High jump Woo Sang-hyuk takes second place at Seiko Golden Grand Prix with 2m 27

“I’m disappointed about the runner-up finish… I will try again starting tomorrow to jump higher.”

‘Smile Jumper’ Woo Sang-hyuk (28, Yongin City Hall) ranked second in the men’s high jump at the 2024 Seiko Golden Grand Prix.

Sanghyuk Woo, the champion of this competition last year, cleared 2m 27m in the final held at the National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan on the 19th and won the silver medal, following Rhys Yual, an Australian athlete from South Sudan.

It was 2cm lower than the 2m29 that he crossed when he won last year. 파워볼게임

Woo Sang-hyuk received US$3,000 (about 4.07 million won) as the runner-up prize.

This competition is part of the World Association of Athletics Federations Continental Tour Gold Meeting Series, and the National Stadium is the venue for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic track and field competitions.

Woo Sang-hyuk took 4th place at the Tokyo Olympics by surpassing 2m35 and became a world-class athlete.

Woo Sang-hyuk skipped the first challenge goal of the day, 2m 15, and then surpassed the second and third target heights of 2m 20 and 2m 24 both in the first period.

He then crossed 2m27 in just the third period and came in second place after U.R.

Afterwards, 8 out of 10 participating players were eliminated, and the gold medal competition was condensed into a match between Sanghyuk Woo and YuR.

While Woo Sang-hyuk failed at 2m 30 all three times, U.R. surpassed it in his second attempt, tying his best time and confirming his victory.

Yual attempted to raise the bar to 2m33, but failed all three times.

After the game, Woo Sang-hyuk said through the Korea Athletics Federation, "I ran not bad last time in Qatar What Gravity Challenge (2nd place with 2m31), but unfortunately I only finished runner-up today.

I will work hard again from tomorrow so that I can play well in the next competition and achieve my goal."

“The Paris Olympics are just around the corner, so I will do my best to jump even higher,” he said.

Woo Sang-hyuk checked his training performance at the 6th overseas competition of the season.

He took second place in Justopece, Czech Republic (2m33) on February 11th, took first place in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia (2m32) on February 14th, and in Nehvizdi, Czech Republic (2m30) on February 21st of the same month.

At the World Indoor Championships (2m28) in Glasgow, Scotland, England on March 3, which was his last competition of this year's indoor season, he placed third.

After warming up for four indoor competitions, he has been training in Korea and Hong Kong and competing outdoors since May.

Woo Sang-hyuk, who crossed 2m25 (1st place) at the KBS Cup competition held in Yecheon, Gyeongbuk on the 3rd of this month, took second place by crossing 2m31 at the Doha What Gravity Challenge in Qatar, where 12 of the world's top jumpers participated, on May 9th.

Woo Sang-hyuk, who has been concentrating on his physical strength and strength training, is focusing on raising his sense of real-world skills, which is currently at 70-80%.

Woo Sang-hyuk's goal this year is to beat his personal best and Korean record of 2m36 and record 2m37 and win a gold medal at the Paris Olympics.

Sanghyuk Woo will continue his practical testing by participating in the 2024 Taiwan Open held in Taipei, Taiwan on June 1.