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Woo Sang-hyeok, a high jump player, is preparing for a powerful leap in 2023.
He vowed to jump more happily and higher in the 'year of the rabbit'.
This is Reporter Lee Jeong-chan.
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2022 was a 'historic year' for Korean athletics and Woo Sang-hyeok.
Woo Sang-hyeok won major competitions such as the Diamond League, starting with the indoor world championship, and won the first silver medal in Korean athletics at the outdoor world championship, emerging as a 'global star'.
[Discovered a new star.
The American crowd cheered Woo Sang-hyeok and shouted 'woo~ woo~'.]
[Woo Sang-hyeok/National high jump representative: 'woo~ woo~' And while doing so, I also received a lot of support from my heart (than my competitor), so when I run I think it gives me more strength.]
Woo Sang-hyeok, who finished last year as the world No.
In 2023, which corresponds to 'closing the help', toward the golden leap of next year's Paris Olympics, which is the 'goal of life', the important thing is 'enjoyment'.
[Woo Sang-hyeok/National high jump representative: You don't have to be ranked first in the world.
I think it was less stressful and less burdensome when I enjoyed it.
I guess I just need to be happy.
I think that's the most important point.]
Woo Sang-hyeok last year in the Czech Republic, where he has good memories of setting a new Korean record, at the end of this month,
[Woo Sang-hyeok/High jump national representative: They say it's the year of the rabbit, but I'll show you a lot of jumps during competitions.
I hope everyone has a happy year.
Happy New Year.]
(Video coverage: Jang Woon-seok, video editing: Kim Jong-tae, CG: Kim Hong-shik)