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‘Ahn Jun-ho System’ First Win in Men’s Basketball… They Defeated Thailand by 34 Points at Home

96-62 win with overwhelming height and speed… Grabs 48 rebounds and causes 17 errors.

The Korean men’s basketball team, which started anew under coach Ahn Jun-ho, comfortably reported its first win by defeating Thailand by 34 points at home.

The national team led by Coach Ahn defeated Thailand 96-62 in the second round of Group A of the 2025 International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Asia Cup qualifiers held at the Wonju Sports Complex in Gangwon-do on the 25th.

Korea (1 win, 1 loss), who lost 71-85 in the away game against Australia on the 22nd, recorded its first win in the preliminary round with this game. 파워볼게임

The Korean men’s basketball team has never lost to Thailand since the 1966 Bangkok Asian Games.

In this preliminary round, which will determine the team that will advance to the FIBA Asia Cup finals to be held in Saudi Arabia in August 2025, 24 countries will be divided into 6 groups and compete in a home-and-away format until February next year.

The top two countries in each group will advance directly to the finals, and four of the six countries ranked third in each group will also advance to the finals.

Korea (51st in FIBA rankings) is competing in Group A along with Australia (4th), Indonesia (74th), and Thailand (91st).

Coach Ahn, who was appointed as the new head coach of the Korean men’s basketball team last month and returned to the field as an on-field leader after 12 years, experienced the joy of his first win.

Coach Ahn increased the intensity of pressure from the beginning of the game by sending out Byun Jun-hyung (Sangmu), Oh Jae-hyeon (SK), Yang Hong-seok (LG), Kang Sang-jae (DB), and La Geon-ah (KCC) as starters.

As Oh Jae-hyeon and Byun Jun-hyung, who possess all of the physique, strength, and speed among Korean guards, put pressure on them without stopping, Thailand struggled, making 4 errors in just 3 minutes of the game.

Thailand, which was outrebounded by 7 to 13 in rebounds, was outclassed in both height and speed and was down 15 to 28 from the first quarter.

In the second quarter, Korea’s pressure became even stronger.

Korea, with forwards Sang-jae Kang and Kyo-chang Song (KCC) adding to the pressure, increased the speed of the attack and scored 16 points through fast breaks in the first half alone.

In particular, the time taken to drive the ball to the opposing side right after the rebound was shortened as much as possible, creating the effect that the opponent was facing a fast break every time they attacked.

Guards such as Oh Jae-hyun, Byun Jun-hyung, and Lee Woo-seok (Hyundai Mobis) also showed concentration in defense, lowering the opponent’s main gun Frederick Risch’s field goal success rate to 25%.

Korea took the lead early with a gap of more than 20 points in the first half alone, and at the end of the third quarter, Ha Yoon-gi (KT) scored a refreshing dunk after Song Kyo-chang’s steal to run away with a 30-point lead, 72-42.

Naturalized player La Gun-ah, whose ‘four-party contract’ that includes not only the professional basketball team Busan KCC but also the national team and KBL expires in May, showed off her skills by playing only about 17 minutes and scoring 15 points.

If the parties do not agree on an extension contract, this could be Laguna’s last game wearing the national team uniform.

Ha Yoon-gi also showed off his score from behind the goal with 13 points and 14 rebounds.

The remaining forwards, including Kim Jong-gyu (14 points), Yang Hong-seok (13 points), and Kang Sang-jae (10 points), also played their part.

Women’s Volleyball GS Caltex Defeats IBK and Revives PS… Men’s OK Regained 3rd Place

4th place GS Caltex escapes 4 consecutive losses, chasing 3rd place Cheong Kwan Jang by 5 points.

OK Financial Group easily overpowers last place KB Insurance.

GS Caltex revived the spark of hope to advance to the postseason. 카지노사이트

GS Caltex defeated IBK Industrial Bank with a set score of 3-0 (25-23 25-19 25-22) in the professional volleyball Dodram 2023-2024 V League women’s home game held at Jangchung Gymnasium in Seoul on the 25th.

4th place GS Caltex (48 points, 17 wins, 14 losses), which broke away from a 4-game losing streak and earned 3 valuable points, narrowed the gap to 5 points with 3rd place CheongKwanJang (53 points, 17 wins, 14 losses), which had a 4-game winning streak.

In the V-League, if the point difference between 3rd and 4th place is 3 or less, a semi-playoff is held.

GS Caltex’s realistic goal is to further narrow the gap with Cheong Kwan-Jang in the remaining five games and make the semi-playoffs.

