'Medal Challenge'Woo Haram-Lee Jae-kyung, Diving Men's 3m Semi-Finals"
Aug 06, 2024
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In the men's 3-meter springboard preliminary round at the 2024 Paris Olympics held at the Aquatic Center in Paris, France on the 6th (Korea time), Woo Haram ranked 12th out of 25 with a total of 389.10 points in the first to sixth periods. Lee Jae-kyung also ranked 16th with a total of 381.40 points. Woo Ha-ram and Lee Jae-kyung qualified for the semifinals, which are given to the top 18.
Woo Ha-ram and Lee Jae-kyung, who obtained the swimsuit with the Taegeuk pattern, safely passed the first gate. In the preliminary round, Woo Ha-ram jumped forward in the third period and received 76.00 points in the difficult 3.8 performance (109C) in four and a half rounds in a bent jaw position, rising from 13th to 8th. In the fourth period, he made a mistake in the acquisition movement and scored only 52.50 points, but after that, he performed stably and finished the qualifying round in 12th place.
Lee Jae-kyung, who was in sixth place in the first to third periods, jumped forward in the fourth period and scored only 43.75 points in the three-and-a-half laps (307C) with a reverse motion that turned her body back, falling to 13th place and gradually falling in the rankings, but kept her ticket to the semifinals due to early propaganda.
The men's 3-meter springboard semi-finals will be held at 5 p.m. on the 7th. If they finish in the top 12 in the semifinals, they can succeed in advancing to the final together in individual Olympic events for the first time in Korean diving history, and challenge for a medal in the final at 10 p.m. on the 8th.
Woo Haram, a Korean diving star, competed in the Olympics for the third time in a row, following the 2016 Rio Games and the previous Tokyo Games. In Rio 2016, Woo Haram reached the Olympic final stage (11th in men's 10m platform) for the first time in Korean diving history. At the Tokyo Olympics three years ago, he ranked fourth (men's 3-meter springboard), the highest ever in Korean diving history. She will try to win a medal at the Olympics, which is her third appearance. Lee Jae-kyung won a bronze medal in the men's 3-meter springboard at the Hangzhou Asian Games last year, beating Woo Ha-ram (fourth place).
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