The goal is to win a second consecutive World Indoor Athletics Championships on March 3 and win a gold medal at the Paris Olympics in August.
‘Smile Jumper’ Woo Sang-hyuk (27, Yongin City Hall) will head to Glasgow, Scotland, England to win his second consecutive World Indoor Athletics Championships after participating in three indoor competitions in February.
On the 5th (Korean time), the Czech Nekhvizdi Indoor Athletics Competition Organizing Committee said, “Korea’s Woo Sang-hyuk has confirmed his participation in the competition.” 바카라사이트
Woo Sang-hyuk is the World Indoor Championships champion, outdoor World Championships silver medalist (from 2022), and Diamond League Finalist.
He was introduced as the winner (2023) and his personal best record was 2m36.
The Nehbizdi competition will be held at the Nehbizdi Sports Hall in the Czech Republic on the morning of the 21st of this month, Korean time.
Woo Sang-hyuk will compete for his first competition of the year at the Justo Pece indoor high jump competition in the Czech Republic on the 10th.
Then, on the 14th, he will participate in the Banskavistrica indoor competition in Slovakia and have his first match of the year with rival Mutaz Essa Barsim (Qatar), the ‘best active jumper’.
The third competition held this year is the Nehbizdi Indoor Competition.
Woo Sang-hyuk is working on a similar schedule to 2022.
He made his first jump of the season on January 31, 2022, at the Nechvizdi indoor competition (2m23, 5th place), and won the Justo Pece indoor competition in the Czech Republic on February 6, setting a new Korean record of 2m36.
On February 16, he reached the top in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia (2m 35), and on March 20, he achieved the feat of winning the first major championship in Korean track and field at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Belgrade (2m 34).
Woo Sang-hyuk, who took the lead from the beginning of the season, continued his momentum in the outdoor season.
He became the first Korean to win the Diamond League title (2m 33) in Doha, Qatar, on May 14, and on July 19, at the outdoor world championships held in Eugene, Oregon, USA, he cleared 2m 35 and won a silver medal, following Barshim with 2m 37.
In 2022, Woo Sang-hyuk ended the season ranked first in the men’s high jump world ranking points compiled by the World Association of Athletics Federations.
Last year, Woo Sang-hyuk competed in only one indoor competition (the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in February) due to heel pain and sinusitis.
This year, he is maintaining his health and training in Europe.
Starting in 2024, Woo Sang-hyuk took the lead from the indoor season and announced his grand ambition to achieve a second consecutive World Indoor Championships title in Glasgow on March 3 and a victory at the Paris Olympics in August.
He said, “If I take the lead early in the season, my competitors will be more conscious of me,” and hoped, “I want to take the lead at the World Indoor Championships and arrive in Paris as a ‘champion candidate.’”
This year, all important competitions for Woo Sang-hyuk will be held in Europe.
Woo Sang-hyuk has a thrilling dream of winning his second consecutive World Indoor Championships in Glasgow on March 3, winning the Olympic gold medal in Paris on August 11, and then winning his second consecutive Diamond Final in Brussels, Belgium on September 13 or 14. dreaming
Having trained intensely even in the off-season, he plans to start turning his imagination into reality starting at the European Indoor Competition in February.