WOO WINS SECOND CONSECUTIVE ASIAN GAMES HIGH JUMP SILVER BEHIND VARSHIM

Woo Sang-hyuk (27, Yongin City Hall) finished second at the Hangzhou Asian Games after a hard-fought battle with Mutaz Essa Barsim (32, Qatar).Woo Sang-hyuk cleared 2.33 meters to finish second in the men’s high jump final at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games on Thursday at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Main Stadium in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China .After finishing 10th at the 2014 Incheon Games as a high schooler with a height of 2.20 meters, Woo won a silver medal at Jakarta-Palembang in 2018 with a height of 2.28 meters. He made the leap to the top of the world’s jumping ranks at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in 2021 (fourth at 2.35m) and has since made history in Korean athletics, winning the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade in 2022 (2.34m), finishing second at the World Outdoor Championships in Eugene (2.35m) and winning this year’s Diamond League Final (2.35m).In five years, Woo has risen from the top of Asia to become one of the world’s best jumpers, but he was unable to break through the barrier of the 카지노사이트 ‘best in class’ Barshim in Hangzhou, where he won his first Asian Games gold medal.

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