I'll be satisfied for today and start running again tomorrow Woo Sang-hyuk, who wrote history in Tokyo, still sparks the challenge in Paris
Sep 17, 2025
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`Smile Jumper' Woo Sang-hyuk (29, Yongin City Hall) soon found a rating again. As always, I'm thinking of tightening my sneakers in the morning. This is because there are numerous challenges to overcome before that.
Woo Sang-hyuk wrote another new history. Woo ranked second in the men's high jump final at the 2025 World Athletics Championships held at Tokyo National Stadium in Japan on the 16th, surpassing 2m34. Woo Sang-hyuk, who surpassed 2m35 at the 2022 Eugene Games and became the first Korean track and field athlete to win a silver medal at the World Championships, harvested a silver medal at the Tokyo Games three years later. Woo Sang-hyuk was recorded as the first Korean athlete to win two or more medals at the World Athletics Championships. In addition to Woo Sang-hyuk, only Kim Hyun-seop, who won the bronze medal in the men's 20km race at the 2011 Daegu Games, won the medal.
Woo Sang-hyuk crossed 2m20 and 2m24 in the first period in the final round, where 13 players participated. The 2m28 and 2m31 were successful in the second period. 2 m 34, which was the turning point of the medal. Woo failed in the first and second periods. The last third period. "You can do it." Woo Sang-hyuk, who took off shouting "Sang-hyuk..." crossed the bar. failed in the first period, but after succeeding in the second period "Okay!cried " Hammerseeker (New Zealand), the 2024 Paris Olympic champion and Woo Sang-hyuk's 'best friend', also jumped 2m34 in the third period, going two-way?
Woo Sang-hyuk challenged his personal best of 2m36. But the first period was a failure. Kerr, on the other hand, crossed the bar in the first period. Woo Sang-hyuk threw a game-winning move up to 2m38, which is the goal of his life. Unfortunately, he touched the bar in both the second and third periods and finished second. Kerr won the gold medal, and Jan Stefela of the Czech Republic won the bronze medal in 2 m31.
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He tried to win Korea's first outdoor world championship in track and field, but he was hampered by his injury. Woo Sang-hyuk, who felt uncomfortable with his calf ahead of his participation in the Heilbron International High Jump Competition in Germany in August, was diagnosed with calf fascia after a hospital examination. Devoted to treatment, there has been a setback in the 'World Championship Gold Medal Plan'. I was nervous from the preliminary round. He also failed to exceed the 2m16 mark, which was his first jump. He crossed the variable with an indomitable will, but he was just one shot short. Woo Sang-hyuk also expressed regret, saying, `I did my best for the gold medal, but there are some regrets because I had injuries.'
Now Woo Sang-hyuk's eyes are on the Aichi and Nagoya Asian Games to be held next year. Woo Sang-hyuk failed to win the gold medal at two Asian Games, losing to Mutaz Essa Varshim (Qatar). Two silver medals were harvested. As Varsim's physical condition is not normal, it can be an opportunity for Woo Sang-hyuk. If the Asian Games are passed well, the 'Golden Road' will be held to challenge the 2027 Beijing World Championships and the 2028 LA Olympics. After shedding tears in Paris, Woo said, `There are matches that are stimulating, there are matches that are hopeful. In Tokyo, I saw the hope of the next Paris Olympics, and in Paris, I think it was a competition to raise the flame for the next Olympics." The flame in Woo Sang-hyuk's heart is still burning.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
