Gwacheon City Government’s Park Geun-jung won her first gold medal of the season in the women’s high jump at the 2023 KTFL National Unemployment Athletics Games in Yecheon, giving her new team its first victory스포츠토토.
Park, who joined Gwacheon City Hall this year under head coach Park Sang-moon, cleared 1.70 meters in the second round of the women’s high jump on the final day of competition at Yecheon Stadium in North Gyeongsangbuk-do on Friday to win by a comfortable margin over Jang Sun-young (Cheongyang County Office, Chungcheongnam-do – 1.65 meters) and Handa Yae (Hwaseong City Hall – 1.50 meters).
This was Park’s first gold medal of the season, avenging his runner-up finish at the KTFL National Unemployed Athletics Championships in Iksan in March. He also won a silver medal in the triple jump, his first event, the day before, in a perfect performance that included one gold and one silver.
“(Park) Geun-jeong was runner-up at the last Iksan Job Fair and then did not compete at the KBS Boat Competition due to COVID-19, but she has been steadily improving her condition with the goal of the National Championships in October,” said Gwacheon City Hall coach Park Sang-moon. “If she continues to improve her performance at this rate, she will have a chance to break her personal best of 1m79 at the National Championships and win gold.”
In the men’s 1,600-meter relay final, Gwacheon City Government, led by Seo Jae-young, Kim Yoon-jae, and Choi Min-ki, finished first with a time of 3:10.71, ahead of fierce rivals Seocheon City Government (3:12.90) and Pocheon City Government (3:18.54), marking the second consecutive podium finish at the KBS Boat Race earlier this month.
In the women’s 1,600-meter relay final, Gimpo City Hall, led by Coach Osera, finished first with the team of Han Kyung-min, Moon Si-yeon, Yoo Soo-min, and Kim Cho-eun in 3:50.50, ahead of Jeonbuk Development Corporation (3:51.09) and Siheung City Hall (3:54.68). Kim, who led Gimpo City to victory, won two medals at the Games, including gold in the 400-meter hurdles the day before.
In the women’s shot put, Korea’s top-ranked athlete Jung Jeong-sun (Ansan City Hall) took first place in the second round with a throw of 16m37, well ahead of Jeong So-eun (Mokpo City Hall – 14m98) and Shin Bom-yi (Gangneung City Hall – 14m53), marking her third consecutive podium finish of the season following the Iksan Job Fair and KBS Varsity Games.
Meanwhile, in the women’s 10,000-meter race, Son Hye-jung (Gyeonggi-do) finished third in 56:34.69, ahead of Lee Jeong-eun (Chungnam-do – 47:08.06) and Lee Se-ha (Yeosu City Hall – 47:51.72).