In hot August, what are the types of athletes and training sites to pay attention to?

Aug 01, 2024

Exercise In hot August, what are the types of athletes and training sites to pay attention to?
At the Gwangmyeong Speed Dome, participants are making their final spurt ahead of the finish line. Photo courtesy = Health Promotion Team
The 2024 season has already passed seven months and has entered August when the scorching heat is raging. July-August is a time when players have difficulty taking care of their bodies. This is because it is difficult to digest the usual amount of training in sudden downpours and temperatures exceeding 35 degrees Celsius. In these days when the amount of training varies the most by region, which type of player should be noted and where is the training site where the amount of training has been steady recently?

Exercise In hot August, what are the types of athletes and training sites to pay attention to?
Yang Hee-cheon (16th) -Jang Chan-jae (23rd) Photo courtesy =Sound Public Relations Team
▶ Players near Gwangmyeong and Changwon in the second and third rounds of distinguished service

A representative race is Yang Hee-cheon (16th, S2, Incheon), who competed in the 28th Gwangmyeong Special Class 13 race and defeated a prominent candidate to make an upset by winning two medals.

Yang Hee-cheon's popularity ranking was 5th, which did not receive much attention from customers. However, when the race began, he showed his unique skill and won the runner-up place after Wang Ji-hyun (24th, S2, Gimpo) through a last-minute draw match. Kim Ji-kwang (20th, S3, Incheon Geomdan), who was at the bottom of the popularity list after Yang Hee-cheon, also crossed the finish line in third place, and as a result, the double wins of this race were 490.3 times and the triple wins were 624.4 times.

A similar situation occurred in the 29th excellent Changwon 2nd and 6th races. Lee Yong-hee (13th, A1, East Seoul) and Jung Ji-min (26th, A1, Suseong) were in the top ranks, centering on Shin Dong-hyun (23rd, A1, Cheongju), who is a strong favorite, but Jang Chan-jae (23rd, A3, Sinsa), who was ranked 6th, came in second. When Jang Chan-jae, who was evaluated as a weak player, took second place, Ssang Bok-seung recorded 35 times and Sam Ssang-seung 205 times.

In the sixth race, Song Jeong-wook (28, A2, Dong Seoul), who was considered an excellent underdog, crossed the finish line in third place. In addition, excellent Lee Gil-seop (12, A3, Gapyeong), Lee Yoo-jin (7th, A3, Cheongpyeong), special grade Choi Jong-geun (20th, S1, Miwon), and Yoo Tae-bok (17th, S3, Gimpo) who participated in the 28th round and showed impressive performances are also ambush who overcame the disadvantage of recognition and settled in the prize.

Exercise In hot August, what are the types of athletes and training sites to pay attention to?
Kang Byeong-seok (23rd)-Jeong-jeon (27th) Photo courtesy =Sound Public Relations Team
▶Need to pay attention to athletes training in Gwangmyeong and Changwon

Gwangmyeong Speedome is the best indoor racetrack in Korea where training is possible regardless of the season. For that reason, in recent days when it is hot and rainy, individual players from East Seoul, Incheon, Gwangmyeong, Seoul Hannam, Gimpo, Shinsa, Incheon Geomdan, and Gyeonggi Province who train near Gwangmyeong Speed Dome are prominent.

Likewise, Changwon Race Stadium is also an indoor race track like Gwangmyeong Speed Dome, so individual players from Sangnam, Uichang, Gimhae, and Gyeongnam near Changwon are also prominent.

For example, the athletes who made the biggest surprise of the 28th race in Gwangmyeong are Kang Byeong-seok (23rd, A1) of Gimpo Team and Jeong Ha-jeon (27th, A2) of Dong Seoul Team, who train near Gwangmyeong Speed Dome. Kang Byung-seok and Jeon Ha-jeon, who competed in the 7th race on July 21 (Sunday) in the 28th Gwangmyeong, finished first and second respectively against Yang Ki-won (20th, A1, Jeonju), who was a strong favorite. Due to the unusual events created by the two players on the day, the double wins recorded 347.1 times and the triple wins 519.2 times.

Exercise In hot August, what are the types of athletes and training sites to pay attention to?
Special competitors are racing at the Gwangmyeong Speed Dome. Photo courtesy = Health Promotion Team
Lee Jung-woon (2nd, B3, individual in Gyeonggi Province) and Park Min-cheol (27th, B2, Dong Seoul), who competed in the first and second places in the Changwon 1st race on the 28th Friday, were also the stars of the upset. In particular, Lee Jung-woon, who won the championship on the day, was considered the weakest in the race, but he recently performed tremendous training as if he were stamping for work at Gwangmyeong Speed Dome, and surprised everyone by creating an extraordinary event called a surprise victory.

Choi Kyung-ryun, editor-in-chief of the prediction site, Seol Kyung-seok, said, `To perform well in August, we need to train regularly in June and July when the heat and rainy season begin. Since Gwangmyeong Speed Dome and Changwon Leports Park are indoor stadiums, athletes who train around here can be relatively less affected by the weather, so we need to pay attention to them."," he said.

On top of that, it is important to pay attention to the athletes of the Suseong and Gimpo teams, who are spending the summer well, such as the recent summer training as Yeongju Training Center, and the Gimpo teams, who are improving their skills through training in Yangyang, seem to be faithful in their training" he advised.





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