'Smile Jumper' Woo Sang-hyuk retakes the top spot at the World Indoor Championships in 3 years after crossing 2m31! ····"We will do our best in Gumi and Tokyo."

'Smile Jumper' Woo Sang-hyuk retakes the top spot at the World Indoor Championships in 3 years after crossing 2m31! ····"We will do our best in Gumi and Tokyo."

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"Smile Jumper" Woo Sang-hyuk (28, Yongin City Hall) succeeded in retaking the top of the World Indoor Athletics Championships for the first time in three years.

Woo Sang-hyuk won the men's high jump final at the 2025 World Indoor Championships held at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park in China on the 21st, exceeding 2m31.
Woo Sang-hyuk, who won the 2022 Belgrade Games over 2m34, finished third (2m28) at last year's Glasgow Games, but won again this year and won the World Indoor Championships for the first time in three years.

Woo Sang-hyuk also became the first player to win three consecutive medals at the World Indoor Championships in 11 years since Ivan Ukov (Russia), who won back-to-back medals in 2010, 2012, and 2014.

Woo surpassed 2m14 and 2m20 in the first period with light movements. In the 2m24, he touched the bar in the first period, but succeeded leisurely in the second period with a considerable distance from the bar.

Woo jumped to 2 meters and cheered for the first time. Five skaters passed the 2 meters and 28 meters, but only two skaters succeeded in the first time, namely Woo and Hamish Kerr, a gold medalist at the Paris Olympics.

Woo, who tied for first place, rose to the sole lead after passing the 2m31st period. Kerr, in contrast, bowed her head after failing in both the first and third periods of 2m31.

While Kerr finished second with a time of 2m28, Raymond Richard of Jamaica, Ilaser Koshiba of the U.S., and Oleh Dorothyuk of Ukraine ranked third to fifth depending on the number of failed attempts. Woo did not try to break a higher record when he was confirmed to win the title. 스포츠토토

Woo's race this year is terrifying. He jumped for the first time this season to win the title with a time of 2m31 at the Hustopecce Indoor Championship in the Czech Republic on April 9, and also won the title with a time of 2m28 at the Banskavistriza Championship in Slovakia on April 19. He also won the title at the World Indoor Championship, which signals the end of the indoor season, and won the title at all three international competitions held this year.

Woo Sang-hyuk said through the Korean Association of Athletics Federations after the game, "I have been working hard on training since November to make up for my disappointment during the Olympics, and I think I have achieved good results because I have been able to focus on training by giving support to the Korean Association of Athletics Federations and Yongin City Hall. I will do my best at the U.S.-China Asian Athletics Championships and the World Athletics Championships with the idea that this is not the end but the beginning again," adding, "I would like to express my gratitude to those who have worked hard in the unseen."