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The past year of Woo Sang-hyuk, who changed the history of Korean athletics, was truly a miracle.
The unknown athlete, who had a hard time even participating in the Tokyo Olympics, has now risen to the ranks of world stars.
Correspondent Lee Seong-hoon.
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hyeok was pushed to the brink as he could not exceed the record of 2m33 for last year's Tokyo Olympics.
Eventually, for his official record deadline, the Athletics Federation held a special event just for Woo Sang-hyeok.
Here he set a personal best of 2m31, boosting his ranking points and dramatically winning a ticket to Tokyo.
And I set the goal of Lee Jin-taek's previous Korean record of 2m34.
[Sanghyuk Woo, 2m35 can do it!]
Sanghyuk Woo made this promise he believed only by himself to become a reality.
He radiated positive energy at the Tokyo Olympics and set a new Korean record of 2m35, making it a sensational 4th place.
[Woo Sang-hyeok/High Jump National Team: I'm happy, really.
If you enjoy it at a grand festival like this, you'll do better, if you don't, you'll have no regrets because you enjoyed it.]
And I've grown terribly this year.
He won international competitions one after another, raising the Korean record to 2m36, beating Tokyo Olympic joint gold medalists Tam Berry and Bashim in turn.
In March, he became the first Korean athlete to win the World Indoor Athletics Championships, and in May, he won his first championship in the Diamond League, where the world's best athletes compete.
Not only his skills, but also his showmanship.
Woo Sang-hyuk, who caught the eye after just one year, has established himself as a sure world star with a silver medal at the World Championships.
Although it was one step short of reaching the top, Woo Sang-hyuk talked about a bright future.
[Woo Sang-hyeok/High Jump National Team: This is the start, so I will work harder and harder to make a more historic day so that I can win the gold medal.]
(Video Edit: Kim Jong-tae)