South Korean high jumper Woo Sang-hyuk (27-Yongin City Hall) breezed through the men’s high jump qualifying round at the 토토사이트 World Athletics Championships Budapest 2023.
Woo cleared 2.28 meters to finish fourth in the qualifying round of the high jump at the Budapest National
Stadium in Hungary on Tuesday (July 20).
Woo, who won the silver medal last year behind Musaz Eta Barshim (Qatar), was in good form today.
Competing in Group A, Woo started off strong, clearing 2m14, 2m18 and 2m22 in the first round.
His first attempt failed at 2m25, but he immediately cleared the bar in his second attempt, showing his trademark confidence.
Woo Sang-hyuk roared through to 2m28.
Thirty-seven athletes registered to compete in today’s qualifier, but only 36 actually competed. The automatic
qualifying time for the final was 2m30, but at 2m28, the top 13, including the tied 12th place, 스포츠토토
were decided and the qualification ended.
Woo Sang-hyuk (KOR) will try to win Korea’s first ever gold medal in athletics in the final on Wednesday.
Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT), the strongest man in the world, who will be looking for his fourth consecutive
world title, started at 2.22m and took just three jumps (2.22, 2.25, 2.28) to qualify.
The ‘big guns’ Jubon Harrison (USA), who has won every competition he has competed in recently,
continued his upward trend with no failures until 2m28.
Ryoichi Akamasu (JPN) also went 2m28 with no failures to join Barshim and Harrison in the top three.
Woo Sang-hyuk (KOR) cleared 2m28 in the first period but missed 2m25 to settle for fourth place.
After the race, Woo said through the Korean Athletics Federation, “I would like to thank everyone for
their support during the qualification, and I will approach the final with the mindset that this is just the beginning.”
“I will do my best to break my personal best and Korean record (2m36) and win my second consecutive medal at the World Championships,” he said.
Woo will become the first athlete in history to win back-to-back medals if he finishes in the top three
in the final on Wednesday. It will be interesting to see if Woo, who said before the Games that he would
“come back for the medals I left behind,” 스포츠토토맨 can make history in Korean athletics.