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Heo Seon-haeng (Yeongam-gun Folk Ssireum Team) won the Taebaek class (under 80 kg) in the Chuseok Market Ssireum Contest and regained the business title after 1 year and 7 months.
Heo Seon-haeng defeated Jang Hyun-jin (Jeju Special Self-Governing Province Office) 3 to 1 and won the 2022 Chuseok Jangsa Ssireum Competition Taebaek Market Match (3 wins out of 5) held at the Goseong National Sports Center in Gyeongnam on the 9th.
Heo Seon-haeng, who climbed the business pole at the Lunar New Year contest in February last year, took the third business title in 1 year and 7 months.
He defeated Lee Byung-ha of the same team 2-1 in the quarterfinals, and advanced to the final by defeating Noh Beom-su (Ulju County Office), who boasts the best growth this season, 2-1 in the quarterfinals.
Heo Seon-haeng of the first round of the final, which faced Hyeon-jin Jang, won the score in an instant with Andari and overcame the baseline.
In the second round, Hyun-Jin Jang balanced the game with the bar, and Seon-Haeng Heo widened the gap once again with the third board Andari.
Heo Seon-haeng, who gained momentum, succeeded in japchae and confirmed the championship.
Heo Seon-haeng, who sat down on the sand and roared, shed tears and bowed to Kim Ki-tae, director of the Yeongam-gun Folk Wrestling Team.
After the game, Seon-haeng Huh said, "After a cruciate ligament injury, it was really hard to think about retiring while rehabilitating. The happiest time is wrestling, but as I couldn't do it for a while, I also wondered, 'What am I doing now?' Thank you to the coach and coaches for doing such a good job.”
(Photo = provided by the Korea Ssireum Association, Yonhap News)