5th place IBK Industrial Bank (44 points, 14 wins, 17 losses) was unable to add points, making the path to ‘Spring Volleyball’ narrower.

IBK Industrial Bank of Korea finished its match against GS Caltex this season with 2 wins, 4 losses, and an inferiority finish.

Giselle Silva (registered name Silva), the best striker in the V-League women’s division this season, played the role of GS Caltex’s main gun on this day, scoring 28 points with a high attack success rate of 60%.

Korean wing striker Kang So-hwi, who struggled in the 5th round, also helped Silva by scoring 12 points in the first game of the 6th round.

At the IBK Industrial Bank of Korea, Brittney Abercrombie (20 points) and Seungju Pyo (15 points) fought hard, but starting setter Ponpoon Gerpard (registered name Ponpoon) was replaced at the end of the first set due to hand pain and was unable to return to the court.

This has become monotonous.

GS Caltex, which took the lead in the first set thanks to Kang So-hwi’s performance, added one point at 20-18 with a quick open by new Asian quarter player Darin Pinsu-wan (registered name Darin), and made it 22-18 due to opponent Ponpoon’s double attack mistake. It came out.

When trailing again at 23-21, Kang So-hwi created a set point with a quick open, and at 24-23, Silva ended the set with an open attack.

GS Caltex, which easily won the second set, suffered a strong counterattack from IBK Industrial Bank of Korea in the third set.

However, at 16-15 in the third set, a double attack aimed at an empty spot by setter Ahn Hye-jin fell inside the court and took a breather.

Then, when the opponent Seo-young Yook’s hard hit hit Su-ji Han’s head and floated high, Su-jin Han quickly found the spot where the ball fell and saved the ball, and So-hwi Kang scored with an open attack to make it 18-15.

Silva scored a quick opener into the court at 24-22, putting the game on the line.

In the men’s division, OK Financial Group, led by main gun Leonardo Leyva Martinez (registered name Leo), easily defeated KB Insurance, which ranked last, and regained third place.

OK Financial Group won the home game held at Sangnoksu Gymnasium in Ansan with a set score of 3-0 (25-20 25-16 25-21) over KB Insurance.

OK Financial Group reduced Korea Electric Power Corporation (47 points, 16 wins, 15 losses) to 4th place by reaching 50 points (17 wins, 14 losses).

KB Insurance, ranked last (7th), suffered 9 consecutive losses.

This season’s men’s team shows mixed results.

The difference in points from 3rd place OK Financial Group to 6th place Hyundai Capital (44 points, 14 wins, 17 losses) is only 6 points.

The teams ranked 3rd to 6th all have 5 games left this season.

On this day, Leo led the attack with 22 points, the most for both teams, including 2 blocking points and 3 serve aces.

The attack success rate was 60.71%.

Bayard Saihan also played an active role with 11 points, including 4 blocking goals.

Shin Jin-seo Exceeds 600 Million Won in Two Months, How Much will he Break the Annual Prize Money?

360 million won including winning the LG Cup in January… Nongshim pear expected to be worth KRW 278 million.

Expected to win multiple awards in Eungssi pear, Lanke pear, Samsung Fire pear, and Chunran pear

Shin Jin-seo (23), 9th dan, the world’s strongest baduk player in name and reality, is doing something unusual in the early part of Gapjin year.

Shin Jin-seo, born in March 2000, celebrated his year and surpassed 600 million won in prize money less than two months later.

According to the Korea Foundation, which announces prize money rankings every month, Shin Jin-seo earned 360,946,000 won in prize money in January alone. 바카라사이트

This amount is much more than twice that of the second-ranked 9-dan reimbursement (159,512,000 won).

The new 9-dan team achieved a high-flying record of 11 wins and 1 loss in the KB Baduk League and China Gapjo League, including defeating Byeon Sang-il in the LG Cup finals, a major world tournament held in January, and receiving 300 million won in prize money.

In February, the team is on an 8-game winning streak, including the Nongshim Shin Ramyun Cup, which led Korea to its 4th consecutive win with a ‘6-game winning streak’.

Although the Korea Football Association has not yet tallied the prize money for February, Shin Jin-seo is expected to receive a prize money equivalent to winning the LG Cup only in the Nongshim Cup.

The prize money for winning the Nongshim Cup, a team event, is divided according to the national team’s internal agreement, without disclosing the distribution method externally.

According to the Korea Football Association, last year, 70% of the Nongshim Cup winning prize money was distributed equally among the participating players, 20% was paid as a winning allowance, and 10% was paid as a winning decision allowance.

