Korean women’s shot put ‘signboard’ Jeong Yoo-seon 메이저놀이터(26, Ansan City Hall) won the KBS Cup National Track and Field Championships, which also served as a selection match for the Hangzhou Asian Games.
A gold medalist at the 2023 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, she threw 17m00 at the 51st KBS Cup National Athletics Championship Women’s University and General Division shot put finals held at Yecheon Stadium in Gyeongsangbuk-do on the 8th and rose to the top.
He said, “I will challenge her to win a medal in the Asian Games this year. She will do her best to continue to beat her personal best (17m12) in the future,” she said.
Jeong Yoo-sun won the women’s shot put final by throwing 16m98 at the 10th Asian Indoor Track and Field Championships held in Astana, Kazakhstan in February.
Choi Gyeong-seon (31, Jecheon City Hall), who secured the right to participate in the Hangzhou Asian Games in the marathon, competed in the women’s 10,000m event and won with a time of 34:04:64.
In the 200m men’s collegiate and general category, Koh Seung-hwan (26) and Shin Min-gyu (23, Army Sports Corps) tied for the championship with the same record of 0.001 seconds. Koh Seung-hwan and Shin Min-gyu crossed the finish line at the same time in 21.01 seconds in the 200m final.
In the women’s 200m, Lee Min-jung (31, Siheung City Hall) won the championship with a time of 24.51, achieving her third consecutive victory.
Meanwhile, the men’s general high jump final will be held at 11 am on the 9th, featuring Woo Sang-hyeok (Yongin City Hall), the male high jump signboard who won the silver medal at the 2023 Diamond League Doha competition.