[Asian Games] Lose Weight and Increase Records… Woo Sang-hyuk’s ‘Silver Leap’ of Same Color, Different Value
Ranked 2nd among Asian players in 2018, without Barsim... Silver medal in competition with Hangzhou Wushen Barshim
Woo Sang-hyuk (27, Yongin City Hall), who won a silver medal at the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games, also received a medal of the same color at the Hangzhou Asian Games.
However, a lot has happened in five years, and Woo Sang-hyuk has become a completely different jumper.
In the men's high jump finals at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games held at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center in Zhejiang Province, China on the 4th, Woo Sang-hyuk surpassed 2m33 and took second place. 카지노사이트
The gold medal was lost to Mutaz Essa Barsim (32, Qatar), but Woo Sang-hyuk raised the status of Asian athletics by engaging in a 'world championship-level competition' with Barsim.
Even though it is the same silver medal, the value of the silver medal received this time is different from 2018 when Barsim did not participate.
Although the rankings were split with Barsim at 2m 35 and Woo Sang-hyuk at 2m 33, the two competed fiercely without failing even once until they reached 2m 33.
When we look back at what happened to Woo Sang-hyuk in the five years between the Jakarta/Palembang Games and this Hangzhou Games, the silver shines even brighter.
After winning a silver medal over 2m 28 at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Woo Sang-hyuk emphasized his youth by saying, "I am now 22," and added, "I will win a medal at the 2019 Doha World Championships and a medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics." He said cheerfully.
However, Woo Sang-hyuk could not smile for a long time, his records stagnated, and he also suffered a stress fracture.
He didn't even qualify for the 2019 World Championships.
At the time, his weight was close to 75 kg.
When competing in major competitions this year, Woo Sang-hyuk's weight was 65 to 67 kg.
Kim Do-gyun, coach of the Korea Athletics Vertical Leap Team, reached out to Woo Sang-hyuk, who was feeling frustrated.
Woo Sang-hyuk said, "I met Coach when I was really having a hard time. When I didn't believe in myself, Coach said, 'Sang-hyuk, you can do more.'
During the one hour with Coach, I learned about 'the results of my training' and 'myself'. “I came to believe in it,” he said.
Coach Kim Do-gyun created a mid- to long-term plan to build solid skills, even if there are no records right away, and presented it to Woo Sang-hyeok.
In order to block the temptations around him, he enlisted in March 2021 at the recommendation of Coach Kim.
Woo Sang-hyuk confessed, “When there were no short-term results, I thought, ‘Is this the right direction?’” and added, “But Coach Kim Do-gyun’s thoughts were right.”
After setting a personal best record of 2m30 in 2017, Sang-hyuk Woo's record, which had stagnated, rose by 1cm to 2m31 on June 29, 2021.
Sanghyuk Woo did not pass the standard record (2m33) for the Tokyo Olympics, but he participated in the Olympics held in 2021 instead of 2020 due to the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) on the 'ranking point last train'.
Afterwards, ‘Woo Sang-hyuk’s time’, which all track and field fans know, unfolded.
Woo Sang-hyuk ranked 4th (2m 35), the highest score in Korean track and field at the 2021 Summer Tokyo Olympics, won the 20222 World Indoor Athletics Championships (2m 34), 2nd place at the 2022 Outdoor World Championships (2m 35), and won the 2023 Diamond League Final (2m 35). achieved brilliant results.
Woo Sang-hyuk has reached a place he could not have imagined in Korean athletics, which was far from being at the top of the world.