In other words, 350 million won, which is 70% of the championship prize money of 500 million won, is divided equally among the five players as participation allowances, and Shin Jin-seo, who won 6 consecutive wins alone, 8th dan Seol Hyun-jun, who did not have a single win, and 9th dan Byeon Sang-il, Won Seong-jin, and Park Jeong-hwan are equally 7-dan.

Each receives 10 million won.

The winning allowance, which is 20% of the total prize money, is 100 million won, but since Shin Jin-seo is the only player to win this tournament, he will take it alone.

The 10% winning decision allowance of 50 million won also belongs to Shin Jin-seo.

It is known that this method has been agreed upon again this year, and Shin Jin-seo is expected to receive 220 million won out of the total prize money of 500 million won in the Nongshim Cup.

In addition, Nongshim Cup pays match fees and winning streak prize money to individual players separately from the winning prize money.

The match fee is 3 million won per game, and the prize money for consecutive wins is 10 million won for three consecutive wins, with an additional 10 million won paid for each additional win thereafter.

Shin Jin-seo, who won six games in a row at this Nongshim Cup, will receive 18 million won in match fees and 40 million won in prize money for consecutive wins.

Accordingly, Shin Jin-seo’s total income from Nongshim Pear will be 278 million won.

Shin Jin-seo, who has an incredible winning percentage of 19 wins and 1 loss this year, will already exceed 600 million won just by adding the Nongshim Cup prize money to his January prize money.

Since 2020, when Shin Jin-seo established himself as the number one player in Korean baduk, he has surpassed 1 billion won in prize money every year and has been crowned the prize money king for four consecutive years.

The highest annual prize money in KEPCO history is 1.4796 billion won, recorded by Shin Jin-seo last year.

Last year, Shin Jin-seo received $400,000 (approximately 530 million won) for winning the Eungssi Cup, known as the ‘Olympics of Baduk’, and received 140 million won for participating in the Nongshim Cup only for Choi Jong-guk.

Although he did not win any other world tournaments, he won over 1.4 billion won in prize money through six domestic tournament titles and the KB Baduk League and China Gapjorig.

This year, there is a growing possibility that the annual prize money will exceed 1.5 billion won for the first time in Korea.

Considering Shin Jin-seo’s skills that have reached their peak, it is predicted that he will win multiple titles in the remaining world events this year, such as the Eungssi Cup, Lanke Cup, Samsung Fire & Marine Cup, and Chunran Cup.

Shin Jin-seo, who returned to Korea on the 24th after leading the miraculous comeback win of the Nongshim Cup in Shanghai, China, said at an airport press conference, “This year, I want to show that I always win at the world championships.”

Fans are expecting Shin Jin-seo, who is full of confidence as well as his skills to be the ‘world’s strongest’, to reach his most spectacular peak in the ‘Year of the Dragon’ in which he was born.

Professional Volleyball OK Financial Group Easily Defeats Last Place KB Insurance and Regains Third Place

Men’s professional volleyball OK Financial Group, led by main gun Leonardo Leyva Martinez (registered name Leo), easily defeated the lowest ranked KB Insurance and rose back to third place.

OK Financial Group defeated KB Insurance with a set score of 3-0 (25-20 25-16 25-21) in the 2023-2024 V-League men’s home game held at Sangnoksu Gymnasium in Ansan, Gyeonggi-do on the 25th.

OK Financial Group reduced Korea Electric Power Corporation (47 points, 16 wins, 15 losses) to 4th place by reaching 50 points (17 wins, 14 losses). 카지노사이트

KB Insurance, the lowest ranked company, suffered its 9th consecutive loss.

This season, the men’s professional volleyball team is showing mixed signs.

The difference in points from 3rd place OK Financial Group to 6th place Hyundai Capital (44 points, 14 wins, 17 losses) is only 6 points.

The teams ranked 3rd to 6th all have 5 games left this season.

Up to 3rd place is confirmed to advance to the postseason, and if 4th place reduces the point gap with 3rd place to 3 or less, a semi-playoff will be held.

The game that day was cool.

OK Financial Group showed superior skills from the first set.

The solution was Leo.

He recorded a serve ace at 21-19, and then broke the opposing team’s receiving line with a cannonball serve.

OK Financial Group succeeded in scoring three consecutive points during Leo’s turn to serve.

At 24-20, the opposing team’s Andres Vijena (registered name Viena) made an offensive error.

The second set was ahead from the beginning.

