Woo Sang-hyuk jumps in Rome on the morning of the 7th...vying for Olympic champion Kerr and Tamberi
Woo Sang-hyuk jumps in Rome on the morning of the 7th...vying for Olympic champion Kerr and Tamberi
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Woo Sang-hyuk (29, Yongin City Hall), the "Smile Jumper" who won five consecutive international competitions this year, will face the Olympic champions in Rome, Italy.
The 2025 World Athletics Federation Rome Diamond League will be held on the 6th local time.
The start time of the men's high jump race, in which Woo Sang-hyuk will compete, is 4:11 a.m. on the 7th in Korean time.
The organizing committee actively promotes Italy-born track star Jean-Marco Tamberi to play his first game of the season this time.
Tamberi surveyed on his social network service (SNS), saying, "Fans should decide whether to play in the Roman Diamond League or not."
Most fans voted for the 'playout', and Tamberi confirmed his participation in the Roman Diamond League.
Woo Sang-hyuk is also a player in the spotlight.
"Woo Sang-hyuk, the champion of this year's World Indoor Championships and last year's winner of the Rome Games, will participate," the organizing committee said. "There will be a number of top jumpers that can be seen at the Tokyo World Championships in September this year, including Hamish Kerr (New Zealand), the 2024 Paris Olympics champion, Jubon Harrison (US), the 2023 World Championship silver medalist, and Oleh Doroshuk (Ukraine)."
Tamberi is a gold medalist at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. At the time, Mutaz Essa Barshim (Qatar) and Tamberi tied for first place.
With the simultaneous participation of the Paris and Tokyo Olympic champions, the authority of the Roman Diamond League has increased.
Even among the top jumpers, Woo Sang-hyuk is considered the favorite to win.
This year, Woo won the Czech indoor competition, his first competition of the season, with a 2m31 and a 2m28 at the Slovakia competition on the 19th of the same month.
The 2025 World Indoor Championships, which took place in Nanjing, China on March 21, also won in 2m31, ranking first in all three indoor international competitions this year.
With the start of the outdoor game, he won the What Gravity Challenge (2m29) trophy on May 10 and dug a gold medal at the Gumi Asian Championships (2m29) on May 29.
At the Nanjing World Indoor Championships and What Gravity Challenge, he also defeated the Paris Olympics champion in a row.
Kerr won the Rabat Diamond League with 2m25 in the absence of Woo Sang-hyuk.
Woo Sang-hyuk and Kerr, best friends and rivals of the same age, clash again in Rome on June 7.
As Tamberi decided to play, the race for the championship became fiercer.
Woo Sang-hyuk won his first Diamond League title in Doha, Qatar in May 2022, and took the top spot in that year's Diamond League Final in September 2023.
Woo Sang-hyuk, who was ranked 7th (2m27) at the Paris Olympics on August 11 last year, healed his wounds by winning the Roman Diamond League 20 days later. 먹튀검증
This year, Woo aimed to win the Nanjing World Indoor Championships, the Gumi Asian Championships, and the Tokyo Outdoor World Championships.
Woo, who achieved his two goals, will play for the Tokyo World Championships in September.
I also want to continue my winning streak.
"The upcoming competition is the preparation process for the Tokyo World Championship," Woo said. "I am aiming to win in all competitions. My goal is to win in the Rome Diamond League."