk and Mutaz Essa Barsim met after the preliminaries and took a commemorative photo.
Barshim is the 'best active jumper', having won three consecutive world championships in London 2017, Doha 2019, and Eugene 2022, and tied for first place with Gianmarco Tamberi (Italy) at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
At the Asian Games, he achieved two consecutive wins in Guangzhou in 2010 and Incheon in 2014, and missed the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Games due to an ankle injury.
If Woo Sang-hyuk wins the rivalry with Barsim, Korean track and field will win the Asian Games men's high jump gold medal for the first time in 21 years since Lee Jin-taek (winner at the 1998 Bangkok and 2002 Busan Games).