KB Insurance was shaken to the extent that Viyena’s second set attack success rate was only 22.22%, and OK Financial Group did not miss this.

All players participated in the attack, easily making the set score 2-0, with Leo scoring 5 points and Asia Quarter player Bayarsaihan Batsu (registered name Bayarsaihan) scoring 4 points with 2 blocking.

The third set was also immediately focused on OK Financial Group.

OK Financial Group widened the score gap at 8-7 by scoring three consecutive goals through an attack error by the opposing team’s Hwang Kyung-min, a blocking by Park Chang-seong, and an attacking error by the opposing team’s Viena.

Leo succeeded with a strong parry attack at 22-20, and then tied the knot by recording a serve ace.

Leo led the attack with 22 points, the most for both teams, including 2 blocking points and 3 serve aces.

The attack success rate was 60.71%.

Bayard Saihan also played an active role with 11 points, including 4 blocking goals.

Appears Like a Comet and Even Sets a World Record… Lee Na-hyeon in Ice “Thanks to my Parents”

Junior women’s 500m broke the Korean record and then the world record.

Competing with adult athletes, she ranked 12th in the World Cup rankings… “We will rise step by step”

The Korean ice skating community, which cheered the explosive growth of Kim Min-seon (24, Uijeongbu City Hall) last season, is smiling broadly at this player’s appearance this year. 온라인카지노

This is Lee Na-hyeon, a sprinter born in 2005 (planned to enter Korea National Sport University).

Lee Na-hyun is rewriting junior stage history this year.

He set a new junior Korean record of 37.48 seconds in the women’s 500m at the 2023-2024 International Skating Union (ISU) Four Continents Speed Skating Championships held at the Utah Olympic Oval in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA on January 21, and a week later, on the 28th, he set a new junior Korean record.

In the women’s 500m at the 5th World Cup, she crossed the finish line in 37.34 seconds, breaking the junior world record.

This is the first time a Korean athlete has set a junior world record in this event since Sang-Hwa Lee (2007) and Min-Seon Kim (2017).

It’s not just this.

Lee Na-hyun competed against the world’s best adult players in this season’s World Cup series and ranked 12th in the World Cup rankings.

Considering that Na-Hyun Lee is a promising player who has not even entered college, this is a great result.

The ice skating world is confident that Lee Na-hyun will grow into the next generation, following in the footsteps of Lee Sang-hwa and Kim Min-seon.

Lee Na-hyun first learned to skate when she was in the first grade of elementary school.

She started it as a hobby after watching her older cousin ride short track.

I didn’t set out to become a player from the beginning.

Lee Na-hyun began her full-fledged athlete career in the sixth grade of elementary school after studying abroad in Australia for academic reasons.

Lee Na-hyun met with Yonhap News at the Taereung Ice Rink in Seoul on the 23rd and said, “I skated as a hobby at first, but then I fell in love with it.

I begged my parents to pursue a career as an athlete, and they didn’t object too much” did.

He said, “However, once you start, my mother told me not to give up for at least three years.

When three years passed, she said she would exercise more and my mother told me not to give up for another three years.”

By the time his second engagement with his mother was over, Ina-Hyun Lee had become a world-class athlete.

Lee Na-hyun said, “My parents wanted me to lead a leading life,” and “I think I enjoyed my career as an athlete because they believed in me and didn’t force me.”

Lee Na-hyun also inherited an optimal body from her parents.

Unlike other Korean players, he has a Western body type.

Lee Na-hyeon, who is 170cm tall and has a solid constitution, said, “I have been training hard with weights since my second year of high school, and my physique has changed to suit me for sprint events.”

She added, “Improved technique and improved physique are the reasons for my good results this season.”

“It’s the same,” he explained.

“Her mother is tall and was a track and field athlete for a short time when she was young,” he said with a laugh, adding, “I owe a lot to my mother in many ways.”

Thanks to his parents giving him a healthy body, he never had any major injuries.

Lee Na-hyun said, “I had a brief backache when I was a freshman in high school, but it got better quickly.

Other than the knee and back pain that all speed skaters have, I’ve never had much pain.

I’m also thankful to my parents for this.”

Lee Na-hyun, who achieved results beyond expectations by setting a junior world record this season, is determined to grow slowly and calmly.

He said, “There are still a few things that need to be improved, such as starting technique and skating in the second half of the race,” and added, “For now, I will work my way up step by step while faithfully completing basic training.”

He continued, “My first goal is to participate in the 2026 Milan/Cortina d’Ampezzo Winter Olympics to confirm my potential, and then I want to become the best athlete in the world.”

