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[Hangzhou Paralympic Games④] Hangzhou Neuville ‘Six Iron Men’… “Running through life beyond the track”

  • 2023-10-12 08:46:06

▲ ‘All-weather legend’ Yoo Byung-hoon, who competes in all track and field events, is aiming to reach the podium once again at the Hangzhou Asian Para Games, which opens on the 22nd. ⓒ Korea Sports Association for the Disabled 

▲ ‘All-weather legend’ Yoo Byung-hoon, who competes in all track and field events, is aiming to reach the podium once again at the Hangzhou Asian Para Games, which opens on the 22nd. ⓒ Korea Sports Association for the Disabled 

 

'When hearts connect, the future opens (Heart to Heart, @Future).' Hangzhou's torch burns again. On the 22nd, the Hangzhou Asian Para Games will begin for a week. In this competition, where a total of 22 sports and athletes from 43 countries participate, Korea is in the midst of its final push with the goal of taking second place overall. From Saetbyul competing for the first time in her life to veterans preparing for the ‘Last Dance’. SPOTV News looked at the medal landscape of Korean sports for the disabled.

 

[SPOTV News = Icheon, Reporters Park Dae-hyeon and Jeong Hyeong-geun] Korean disabled athletics is full of ‘ironmen’ to keep an eye on.

 

From the 'all-weather legend' Yoo Byeong-hoon, who competes in all track and field events from the 100m sprint to the marathon, to last year's Ulsan National Paralympic Games MVP Yoon Gyeong-chan, Asia's No. 1 in wheelchair track and field 200m Jong-dae Jeong, and 'women's shot put rising star' Kwon Ga-young, Asian para-athletes who will brighten the field and track. There are several candidates for a Games medal.

 

The Korean national team is aiming for the gold medal at the Hangzhou Asian Para Games, which opens on the 22nd.

 

Byung-Hoon Yoo is aiming for a medal place in the T53 class 400m and 800m, while Jeong Jong-dae dreams of a podium finish in the T52 class 200m and Yoon Gyeong-chan dreams of a podium finish in the 100m.

 

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