Buyeo County Office Canoe Team Secures First Medal in Asian Games Canoe Sprint Event
Hangzhou, China – In a moment of triumph, the Buyeo County Office Canoe Team clinched their first medal in the canoe sprint event at the Asian Games (AG) held in Hangzhou, China. The national team members, Choi Ran (28), Lee Ha-rin (29), and Lee Han-sol (19), along with Cho Shin-young (25) from the Sports Council in the city of Daejeon, celebrated as they claimed the silver medal in the women’s 4-person canoe 500m race.
Competing at the prestigious Fuyang Water Sports Center, the women’s team showcased their skill and determination. Throughout the race, they tenaciously fought for their position, ultimately making a remarkable come-from-behind surge in the final 250 meters. With a time of 1 minute 42.820 seconds, they edged out Uzbekistan by a mere 0.088 seconds to secure the second-place finish, behind the impressive Chinese team, who clinched the gold.
Vice President of the Korean Canoe Federation and Director of the Buyeo County Office, Park Gyu, expressed his pride in the athletes’ outstanding performance. He commended their resilience and dedication, highlighting this achievement as the first international medal for the Buyeo County Office canoe team.
This triumph comes after the Buyeo County Office canoeing team claimed a gold medal at the Jakarta Palembang AG in 2018, where they competed as a unified team from South and North Korea. However, today’s success marks the first medal for the official Buyeo County Office canoe team in an international competition, reaffirming their status as a force to be reckoned with in the world of canoeing.
From left, national canoe team members Hansol Lee, Shinyoung Cho, Ran Choi, and Rin Lee. She looks happy as she stands on the podium after winning a silver medal in the women’s 4-person 4-person canoe 500m race held at the Fuyang Water Sports Center in Hangzhou, China on the 3rd. Provided by the Korean Canoe Federation.
[부여=디트뉴스 김다소미 기자] Buyeo County Office canoe team members Choi Ran (28), Lee Ha-rin (29), and Lee Han-sol (19) won their first medal in the canoe sprint event at the Asian Games (AG) in Hangzhou, China.
According to Buyeo County and others on the 4th, the men’s and women’s canoe sprint national teams won silver medals in the 4-person 500m kayak event held at the Puyang Water Sports Center in China on the 3rd.
The men’s national team, which includes Kwang-hee Cho (30), Hyun-hee Cho (26), Sang-won Jang (30), and Ju-hwan Jeong (26), recorded a time of 1 minute 25.006 seconds in the final, passing in second place out of nine teams. The gold medal went to China, who were 1 second and 147 seconds ahead of us.
In the women’s 500m 4-man race that followed, Choi Ran (28), Lee Ha-rin (29), and Lee Han-sol (19) from the Buyeo County Office and Cho Shin-young (25) from the Sports Council The city of Daejeon won the silver medal with a time of 1 minute 42.820 seconds.
The women’s team appeared to be hanging on in third place until the final 250 metres, but they made a last-minute push and passed Uzbekistan by 0.088 seconds, passing them into second place. As the men’s team, China (1 minute 39.960 seconds) was in first place.
Director Park Gyu (Buyeo County Office), who serves as vice president of the Korean Canoe Federation, <디트뉴스>On the phone, he said, “We fell behind in the beginning but turned around at the end. “It looks like they’ve prepared a lot,” he said. “I am very proud of the athletes who won the first medal in an international competition since the establishment of the Buyeo County Office canoe team.”
Meanwhile, the Buyeo County Office canoeing team won a gold medal at the Jakarta Palembang AG held in Indonesia in 2018 as a unified team from South and North Korea.
At the time, the single team was recognized as a third country, so this was the first medal of the Buyeo County Office’s official canoe team in an international competition.
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