 

Heo Hoon, who played for 40 minutes in a row, caught a cold… Professional basketball KCC prepares customized defense

Professional basketball Suwon KT’s ace Heo Hoon is suffering from a cold after his outstanding performance, scoring 37 points against the ‘super team’ Busan KCC.

KT coach Song Young-jin said, “Heo Hoon has a cold ahead of the 4th game of the 2023-2024 Jeong Kwan-Jang Professional Basketball Championship (4 wins out of 7) held at Sajik Gymnasium in Busan on the 3rd.

He said, “I received treatment at the hospital in the morning, and came (to the court) after resting at the hotel.”

He added, I have a swollen neck, but I think it will be okay (to play), adding, “We’ll have to see if I can play 40 minutes again today.” 파워볼

Heo Hoon played 40 minutes in both the second and third games of the championship.

In particular, in the third game, he scored 37 points alone, leading to a close match with KCC, which had a large number of national team players.

However, despite Heo Hoon’s performance, KT lost 89-92 to KCC, taking their second loss (1 win) in the series.

In addition to the pain of defeat, Heo Hoon, who was also faced with the negative news of a cold, came out to the court early that day and devoted himself to shooting practice.

KCC coach Jeon Chang-jin is said to have prepared a ‘customized defense’ to suppress Heo Hoon’s performance.

Coach Jeon said, “Heo Hoon’s defense was prepared differently than usual,” and “For now, Lee Ho-hyun and Calvin Jeffrey Epistola will block, but in an emergency situation, we can leave it to Song Kyo-chang.”

At the same time, he said, “We will play defense that pushes towards the end line.

He added, “I don’t want to give more space to mid-range shots.”

The former coach believed that KCC’s win rate would increase as Heo Hoon focused on individual attacks rather than saving the team, but in the third game, Heo Hoon was hit hard by mid-range shots at every critical point, making him sweaty.

At the championship media day, he said, “I won’t stop Heo Hoon.

“He will tell me to score 50 points alone,” said the former manager, adding, “I hope you understand my thoughts.

“If Heo Hoon holds the ball for a long time, the ball doesn’t go to Paris Bass,” he said.

“In fact, Heo Hoon scored 37 points, but Bass’ score dropped.

He pointed out, “We need to suppress the scoring of both players to that level and reduce the scoring of the remaining domestic players as well.”

Bass, who was the top scorer in the regular league with an average of 25.4 points per game, scored only 20 points in the third game.

Coach Song said, “Sensitive “It’s only a small part, but Bass was annoyed that the referee’s decision was harsh to him and didn’t call him well, and he said his teammates didn’t do what he wanted,” he said.

It was resolved through conversation.

In any case, Bass needs to calm down,” he said.

Pole Jin Min-seop, ‘overcame a fatal injury and soared’ said, “I held on like a bad boy”

Left patellar tendon rupture in October 2022… Won the national competition after 1 year and 6 months of rehabilitation

Jin Min-seop (31, Yeonje County Office), who had collapsed due to a ruptured knee patellar tendon, took off again.

Jin Min-seop won the men’s pole vault collegiate and general division finals at the 52nd KBS Korea Athletics Championships held at Yecheon Stadium in Gyeongsangbuk-do on the 3rd, surpassing 5m 40m and beating Han Doo-hyun (Daejeon Facilities Management Corporation) at 5m 30m.

Although he fell short of his own Korean record (5 m 80), ‘5 m 40’ was a number of hope for Jin Min-seop, who went through a long tunnel of rehabilitation. 카지노사이트

It has been two years since Jin Min-seop won the national competition hosted by the Korea Athletics Federation, since the National Unemployed Athletics Competition (5m 40) in May 2022.

Jin Min-seop exceeded 5m40 and roared with a playful expression.

Jin Min-seop, whom we met after the game, smiled and said, “I’ve been rehabilitating for 1 year and 6 months.

I didn’t give up, I didn’t get tired, and I’m really happy I came this far.”

Jin Min-seop underwent left knee surgery in late October 2022.

It was a fatal injury, as his patellar tendon ruptured.

Before his injury, Jin Min-seop was the unrivaled leader in men’s pole vault in Korea.

Jin Min-seop, who set his first personal Korean record with 5m64 at the Taiwan Open International Athletics Championships on May 28, 2013, flew 5m80 with a ‘borrowed pole’ at the Bankstown Pole Vault Competition held in New South Wales, Australia on March 1, 2020. Ola set a new Korean record for the 8th time.

