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| Quiet. Photo courtesy of the Korea Sports Council for the Disabled |
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South Korea's judo team of Tuhon swept one gold, one silver, and two bronze medals on the first day of the Tokyo Deaflympics medal race.
On the 16th, the first day of the Tokyo Deaflympics, Jung Sook-hwa gave her first gold medal in the women's 52kg class at Tokyo Mudo Hall in Tokyo, Japan, while Hwang Hyun in the men's 73kg class added a silver medal, Lee Ju-ho in the men's 60kg class and Seo Eun-ji in the women's 57kg class added a bronze medal side by side.
Starting with the 2009 Taipei Games in Taiwan, Jung Suk-hwa, who is participating in this event for the fifth time, has won one silver and two bronze medals in the past four competitions. I blew my thirst for a gold medal in Tokyo. In the final, Anna Shostak (Ukraine) and the extended Golden Score showed their hindsight by winning in half.
Jeong Suk-hwa trained really hard for four years.In the previous four individual finals at the Deaflympics, I wanted to win only the silver and bronze medals and put them around my gold medal this time, but I'm really happy to achieve that goal this time."
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| Hwang Hyun. Photo courtesy of the Korea Sports Council for the Disabled |
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Hwang Hyun, the team gold medalist at the 2018 Samsun Deaflympics in Turkey, also struggled to shed her regret for the silver medal in the individual event at the 2021 Brazilian Casias Doosul Games. However, he won his second consecutive silver medal in the final, losing one game in Kazakhstan's powerhouse Shadyar Kuandeuk. Hwang-hyun "I really worked hard on it, but it's a shame that it's not the color I want." However, I have no regrets because I worked hard against the Kazakh player. Thank you..." he expressed his feelings.
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| 이주호. Photo courtesy = Korea Sports Council for the Disabled |
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| Seo Eun-ji, Photo courtesy of the Korea Sports Council for the Disabled |
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Lee Ju-ho, who brought his first Korean judo medal of the event, won the bronze medal after a fierce 12-minute battle against the German in overtime. Lee Ju-ho said, "I started judo when I was in high school, and when I saw the athletes who participated in the 2021 Casias do Sul Deflympics in Brazil, I also had a dream of becoming a deflympic. It was hard while training, but after winning the bronze medal, all the hard memories became blurred and now I'm really happy. I will try to produce better results at the next Deaflympics." Seo Eun-ji, who won the bronze medal in the women's 57kg class by showing her indomitable will in the loser's final against the Indian athlete, said, `It was my first time at the Deaflympics, and although I am in third place, I am happy to have a valuable property of experience. I want to take this opportunity to grow a lot and aim for the gold medal at the Deaflympics in four years." He expressed his ambition.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
