Breaking·esports’ first official event
Before returning to baduk… Badminton revenge battle
Koo Bon-gil, the seventh person to receive the most gold
Korean athletes participating in breaking and e-sports, which were adopted as the first official events at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, throw their bodies into the effort to win the first championship. The badminton team, which won no medals in the last competition, is seeking revenge, led by world number one Ahn Se-young, and ‘Fencing Avengers’ Koo Bon-gil burns the final flame by challenging the record for the most gold medals.
Breaking, which is competing on the competition stage for the first time, has one gold medal each in the men’s and women’s individual competitions. At the Hangzhou World Dance Sports Federation (WDSF) Asian Breaking Championships held at the Asian Games Stadium last July, Kim Heon-woo of the Korean national team took first place in the men’s category, while Kim Hong-yeol and Jeon Ji-ye took third place in the men’s and women’s division, respectively, raising expectations for victory.
In e-sports, where there will be a competition for seven gold medals, Lee Sang-hyeok of ‘Faker’ will participate in the League of Legends (LOL) category. Lee Sang-hyuk, who was defeated by China in the finals of the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Games, which was selected as a demonstration event, aims to restore his pride.
In Baduk, which returned to the Asian Games after 13 years, ‘New Artificial Intelligence’ Shin Jin-seo and ‘Go Empress’ Choi Jeong, who won the Eungssi Cup, are poised to sweep three gold medals, including the men’s and women’s individual event and team event. Badminton, which failed to win a single medal five years ago, is waging a battle for revenge. Ahn Se-young, the ‘strongest women’s singles’ woman who swept 9 gold medals in international competitions this year, is alive and well, and the rise of Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yu-jeong, who won the mixed doubles title at the World Championships for the first time in 20 years since Kim Dong-moon and Ra Gyeong-min in 2003, is also on the rise.
The golf team is on the hunt for a gold medal for the first time in nine years. In golf, five years ago, there were only two silver medals and one bronze medal. As professional players are allowed to participate in this Hangzhou tournament, Lim Seong-jae and Kim Si-woo, who are active on the PGA Tour, will appear at the same time.
Fencing player Koo Bon-gil, who enters the competition with the “resolution that it will be his last time,” will become the first Korean athlete to win four consecutive individual competitions and win the most gold medals in history. The current record is six, held by Park Tae-hwan (swimming), Nam Hyun-hee (fencing), and Ryu Seo-yeon (bowling), and will be surpassed by Koo Bon-gil, who holds five gold medals, including three consecutive wins in the men’s saber individual event and two consecutive wins in the team event, by adding two more.
‘Archery’s living legend’ Oh Jin-hyuk also expressed his will to win, saying, “Hangzhou is really the last time.” ’88-born wrestling duo’ Kim Hyun-woo and Ryu Han-soo are also determined to regain their past glory by reaping the beauty of Yujong.
Reporter Seo Jin-sol
2023-09-21 16:14:37
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