He also qualified for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics with the record he set in Australia.

Jin Min-seop is also a bronze medalist at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games.

Deep down, Korean track and field hoped that Jin Min-seop would become an athlete who would reliably advance to the finals at the Olympics and World Championships.

Jin Min-seop, who was looking up, was attacked by an evil spirit.

He could not guarantee that he would continue his career as a player, let alone break the Korean record.

Jin Min-seop confessed, “Actually, I felt like giving up.”

However, people around him who cherished his talent led Jin Min-seop to a rehabilitation training center.

Jin Min-seop said, “The seniors I played sports with in middle and high school are working as rehabilitation experts.

With the help of those seniors, I was able to return to the field sooner than expected.”

During his long rehabilitation, I became someone who looked ‘to the side’ of Jin Min-seop.

He said, “Until I was preparing for the Tokyo Olympics, I was too obsessed with records.

I also became sensitive,” and “Now I look around and try to calmly climb up.”

Jin Min-seop said, “Today, I am satisfied with 5m 40, which would have been a disappointing record in the past.

My realistic goal is to consistently surpass 5m 50 this season,” and added, “I want to go up one level again as an athlete exceeding 5m 60 and 5m 70 next year.”

Having felt the thrill of breaking Korean records several times, he sometimes imagines breaking the record again.

Jin Min-seop said, “I will not rush.

However, if my skills recover to the point where I can consistently surpass 5m 70, I will try to break the record again, even if it means training abroad at my own expense.”

While recovering, I also had a new dream.

Jin Min-seop said, “If I retire without breaking the 5m 80 mark, I want the juniors I taught to be able to jump 5m 90m and 6m,” and added, “Just as Ernest John Obiena (Philippines) cleared 6m in the pole vault and Sanghyuk Woo in the high jump became a world-class vertical jumper, he added, “In the jumping event, our Korean athletes can compete on the world stage.

I want to work hard until the end of my career and become a leader to help my juniors take on the world stage in pole vaulting,” he said.

Of course, Jin Min-seop has not yet let go of his desire to become a player.

Jin Min-seop said, “My short-term goal is to win a medal by exceeding 5m 70m at the Asian Championships to be held in Gumi next year” and pledged “I will do my best to break my Korean record like Akbari, just as I trained like Akbari and returned to the field after the surgery.”

New ‘Fencing Avengers’ to take charge of Paris Olympics… Who are the remaining 2 seats?

Gu Bon-gil and Oh Sang-wook hold on to the saber… Do Gyeong-dong, Ha Han-sol, and Park Sang-won compete.

Korea Fencing Association discusses full-scale selection at the Performance Maintenance Committee on the 7th.

The men’s saber team is a hit product in Korean fencing.

The word ‘Appengers’ even appeared. 바카라사이트

It is a combination of fencing and the popular hero movie The Avengers, and was used to refer to Kim Jeong-hwan, Koo Bon-gil (National Sports Promotion Foundation), Oh Sang-wook (Daejeon Metropolitan City Hall), and Kim Jun-ho (Hwaseong City Hall).

This nickname was given to the four athletes after they won the gold medal in the men’s fencing saber team event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in 2021, but this expression can no longer be used.

Two veterans who won gold medals in the team event at last year’s Hangzhou Asian Games also gave up their ‘Appengers’ status.

Following Kim Jun-ho, who officially announced his retirement from the national team earlier this year, Kim Jung-hwan will not participate in the Paris Olympics.

Koo Bon-gil, who became the ‘eldest brother’ of the national team, and Oh Sang-wook, who is famous for fencing, are alive and well.

While the two players are holding on, Ha Han-sol (Seongnam City Hall), Do Gyeong-dong (Armed Forces Athletic Corps), and Park Sang-won (Daejeon Metropolitan City Hall) have been competing for the remaining two spots in the team competition this year.

The Korea Fencing Association plans to hold a performance improvement committee (Kyunghyang Committee) meeting on the 7th to discuss in earnest who to select as the players for the team competition, including Oh Sang-wook and Koo Bon-gil.

With the Kyunghyang Committee meeting one day away, only the coaching staff’s final decision remains.

National team coach Won Woo-young, who met with reporters during the 2024 SK Telecom Fencing Grand Prix held at the SK Handball Stadium in Olympic Park, Songpa-gu, Seoul on the 6th said, “I’m really thinking about it a lot.”

