[Report file] Seo Chae-hyun "Aims for a gold medal in the Asian Games and a medal in the Paris Olympics"

18-year-old 'rock genius' Seo Chae-hyeon has firmly established herself as a new sign of Korean sports climbing through the Tokyo Olympics in August and the World Championships last month.

In the women's final of the Tokyo Olympics, she shed tears because she only took three steps, but Seo Chae-hyun, who promised the next Olympics, said, "I have no regrets by using all I have." .

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“It was my second World Championship, and it was great to win a gold medal, and it was an honor to win the title of World Champion.”

In particular, Seo Chae-hyeon achieved the 'perfect win' by taking the TOP all the way from the preliminary rounds to the semi-finals and finals.

“I was thinking to some extent that I would be able to win first place, but I never thought that I would be able to finish first. The athletes I participated in congratulated me a lot, and they told me ‘I climbed beautifully’.”

As the World Cup, scheduled to be held in Seoul in early October, was canceled due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Seo Chae-hyun ended the season early and started preparing for next year.

Seo Chae-hyun's biggest goal for next year is to win a gold medal at the Asian Summer Games to be held in Hangzhou, China in September next year.

Hangzhou Asian Games Sports Climbing was held in three sub-events: speed, speed relay, and combination, and a total of 6 gold medals were won, 3 for men and women.

As for the combined event, at the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang competition, all three categories of speed-bouldering-lead were held, but this time, only bouldering and lead will determine the medal color.

As speed is separated as a separate event at the 2024 Paris Olympics and a combined event is played with bouldering and lead, the Asian Games are also adopting this method in advance, which is a more favorable condition for Seo Chae-hyun, the world's strongest leader in the lead part.

Seo Chae-hyun finished 8th out of 8 in the women's final of the Tokyo Olympics.

Although he placed 2nd in the lead, which is the main event, he was ranked 8th in speed (lowest) and 7th in bouldering.

It is an assumption, but if the speed event were separated in Tokyo, Chae-Hyun Seo would be in second place in lead and 7th in bouldering, placing 3rd (14 points) in the combined score and taking the bronze medal.

"I think the pressure was much less since the speed event was not included separately. If I train hard in bouldering this winter, I think it will be possible to win a gold medal at the Asian Games next year."

Seo Chae-hyun, who was born in 2003 and is 18 this year, will turn 21 in 2024, when the Paris Olympics will be held.

Seo Chae-hyun, who gained valuable experience in Tokyo this year, is determined to win a medal at the Paris Olympics, which will be her heyday as an athlete.

“I think my age is the age at which I can reach the peak at the Paris Olympics in three years, so I want to make up for my shortcomings until then, so I want to win a medal at the Paris Olympics.”

"I am very proud and grateful that interest in and awareness of sports climbing has increased a lot since the Tokyo Olympics. I will work hard to prepare for the Paris Olympics and show you a better side."