oo Sang-hyuk (27, Yongin City Hall), the hope of Korean track and field in the men's high jump, easily made it to the finals with just one jump. Is that why? There is also a lot of leisure time. Woo Sang-hyuk, who is trying to win his first Asian Games, sang 'Jung Jeulma (The important thing is to enjoy)' with a smile on his face.

Woo Sang-hyuk confirmed his advancement to the finals by easily jumping a height of 2m15cm in the first period in Group B of the men's high jump preliminary round in track and field at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games held at the main stadium of the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center in China on the 2nd.

When we met in the mixed zone after the game, he said, “Normally, there are many competitions without preliminaries, but the Asian track and field high jump suddenly became so strong that we decided to do preliminaries. I was preparing for the finals, but I did a light run in the preliminaries out of enjoyment.” He added, “I have a good feeling, so now I will focus all my strength on the finals.”

years, at the 2014 Incheon Games, he only placed 10th, jumping 2.20cm. Five years ago, at the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Games, she won a silver medal with a height of 2m28cm. At the time, China won the championship as Barshim was absent due to an ankle injury.

His determination to overcome the regrets of five years ago and win his first gold medal is bound to be exceptional. However, he said that the important thing is to have fun, and that if you focus on winning a gold medal, nothing will work out.

Woo Sang-hyuk said, “I don't really have any regrets about 5 years ago. “At that time, I showed off my game skills to the best of my ability and played tenaciously,” he said. “Now, five years have passed and I think I have gained the know-how. In fact, if I have any regrets, it is that when I was young, I only focused on taking care of my body and not having fun. For now, I will enjoy the competition and do my best as much as I have prepared. “That way, I don't think there will be any regrets,” he emphasized.

He said, “Of course, an athlete's goal in the all-around competition is a gold medal. However, if I only think about winning a gold medal, it seems like the technique or posture I wanted required too much force and didn't work out well,” he said. “The skill of a master is to relax and run.” “It's still difficult, but we're trying to do that as much as we can,” he said.

Although they were placed in different groups in the preliminaries of the competition, Woo Sang-hyuk and Barsim, who will meet in the finals, are strong rivals competing for the championship. Our friendship grew stronger as we competed in international competitions. On this day, the two met before the game and smiled and welcomed each other.

He explained, “(Barsim) and I were in different preliminaries, so we exchanged greetings and said we would meet in the finals. Now that we have made it to the finals, we said we would meet the day after tomorrow and it was over.”

Woo Sang-hyuk is a promising candidate who will bring a gold medal to Korean track and field. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics held in 2021, he ranked 4th at 2m35cm, becoming a world-class athlete. Last year, he won the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade (2m34cm), took second place in the Eugene Outdoor World Championships (2m35cm), and won the Diamond League Final this year. He is writing a new history in Korean athletics.

In particular, he became a global star with his raising his hand salute ceremony at the last Tokyo Olympics. Have you prepared anything for this competition? Woo Sang-hyuk said, “I didn't prepare anything in particular. However, I love high jump so much that I think I can feel all of it,” he said. “If I enjoy the excitement that is latent in me in this final, I think it will come out naturally. High jumping is so much fun. “I think it seemed like the ceremony was about having fun, so I'm also looking forward to this final (laughter).”

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