Special Mayor Lee Sang-il, “Woo Sang-hyuk’s victory is a great event that brings glory to Korea and Yongin Special City” < East < Region < Article text

[용인= 이헌주 기자] Special Mayor Lee Sang-il, “Woo Sang-hyuk’s victory is a great event that has brought glory to Korea and Yongin Special City” – “I would like to congratulate and thank Woo, who is the pride of Yongin. I expect good results in the Hangzhou Asian Games as well.”

On the 17th, Yongin Special City Mayor Lee Sang-il expressed his congratulations and gratitude to the city’s high jumper Woo Sang-hyuk for winning the World Association of Athletics Federations Diamond League Finals for the first time in Korea, saying, “It is a great event that has brought glory to the Republic of Korea and Yongin Special City.”

Woo Sang-hyuk surpassed 2m35 and became the world’s top athlete in the men’s high jump competition at the 2023 World Association of Athletics Federations Diamond League Final held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, USA on the morning of the 17th (Korean time).

Mayor Lee said, “The Diamond League Final is a match in which only the top 6 players participate as a result of adding up the scores of 13 competitions into points, so it is a ‘king of kings’ competition.” He added, “Woo is the first Korean player to advance to the finals. “It is a great achievement, and I congratulate you along with the 1.1 million special citizens of Yongin for setting a record of winning,” he said.

Mayor Lee said, “Woo Sang-hyuk is the pride of Yongin and a treasure of the Republic of Korea. I hope that he will control his condition well and achieve good results in the upcoming Asian Games in Hangzhou.”

On this day, Woo Sang-hyuk surpassed 2m 15, 2m 20, 2m 25, and 2m 29 all in the first period.

Woo Sang-hyuk, who passed 2m33, took the lead alone, but Kowielski (Poland) succeeded in clearing 2m33 in the first period, and Harrison (USA) also put pressure on Woo by passing 2m33 after a challenge until the third period.

But the final winner was Woo Sang-hyuk.

Kobielski and Harrison failed to clear the 2m 35 bar three times, but Sanghyuk Woo easily cleared the 2m 35 bar, securing first place.