In the team event of the Men’s Saber World Cup held in Padua, Italy in early March, with star Oh Sang-wook missing due to injury, Koo Bon-gil, Ha Han-sol, Do Kyeong-dong, and Park Sang-won teamed up to win the gold medal.

Later that month, Oh Sang-wook returned and took second place at the Men’s Saber World Cup held in Budapest, Hungary, along with Koo Bon-gil, Park Sang-won, and Do Kyung-dong.

At this time, Ha Hansol was missing.

Unlike Koo Bon-gil and Oh Sang-wook, who have extensive experience in international competitions including the Olympics and Asian Games, Do Gyeong-dong (born in 1999) and Park Sang-won (born in 2000) are newcomers.

In this year’s Grand Prix men’s saber individual event held at home, all three failed to stand out.

Do Gyeong-dong and Ha Han-sol were eliminated in the round of 32, and Park Sang-won was eliminated in the round of 64.

Oh Sang-wook advanced to the quarterfinals, and Koo Bon-gil advanced to the round of 16.

Coach Won said, “Not everyone has completely recovered from their injuries.

They entered this competition with 70-80% physical condition.

We need to recover quickly and begin preparing for the Olympics in earnest.”

Koo Bon-gil also said, “As the eldest brother of this competition, I told the players that our goal is the Olympics, so they should play with less pressure.

They were young players, so they seemed inexperienced and nervous.

There are about two months left until the Olympics, so I will try to achieve good results. “he said.

Gu Bon-gil emphasized that the generational change in the Korean saber team is taking place in an ideal way.

He said, “We have to go to the Olympics to know (the results), but the best thing for us is that the generational change between veterans and newcomers did not occur at once like in other countries.

Two are medalists and two are rookies, so they can make up for each other’s shortcomings.”

“It can be done,” he pointed out.

He added, “It is a process that usually takes 4 to 8 years, but I think we have shortened it.”

 

Korean women’s basketball ‘mainstay’ Park Ji-soo advances to Turkye League

‘Arbitrary termination’ with one year remaining in contract with KB… Transfer to Galatasaray.

Park Ji-soo, a ‘mainstay’ player in Korea’s women’s basketball, leaves the domestic stage and enters the Turkiye League. 카지노사이트

Cheongju KB, the women’s professional basketball team where Jisoo Park played until the 2023-2024 season, announced on the 3rd that Jisoo Park will join Turkye Galatasaray.

KB explained the circumstances of the transfer, saying, “On the 19th of last month, we heard about Galatasaray’s recruitment offer through Park Ji-soo.

After a subsequent meeting, we confirmed the player’s intention to advance overseas.”

Although KB had one year left on the contract, it decided to stop accompanying Park Ji-soo through voluntary termination and support Park Ji-soo’s challenge at the Mahayana level.

This refers to a state in which a player who is unable to continue his activities due to individual reasons during the contract period has agreed to temporarily terminate his contract with his club.

According to the Korean Women’s Basketball League (WKBL) regulations, players classified as voluntary termination can return to their original club only after one year from the date of announcement.

After three years, you can sign a contract not only with your own team but with all clubs in the WKBL.

However, the method of return is determined separately by the WKBL Board of Directors.

KB said, “Before going through the voluntary termination process, we had Park Ji-soo sign a contract with Galatasaray first,” and “After confirming that the two sides had coordinated detailed terms and reached a final agreement, we made an official announcement at the club level.”

He added, “I support Park Ji-soo’s dreams and challenges.

He added, “It will be a new motivating factor for all the players.”

Park Ji-soo said, “I am grateful to the club for making this difficult decision.

“I am sorry and regretful to my fans and colleagues for not being able to be with them next season, but I will take responsibility and do my best,” he said.

Park Ji-soo will leave for Turkiye in early September and join the new team.

Until then, he will play as an individual in Korea .

Park Ji-soo, who became the first player to win eight awards, including the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award at the 2023-2024 women’s professional basketball regular league awards ceremony, announced her intention to advance overseas early last

month . After finishing, “It was a season where my desire to play in overseas leagues grew, even if it wasn’t necessarily the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA),” and “Everyone in this league is smaller than me.”

Also, when I think about whether I have improved any better here compared to overseas players, I honestly think there is nothing.

Guard Park Ji-hyun, who is considered the future of Korean women’s basketball, also boldly gave up her free agent status last month and decided to challenge for the European league.

Park Ji-hyun also broke up with Asan Woori Bank through voluntary termination.

Sanghyuk Woo, “Barsim, you prepared hard… Olympic exploration match in Doha on the 9th”

Participation in ‘What Gravity Challenge’, where only the top 12 contestants are invited by Barsim.

