[Asian Games] Woo Sang-hyuk Wins Silver Medal for the Second Time in a Row After a Two-Way Match with Barshim
Barsim is 2m35, Woo Sanghyuk is 2m33... World Championship level competition
Woo Sang-hyuk (27, Yongin City Hall) lost to Mutaz Essa Barsim (32, Qatar) after a fierce rivalry and finished second in the Hangzhou Asian Games.
Woo Sang-hyuk took second place by surpassing 2m33 in the men's high jump final at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games held at the main stadium of the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center in Zhejiang, China, on the 4th.
Barsim won his third Asian Games gold medal by surpassing Woo Sang-hyuk by surpassing 2m35. 온라인카지노
Woo Sang-hyuk, who finished 10th with 2m 20 at the 2014 Incheon Games when he was a high school student, won a silver medal with 2m 28 in Jakarta and Palembang in 2018.
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, who rose from the top jumper in Asia to the world's best jumper in five years, aimed to win his first Asian Games gold medal in Hangzhou, but was unable to overcome the barrier of 'active best' Barsim.
Woo Sang-hyuk, who entered the stadium with his arms raised and jumping as the announcer introduced him as “2023 Diamond League Final Champion,” crossed the bar with a lively movement even in the actual game.
The match on this day started at 2m 00, but Woo Sang-hyuk passed 2m 00 and 2m 10 and made his first jump at 2m 15.
Woo Sang-hyuk, who easily surpassed 2m 15 in the first time, also succeeded in 2m 19, 2m 23, 2m 26, and 2m 29 on his first attempt.
Barshim started the race from 2m 19, and passed 2m 23, 2m 26, and 2m 29 without failure.
When the bar rose to 2m31, there were only three remaining players: Sang-hyuk Woo, Barshim, and Tomohiro Shinno (Japan).
Woo Sang-hyuk and Barsim crossed 2m31 degrees in the first period, and Shinno failed in both the first to third periods, and a 'two-way battle for the championship' began.
Woo Sang-hyuk and Mutaz Essa Barsim of 2m33 were successful in the first period.
Two athletes competing without a single failure up to 2m33 is a famous scene that is not often seen even in world championships.
The crack that broke was 2m35.
Woo Sang-hyuk, who tried first, failed in the first period, but Barsim exceeded 2m35 in the first period.
Woo Sang-hyuk, who found it meaningless to exceed 2m35, tried twice to raise the bar to 2m37, which is higher than his indoor Korean record (2m36), but unfortunately touched the bar.
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.
Barshim gave up participating in the Diamond League Finals held last month to focus on preparing for the Asian Games and won the gold medal he wanted.
Woo Sang-hyuk competed with Barsim at the world championship level, but could not overcome the final hurdle.
Choi Jin-woo (18, Ulsan Sports Science High School), who participated in the finals with Woo Sang-hyuk, ranked 10th at 2m 15.