[National Sports Festival] Hammer throw dominates the men’s division for the first time in two years… High school girl Kim Tae-hee craze
18-year-old Kim Tae-hee, Hangzhou AG's bronze medal followed by trouble at the National Sports Festival... The leader in charge of the '2nd place' in the men's high school division
The growth plate is still open... I will be able to break 70m within two years.
A huge prospect has emerged in the 'barren' Korean track and field women's hammer throw.
She is Kim Tae-hee (18, Iri Technical High School), a high school girl born in 2005 who has the same name as the actor. 온라인카지노사이트
Kim Tae-hee won a bronze medal at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games last month, and excited the track and field world by showing off her skills that overwhelmed male athletes of her age at the 104th Jeonnam National Sports Festival.
Kim Tae-hee began to make a name for herself at the Hangzhou Asian Games last month.
She set a Korean record of 64m14 in the finals, becoming the first Korean women's hammer thrower to win a place at the Asian Games.
The upward trend continued at the National Sports Festival as well.
On the 15th, she won the women's high school hammer throw final at the National Sports Festival held at Mokpo Sports Complex in Mokpo-si, Jeollanam-do with a new competition record of 60m22.
Kim Tae-hee's records are not much different when compared to her male counterparts.
The highest record in the women's general division held on the same day was 59m11 (Park Seo-jin), and the highest record in the men's high school division was 62m86 (Park Joo-han).
Kim Tae-hee's record ranks first in the women's general division and second in the men's high school division.
There is a difference between the hammer weight (4kg) for the women's high school and general divisions and the hammer weight (6kg) for the men's high school division, but it is unusual for the female player's record to be higher than the record for the top men's division.
Kim Tae-hee threw 64m14 at the Hangzhou Asian Games, approaching the Korean hammer throw high school record (6kg) of 65m19 by 1m05.
A bigger reason why the domestic track and field community is excited is because of Kim Tae-hee’s potential for development.
It has only been two years since Kim Tae-hee started hammer throwing.
He was a discus thrower through middle school and won the hammer in 2021 during his freshman year of high school.
Kim Tae-hee's potential is endless.
Irigon High School coach Kim Young-hoon, who met at Mokpo Stadium, said, "Kim Tae-hee was born with a body optimized for hammer throwing.
Not only is she tall (180 cm), but her limbs are long, so her pulling power is very good."
Director Kim emphasized, “Moreover, Kim Tae-hee did not even undergo full-scale training due to his physical growth.”
According to Director Kim, Kim Tae-hee's recent hospital examination revealed that her growth plate had not yet closed.
He is therefore minimizing the intensity of his strength training due to the risk of injury.
Coach Kim said, "The intensity of Kim Tae-hee's strength training is less than half that of foreign athletes such as China," and added, "Even ahead of the Hangzhou Games, she focused on speed training rather than upper and lower body strength training."
He continued by emphasizing, "Once Kim Tae-hee's growth plate closes, she will be able to do full-scale strength training.
If that happens, she will be able to not only re-achieve a new Korean record, but also break the 70m record within two years."
The women's hammer throw of 70m is a record worthy of advancing to the Olympics and World Championships finals (12 people).
The record of Anita Wlodarczyk (Poland), the gold medalist in women's hammer throw at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, was 78m48, and only 11 of the participating athletes exceeded 70m.
If Kim Tae-hee overcomes the 70m barrier and reaches 75m, she can also dream of winning an Olympic medal.
Malwina Koprán (Poland), who took third place at the Tokyo Olympics, had a record of 75m49.
The standard record to automatically qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics is 74m00.
Coach Kim Young-hoon said, “A female hammer thrower’s prime is around 27 to 28 years old,” and assured, “With support from those around her, Kim Tae-hee will definitely be able to become a world-class athlete.”