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Woo Sang-hyuk is not tall for a high jumper, and his feet are different in size after an accident when he was young.

Woo Sang-hyeok broke the common sense that it was difficult to succeed in the high jump with such physical conditions, with sweat and effort.

Behind his always bright appearance was rigorous training.



Reporter Lee Jeong-chan reports this.



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When Woo Sang-hyeok won the 2013 World Youth Championship,



[Woo Sang-hyeok/2013 World Youth Championship: The ultimate goal is to go to the Olympics and win a medal.]



Few people believed this saying.



It was due to physical weakness.



Woo Sang-hyuk is 15mm shorter than his left foot due to a car accident when he was in elementary school, and his height is 188cm, which is shorter than his competitors who are over 190cm tall.



He must have perfect left-right balance, and a higher center of gravity is the worst for the high jumper.



Woo Sang-hyeok overcame his weakness by practicing like Stephan Holm, who was 7 cm shorter than himself and won the gold medal at the Athens Olympics.



[Sanghyuk Woo / National High Jump National Team: He is also on the short side, and I was inspired a lot while watching Holm, and that style became my style.]



I maximized my speed by repeating sprinting endlessly in strong resistance, standing on one leg, I improved my sense of balance by doing the difficult movement of moving eggs with my toes over and over until I got used to it.



[Woo Sang-hyeok / National High Jump National Team: Balance (balance) is the most important thing.

It looks easy, but it is (uh) difficult.]


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Woo Sang-hyeok, who maintains his weight around 65kg while fighting a harsh and lonely fight, is expected to be able to achieve a 'dream record' of 2m38, which can run more than 50cm taller than his height if he only increases the distance a little.



[Lee Jin-taek / High Jump SBS Commentator: I failed at 2m37 and 2m39, but taking the action to the end was an opportunity to prove once more that I could jump that height.] Exceeding the limits with bloody



practice Woo Sang-hyuk is looking higher.



[Woo Sang-hyuk / National high jump team: It feels so good on a historic day.

From now on, I will work even harder until the World Championships and Olympics.]



(Video coverage: Gong Jin-goo, Video editing: So Ji-hye)