Kim Tae-hee, who competed in the women’s hammer throw event at the Hangzhou Asian Games on the 29th, screams after throwing the hammer. /Reuters Yonhap News
18-year-old high school girl Kim Tae-hee (Iri Technical High School) won Korea’s first medal in track and field at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games. Kim Tae-hee won the bronze medal in her track and field women’s hammer throw held at the main stadium of the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Park in China on the 29th, breaking her Korean record by throwing 64m14.
Kim Tae-hee, who was a discus thrower until middle school, switched to hammer throw in her first year of high school and quickly established herself as one of the strongest Korean women. He won the Asian Youth Championships (under 18 years old) held in Kuwait in October last year with 59m24, and also placed third at the Asian Junior Championships under 20 years old in June this year. He set a new high school record three times this year alone, and she broke the Korean record for the first time in 11 years on the big stage of the Asian Games. The previous Korean record was 63m80, recorded by Naru Kang at the 2012 World Athletics Championships in Daegu.
Kim Tae-hee (far left), who won the bronze medal in the women’s hammer throw at the Hangzhou Asian Games on the 29th, is taking a commemorative photo with the Chinese athletes who placed first and second while wearing the Korean national flag. /Xinhua Yonhap News
Kim Tae-hee left her mark as Korea’s first medalist in the women’s hammer throw. The women’s hammer throw was adopted at the 2002 Busan Asian Games, but no Korean athlete has ever won a medal. In each competition, China swept the gold and silver medals. In this competition as well, China’s Wang Zheng (71m53) and Zhao Jie (69m44) took first and second places. Even including the men’s division, the only Asian Games medalist before Kim Tae-hee is Song Kyo-sik, the bronze medalist at the 1954 Manila Games.
2023-09-29 14:04:44
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