"Last Olympics, I'll pour everything in."Dun Kim Won-jin was eliminated for the third consecutive time
Jul 28, 2024
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Kim Won-jin (Yangpyeong County Office) of the men's 60kg judo team advanced to the round of 16 at the 2024 Paris Olympics held at the Champs de Mars Stadium in Paris, France on the 27th (Korea time) after winning by diving foul against his first-round opponent Simon Zulu (Zambia). In the round of 16, the opponent Balabai Agayev (Azerbaijan) received three maps and ran all the way to the quarterfinals.
However, Kim Won-jin, ranked 23rd in the World Cup, met Luca Mkeze (France), ranked third in the quarterfinals. Kim Won-jin, who faced Mkeje again in the quarterfinals at the Tokyo Olympics three years ago, remembers losing the bronze medal match at the time. He met Mkeze again this time, but he was underdog from the beginning. He gave up half in 13 seconds, tried to fight back, but was at a disadvantage by receiving two maps while the attack was rarely working. In the end, he lost half of his throws while lying down and failed to advance to the semifinals.
Kim Won-jin, who advanced to the consolation match, aimed to win the bronze medal. Kim Won-jin, who faced World Cup No. 2 Giorgi Sardalashvili (Georgia), allowed half of the opponent's kick at 1:17 after the start of the game, and then gave up the second half, allowing him to fix it. It was a one-off match.
As a result, Kim Won-jin won a ticket to the Olympic finals for the third consecutive time, but again, he had no connection with the medal. Kim Won-jin, who was eliminated from the loser's revival match at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics and lost to Mkeze in the bronze medal match at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, made a fiery determination ahead of the event, saying, `I will pour everything I have left in the last Olympics.'
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