There is a growing possibility that the first match of the season between ‘Smile Jumper’ Woo Sang-hyuk (27, Yongin City Hall) and Mutaz Essa Barsim (32, Qatar) will take place outdoors rather than indoors.
Barsim will not participate in the 30th Banska Bystrica indoor high jump competition held in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia on the morning of the 14th, Korean time.
Participation in the 2024 World Indoor Athletics Championships to be held in Glasgow, Scotland, England on March 3 is also uncertain. 카지노사이트
The Banska Bystrica competition organizing committee announced on the 13th, “Barsim will not be able to participate in the competition due to back pain.”
“I am currently receiving treatment in Munich, Germany, due to a back injury,” Barsim told the organizers.
“The medical staff advised me to rest,” he said. “It may also be difficult to participate in the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow.
He said, “It is a pity that I cannot participate in the Banska Bystrica competition.”
Woo Sang-hyuk participated as a “male representative” in the press conference prepared by the organizer that day and said, “I will have a great game.”
The Banska Bystrica competition, which celebrated its 30th anniversary this year, put a lot of effort into recruiting Mutaz Essa Barsim and promoted it several times, saying, “Barsim will participate in the competition.”
The rivalry between Woo Sang-hyuk and Barshim could have been a box-office hit worth paying attention to in the track and field world.
However, due to Barsim’s absence, the match between the two was canceled.
Woo Sang-hyuk will play his second game of the season in good health.
He took second place at the indoor high jump competition in Justopece, Czech Republic on the 11th with a score of 2m33.
Shelby McEwan (27, USA), who took first place, also had a record of 2m33, and her success at 2m33 was the same in the third period.
However, the rankings were divided as Woo Sang-hyuk succeeded in hitting 2m31 in the second period and McEwan succeeded in the first period.
Sanghyuk Woo started off tied for first in the world in the 2024 indoor season record rankings.