High jump sign Woo Sang-hyuk flies again, winning the Monaco Diamond League for the seventh consecutive time → Season World Leader
Jul 12, 2025
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Woo Sang-hyuk won the men's high jump event in the 2025 World Athletics Federation Diamond League held at Stade Louis II Stadium in Monaco on the 12th (Korea time). Woo Sang-hyuk won his fifth individual Diamond League tournament after Doha, Qatar in 2022, Eugene, Oregon, USA in 2024, Rome in 2025, and Rome in 2025.
have a good pace. 2m34 is Woo Sang-hyuk's personal best this season and joint first place in the world. Oleh Doroshuk (Ukraine) ran 2m34 in the indoor event. Woo was the first to cross the 2m34 wall in this year's outdoor competition. The 2m34 is 1cm higher than the standard record of 2m33 at the Tokyo Outdoor World Championships to be held in September. Woo Sang-hyuk also secured a berth at the Tokyo World Championships.
Woo Sang-hyuk is on a 'unbeatable march' this season. It is the seventh consecutive victory in an international competition. On February 9, he won the Czech Indoor Championships, his first competition of the season, with a time of 2 m31. On the 19th of the same month, he also ranked first with 2m28. He also won the 2025 World Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China, on March 21 with a time of 2m31. He won all three indoor international competitions he participated in. The atmosphere continued in the outdoor season. Woo won the What Gravity Challenge (2m29) on May 10 and the Gumi Asian Championships (2m29) on May 29. He also won the title in the Diamond League in Rome (2m32) on June 7 and the Diamond League in Monaco (2m34) on July 12.
The Diamond League Organizing Committee reported the results of the Monaco competition on its official social media (social network service) and said that Woo Sang-hyuk jumped 2m34 to tie for first place in the world for the season. The World Athletics Federation said, "Woo Sang-hyuk, the champion of the World Indoor Championships, won the title by running an outdoor record of 2m34 this season, even outdoors."
After the game, Woo Sang-hyuk said, `I'm happy to win this season, tying for first in the world. Unfortunately, the Korean new record challenge failed, but I will continue to try. Thank you very much for your support." Woo Sang-hyuk is preparing for the Tokyo World Championships, which will open on Sept. 13 as the world leader for the 2025 outdoor season (number one in the record rankings).
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
