Crazy! Woo Sang-hyuk even had the season's best 2m32 Roman Diamond League..All six competitions participated this year are amazing
Jun 07, 2025
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Woo Sang-hyuk won the men's high jump event in the 2025 World Athletics Federation Rome Diamond League held in Rome, Italy, on the 7th (Korea time), exceeding 2m32. The 2m32 is Woo Sang-hyuk's personal best this season and second place in the world this season.
Woo Sang-hyuk, who also won the event, which featured a large number of world's top jumpers, including the Olympic champion, continued his six-game winning streak in international competitions this season. All of the participating competitions were amazing at the top.
This year, Woo made his season debut on Feb. 9. He got off to a good start, winning the Czech indoor competition with a 2m 31st. On the 19th of the same month, he won the competition in Slovakia with a time of 2m28. The 2025 World Indoor Championships, which took place in Nanjing, China on March 21, also won with a time of 2m31. All three indoor international competitions held this year ranked first.
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Woo Sang-hyuk became the champion of the Roman Diamond League for the second consecutive year following last year. This is the fourth time Woo Sang-hyuk has won the Diamond League, following Doha, Qatar in 2022, Eugene, Oregon, USA in 2023, and Rome in 2024.
Woo easily crossed the 2m16 and 2m20 in the first period. Woo Sang-hyuk, who crossed the 2m23 in the second period, was in crisis by touching the bar in the first and second periods of the 2m26 challenge. However, in the third period, he succeeded in exceeding 2m26 and revived.
In the 11-member competition, only four jumpers exceeded 2m26, including Woo Sang-hyuk, Oleh Doroshuk (Ukraine), Romain Beckford (Jamaica), and Jubon Harrison (U.S.). Jean-Marco Tamberi of Italy, who tied for first place at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in 2021, finished in 2m16 (10th), while Hamish Kerr of New Zealand, the 2024 Paris Olympics gold medalist, was blocked by a 2m23m wall. Kerr's record for the day was 2m20 (6th).
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Doroshuk, who ranks first in the world in the record category with 2m34 this season, surpassed 2m30 in the first period and pressured Woo Sang-hyuk. Woo Sang-hyuk, who failed 2m30 in the first period, made a winning move to raise the bar to 2m32.
This worked beautifully. If you fail three times in a row in the high jump, you no longer get a chance. Woo Sang-hyuk had two chances to run 2m32, but as soon as he raised the bar, he succeeded in 2m32 and rose to the top. On the other hand, after failing in the first and second periods, Doroshuk raised the bar to 2m34, but failed again this time. Woo Sang-hyuk, who confirmed the championship, also challenged for 2m34, but failed to overcome it.
After the game, Woo Sang-hyuk "He won his first Diamond League game this year." I'm happy to get off to a good start. "I'll prepare well for the Monaco Diamond League game in July. I want to play the rest of this season well without injury. Thank you to everyone who cheered for us until late at night."
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Woo Sang-hyuk, who did not participate in the Doha and Rabat competitions to prepare for the Asian Championships, ranked first in the Rome competition and rose to sixth in the middle of the ranking points. If it is at the top of the Monaco tournament in July, the road to the final will be wider.
Woo Sang-hyuk, who continued his breathless schedule, will stay in Europe and take a short break. After that, he plans to prepare for the Monaco competition by increasing the training intensity again.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
