Hong Hyo-rim (Gangwon Physical Education High School), the only high school student on the Taekwondo team, won a valuable bronze medal in the Grand Prix series.
Hong Hyo-rim ranked third in the women's 67kg class at the Paris 2023 World Taekwondo (WT) Grand Prix 2nd competition held in Levalre and Perret near Paris, France on the 3rd (Korean time).
He caused a stir by defeating Sara Shari (Belgium) in the round of 16 with a round score of 2-1 (3-6, 5-5, 8-7).
Shari was the favorite to win this competition, having won gold in the women's 62kg class at last year's World Championships and in the 63kg class at the World Junior Championships. 카지노사이트
Hong Hyo-rim, who defeated a difficult opponent, also defeated Petra Stolbova (Czech Republic), whom she met in the quarterfinals, with a round score of 2-1 (10-4, 1-6, 1-1) and advanced to the semifinals.
Unfortunately, we failed to advance to the finals.
He lost to China's Meng Yujiang with a round score of 0-2 (2-9, 2-2).
Hong Hyo-rim lost the first round by a large margin, and in the second round, even though she got the first point with a left foot round kick, she allowed the score to be tied, and then fell behind in effective hits and lost by a superior loss.
Unfortunately, we had to be satisfied with the bronze medal given to the semi-finalist.
After the game, Hong Hyo-rim said, "I succeeded in winning a medal, which was my goal, but I am disappointed that I did not advance to the finals.
I will do my best to advance to the Paris Olympics next year."
He said, “In the round of 16, it was not easy to use techniques because the opponent was about 20 cm taller,” and “Coach Hwang Kyung-seon came up with a good strategy at important moments, so we overcame the crisis well.”
Park Woo-hyuk (Samsung S-1) and Seo Geon-woo (Korea National Sport University), who were considered candidates for the men's 80kg class medal, were both eliminated in the quarterfinals and failed to win a medal.
Jin Ho-jun (Suwon City Hall) and Kwon Do-yoon (Korea National Sport University), who competed in the men's 68kg class, also lost in the round of 16 and round of 32, respectively.
On this day, Ban Ki-moon, Chairman of the Ethics Committee of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), visited the stadium and attracted attention.
Chairman Ban watched the semifinals and finals of the men's and women's three weight classes, and presented an award to Hong Hyo-rim, who won the bronze medal in the women's 67kg class.