Incheon City Makes Impressive Start at 104th National Sports Festival, Sets Sights on Gold

On the 14th, Go Eun-ah, Kim Ae-rin, Bang Ju-young, Yoon Seon-ju, and Jo Hye-rin of Incheon National University, who won the badminton women’s university team event at the 104th National Sports Festival, are taking a commemorative photo with their gold medals around their necks. Provided by Incheon City Sports Council

Incheon City is continuing its initial run as it embarks on a full-fledged gold hunt at the 104th National Sports Festival.

As of 8 p.m. on the 14th, the second day of the competition, Incheon City added 12 gold medals, earning a total of 1,242 points with 15 gold medals, 12 silver medals, and 20 bronze medals, and is ranked 9th overall, one level above the goal.

In Incheon, Eun-ah Go, Ae-rin Kim, Joo-young Bang, Seon-ju Yoon, and Hye-rin Jo (Incheon National University) won the gold medal in the badminton women’s college team event, defeating Busan 3-2, and doubles gold medalists Ju-young Bang and Seon-ju Yoon won two gold medals.

Previously, roller Nam Ji-min (Incheon Saengkwa High School) crossed the finish line in first place with a time of 18 minutes 35.268 seconds in the speed 10,000 meter non-event race, becoming Incheon’s first gold medalist since the opening, and billiards Lee Dae-gyu and Kwon Ho-jun (Incheon City Sports Council) They won gold medals side by side. Dae-gyu Lee took first place in the English Billiards men’s general division by beating Jeju 2-0, and Ho-jun Kwon also won the pocket 10-ball game with a landslide victory over Chungbuk 10-3.

He also won two gold medals in the general judo division. Joo Young-seo (Incheon City Hall) won the men’s general individual +100kg class, and Jeong Ye-rin (Incheon City Hall) won the women’s general division 52kg class.

Wrestling also succeeded in hunting for a gold medal. Lee Yu-shin and Kwak Hyo-min (Incheon Physical Education High School) showed their golden fighting spirit in the men’s high school Greco-Roman 51kg and 55kg classes, respectively. In the modern pentathlon, Kim Seung-jin, Park Woo-jin, and Lee Woo-jin (Incheon City Sports Council) formed a team and won the gold medal in the men’s general team event with a total of 3,568 points.

Swimming’s Choi Min-seo (Yeonsu-gu Swimming Federation) tore through the golden water in the women’s high school 200m backstroke with a time of 2 minutes 14.31 seconds, and Joo Woo-young (Incheon Athletic High School) took first place in the 50m butterfly stroke with a time of 26.92.

In addition, archery’s Jang Min-hee (Incheon City Hall) won a gold medal in the women’s 60m general division with 351 points, and athletes from various sports are joining in the medal hunt and contributing.

Meanwhile, Incheon City is aiming for 10th place overall with 1,629 athletes participating in 47 events in this competition.

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2023-10-14 13:09:55
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