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2m37 AS SEEN BY WOO SANG-HYUK... HEIGHT TO WIN GOLD MEDAL AT PARIS OLYMPICS
“The big goal is to overcome 2m37 and win at the Paris Olympics.”
Woo Sang-hyuk (27, Yongin City Hall)'s specific goal for the 2024 season is "to surpass 2m 37 in the finals of the Paris Olympics."
In the indoor season, Woo Sang-hyuk attempted 2m 37 twice, but unfortunately failed.
Sanghyuk Woo will challenge 2m37 again in the outdoor season. 파워볼
Woo Sang-hyuk, who entered the arrival hall of Incheon International Airport on the 5th with a bronze medal at the 2024 World Indoor Athletics Championships around his neck, said, "The height to challenge for the gold medal at the Paris Olympics, which coach Kim Do-gyun set, is 2m 37."
He added, "I will challenge 2m 37 for two consecutive competitions in this year's indoor season."
Unfortunately, I also touched the bar.
I didn't get the exact movement I wanted, but I had a good feeling that I could overcome it, he said.
He continued, "I couldn't overcome 2m37 in the indoor season, but I really want to overcome it in the outdoor season.
My ultimate goal is to compete in the finals of the Paris Olympics.
It exceeds 2m37, he said.
The Paris Olympics men's high jump in track and field will be held at 6:10 pm Korean time on August 7th (10:10 am on the 7th local time), and the preliminary round will be held at 3:05 am on August 11th.
(7:05 p.m. on the 10th, local time) will determine the winner of the medal.
2m37 is the height that can guarantee victory in major athletics competitions.
The first place record at the 2019 Doha World Championships (Mutaz Essa Barsim), the 2020 Tokyo Olympics held in 2021 (jointly won by Barsim and Gianmarco Tamberi), and the 2022 Eugene World Championships (Barsim) was also 2m 37.
At the 2023 Budapest World Championships, Tamberg won with 2m 36.
Sanghyuk Woo took 4th place at the Tokyo Olympics over 2m 35, and at the Eugene World Championships he took 2nd place after Barshim over 2m 35.
His personal best records are 2m 36 indoors and 2m 35 outdoors.
This year in Paris, Woo Sang-hyuk set his primary goal to win the first Olympic medal in Korean track and field history.
At the same time, he said enthusiastically, “I want to set my goal higher, if possible by winning the Olympics.”
Woo Sang-hyuk attempted 2m 37 at the Justopece, Czech Republic (2m 33) on February 11th this year and at the Banska Bystrica competition in Slovakia (2m 32) on the 14th.
He unfortunately touched the bar, to the extent that an official from the European Association of Athletics Federations, who broadcast the Banska Bystrica competition, commented, "The distance between the bar and (Woo Sang-hyuk's) body was not far."
Woo Sang-hyuk said, “During training, I ran enough to exceed 2m37, but the problem is that I am not able to achieve that level of performance in actual competition.”
He added, “I want to improve the problems identified in the indoor season and definitely exceed 2m37 in the outdoor season.”
Woo Sang-hyuk calmly accepted the emergence of a new competitor.
At the World Indoor Championships, where Woo Sang-hyuk took third place with 2m 28, Hamish Kerr (New Zealand) won by surpassing his personal best of 2m 36.
Current best Barsim and European champion Tamberry are alive and well, and Juvon Harrison (USA), who entered the world center last year, is also training with the goal of winning the Paris Olympics.
Here, Kerr appeared as a new competitor to Woo Sang-hyuk.
Woo Sang-hyuk said, "I expected that a new competitor would appear.
Besides Kerr, a new player could also appear," and "If I am too conscious of other players, I will not be able to produce the performance I want.
If I improve my skills, I will be able to compete with other players."
“You have to make them nervous,” he said, focusing his attention on himself.