There's no one to follow! Lim Chae-bin won the Grand Prix for the second time in a row!
Jan 02, 2025
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The competition, which was held at Gwangmyeong Speed Dome from the 27th to the 30th of last month, was organized as a special selection in all races, and the top 112 participants participated to determine their own achievements. On the first day of the qualifying round on the 27th, the strong players with a superior overall score advanced to the semifinals without much unexpected incident.
Unexpected events continued from the semifinal match on the 28th. Except for Lim Chae-bin and Jung Jong-jin, all three of the super specialists, Jeon Won-kyu, Yang Seung-won and Shin Eun-seop, failed to advance to the final. In addition, Sung Nak-song, Jung Hae-min, and Park Yong-beom, who are considered strong, also failed to get a ticket to the finals. On the other hand, Jung Ha-neul, who was out of the top 10 in the scoring rankings, broke experts' expectations and made an unexpected change. Gong Tae-min, Jung Ha-neul, Lim Chae-bin, Inchhwan, Ryu Jae-yeol, Hwang Seung-ho and Jung Jong-jin were named in the final.
The public interest was the confrontation between Lim Chae-bin, the winner of the previous year's Grand Prix and the existing champion of the race, and Jung Jong-jin, who has won five Grand Prix championships unprecedented in the history of the race.
This year, Lim Chae-bin and Jung Jong-jin faced off eight times, and Lim Chae-bin defeated Jung Jong-jin six times to dominate. However, Jung Jong-jin won the race for the 30th anniversary of the opening of the race in October, which is the prelude to the Grand Prix. In addition, the fact that Inchhwan and Gong Tae-min, who advanced to the final, are the same training site as Jung Jong-jin, and Inchhwan's skills have been very good recently has worked in the favor of Jung Jong-jin, and experts said it is a race that is difficult to predict prematurely who can win the championship.
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At the ceremony held right after the final, Lim Chae-bin received a trophy and 80 million won in prize money from Ha Hyung-joo, chairman of the Seoul Olympic Memorial National Sports Promotion Foundation. The second-ranked Jung Jong-jin received 40 million won, while the third-ranked Inch-hwan received 30 million won.Lim Chae-bin said "There were a lot of difficulties this year, but I thought it would be difficult to win the championship because there were three Kimpo team players in the final." However, emptying my mind and playing in the game helped me a lot."
Lim Chae-bin re-solidified the one-man system by ranking first in multiple wins this year, 100% solidarity for the second consecutive year, and winning this Grand Prix to monopolize the prize money king.
Lee Geun-woo, chief of the expected high-end race competitor, said "As Lim Chae-bin took the Grand Prix victory, the gap with Jung Jong-jin widened even more. Lim Chae-bin, who has proudly overcome the disadvantages of solidarity, means even more to win this Grand Prix. "I'm already looking forward to seeing if Lim will become a one-man world next year, or if Jung Jong-jin will be able to regain the throne he lost through self-consultation."," he said.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
