Woo Sang-hyeok Challenge 2m40 Like Barsim

Woo Sang-hyeok "Challenge 2m40 like Barsim... Successive major competitions, good luck to me"

"The jumper who crosses 2m40 first will dominate the high jump for 3 to 5 years"

Mutaz Esa Barsim (32, Qatar), the 'best jumper in active life', recently said, "I still believe that I can exceed 2m40. This year's goal is also 2m40."

For Barshim's rival Woo Sang-hyeok (27, Yongin City Hall), Barshim's 2m40 re-challenge is a good stimulus.

Woo Sang-hyeok, who had an open training session 바카라 at Incheon Munhak Stadium on the 2nd, said, "The person who jumps 2m 40 first will dominate the men's high jump in athletics for the next 3 to 5 years." It doesn't look very high," he said, revealing his desire to jump 2m40.

A total of 11 jumpers have surpassed 2m40 among male high jumpers.

'Legend' Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) held the world record of 2m45, and Barshim surpassed the current best and second place of 2m43.

Barshim overcame 2m40 or more 11 times, setting the record for the most in this category.

However, after Barsim recorded 2m40 at the Hungarian Grand Prix on July 2, 2018, no one has exceeded 2m40.

The highest men's high jump since 2019 is 2m37.

The 2019 Doha World Championships (Barsim), the 2020 Tokyo Olympics held in 2021 (Barsim and Jean-Marco Tamberry co-champions), and the 2023 Eugene World Championships (Barsim) first place records were also 2m37.

At the 2023 World Championships in Budapest, which opens on the 19th of this month, there is a high possibility that 2m37 will be the 'height to cover the champion'.

However, world-class jumpers challenge the 'symbolic record' of 2m40.

Woo Sang-hyeok, who holds the personal best and Korean record of 2m35 outdoor and 2m36 indoor, won the world indoor championship for the first time in Korean athletics (2m34) and ranked second in the outdoor world championship (2m35), said several times, "I want to exceed 2m40."

In the first place, Woo Sang-hyeok's goal in life was 2m38, which is 50cm higher than his height (188cm).

Woo Sang-hyeok's social network service (SNS) ID is also 'woo_238'.

Woo Sang-hyeok raised his goal to 2m40 after challenging 2m39 at the Tokyo Olympics (fourth place with 2m35).

After the Tokyo Olympics, he became a world-class jumper and his confidence grew.

Woo Sang-hyuk said, "It is important to keep trying even if you fail.

I want to go beyond 2m36, look at 2m37 and 2m38, and challenge up to 2m40."

He added, "Before the Tokyo Olympics, I was a player who couldn't even exceed 2m30 often.

However, since then, I have exceeded 2m30 countless times."

The fact that major international competitions were held one after another after entering the 'heyday' also motivated Woo Sang-hyeok.

Woo Sang-hyeok, who won the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 Eugene World Championships, will participate in the World Championships and Hangzhou Asian Games this year.

The Paris Olympics will be held in 2024, followed by the Tokyo World Championships in 2025, the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, and the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

Woo Sang-hyeok said, "I'm really lucky. I plan to run until the Los Angeles Olympics.

I want to keep writing the first record in Korean track and field."