“I understand how Barsim prepared.”

Woo Sang-hyuk (28, Yongin City Hall) defined the ‘What Gravity Challenge’ held in Doha, Qatar, as an ‘exploration match’ in preparation for the Paris Olympics.

Woo Sang-hyuk, whom we met after playing the first outdoor game of the season in the men’s high jump collegiate and general division of the 52nd KBS National Athletics Championships held at Yecheon Stadium in Gyeongbuk on the 3rd, said, “Barsim is a player who refrains from competing at the beginning of the season, but this year. 온라인카지노

He said, “Of course he will want to win the competition he is hosting, having already played two outdoor competitions” and added “Barsim has prepared so hard, and only truly world-class players will participate, so it will be a really fun competition.”

Woo Sang-hyuk, who said “the record is disappointing” even after winning the KBS Cup with 2m25, leaves for Doha, Qatar late in the afternoon on the 5th.

In domestic competitions, Woo Sang-hyuk does not compete for rankings.

On this day, Woo Sang-hyuk succeeded at 2m19 in the first period, confirming his victory, and played the remaining matches as if he was training.

However, international competitions are different.

In particular, the What Gravity Challenge held in Qatar on May 9 stimulates Woo Sang-hyuk’s desire to win.

This competition was planned by Mutaz Essa Barsim (Qatar), the best active jumper, in partnership with the Qatar Athletics Federation.

Barsim, who won one gold and two silver medals at the Olympics and won three consecutive world championships, participated in major competitions with ‘What Gravity’ engraved on his hat.

This is a fitting phrase for Barshim, who jumps high as if defying gravity.

Barsim planned an international single event men’s high jump event with the Qatar Athletics Federation, and named the event ‘What Gravity Challenge’.

The World Association of Athletics Federations recognized this competition as ‘Continental Tour Silver Level’.

Barshim pledged, “I will create a competition where the world’s top 12 men’s high jumpers can jump,” and jumpers who command the world stage actually responded to Barsim’s invitation.

Woo Sang-hyuk is also a player that Barshim put a lot of effort into.

Last February, Woo Sang-hyuk and Barshim trained in Germany, and during this time, Barshim contacted Woo Sang-hyuk and politely asked him to participate in the competition.

Woo Sang-hyuk responded, “It is an honor to be invited to a competition where only world-class players participate.”

The list of participants in the What Gravity Challenge is so spectacular that it is comparable to the ‘Olympic Finals’.

Kim Do-gyun, the national team coach, explained, “At the Olympics, variables arise and sometimes the top candidates do not make it to the finals, so the list of participants for this year’s Doha Games is more spectacular than the Olympic finals.”

Barsim, Woo Sang-hyuk, Gianmarco Tamberg (Italy), and Juvon Harrison (USA), who are currently classified as the ‘big four’ in world track and field men’s high jump, will all participate in this competition.

Barshim is the strongest player on the force that needs no explanation.

Woo Sang-hyuk emerged as ‘Barshim’s rival’ by building a brilliant career, including winning the 2022 World Indoor Championships, second place at the Outdoor World Championships, and winning the 2023 Diamond League Final.

Tamberg tied for first place with Barshim at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics held in 2021.

He is also the 2023 Budapest World Championship champion.

Harrison took second place at the Budapest World Championships last year, becoming a world-class jumper.

In addition to the ‘Big 4’, top athletes who can be considered as doubles at the Paris Olympics will also participate, such as Hamish Kerr (New Zealand), who won this year’s World Indoor Championships, and Andriy Protsenko (Ukraine), who ranked third at the 2022 Eugene World Championships.

Rather, Bondarenko (Ukraine), Tobias Fortier (Germany), Naoto Tobe (Japan), Wang Zhen (China), and Luis Rivera (Puerto Rico) are also jumpers who frequently participated in major international competitions.

Woo Sang-hyuk said, “The athletes participating in the Doha competition are all top jumpers preparing for the Paris Olympics.

This will be an opportunity to check each other’s current status.”

If he wins in a place where top jumpers gather, Woo Sang-hyuk’s name can shine once again.

Woo Sang-hyuk, whose personal best record is 2m 36, said, “I plan to continue to challenge 2m 37, which is the height possible to win the Paris Olympics and is the new Korean record.

At the Doha Games, where you have to compete for rankings, you must enter the ‘championship zone’ to attempt 2m 37.”

He expressed his motivation, saying, “I definitely want to challenge 2m37 in Doha.”