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'Hero of the advancement of the Paris Olympics' Heo Woong (26, Jecheon City Hall) was honored with the Most Valuable Player Award at the '2025 Gymnastics Night' event.
Heo Woong was selected as the best player at the '2025 Gymnastics Night' held at Olympic Parktel Olympia Hall in Songpa-gu, Seoul on the 22nd. Heo Ung took on the daunting challenge of attempting a high-level technique of 6.7 points in difficulty on the final stage of his first career Paris Olympics last summer. He fell from the massage and ranked seventh among the eight finalists. Senior Kim Han-sol collapsed two days before leaving the Paris Olympics due to a ruptured cruciate ligament, but Heo Woong, who proved his competitiveness on the international stage by ranking second with 14.933 points at the FIG Cairo World Cup in Egypt and third with 15.300 points at the Cotebus World Cup in Germany, was the only male player to reach the final podium, and unfortunately finished seventh, but he gave brilliant hope. "If you work hard with the idea that you can do it without getting scared from this moment on, you can do it enough. If you do well without injury, there is nothing to be pushed back on, whether it is skill, effort or talent." "I am confident that I will have all the strengths of all players at once starting next year. Here we go again," she said, her eyes shining. The Korea Gymnastics Association encouraged Heo Woong, who is back on the starting line with the goal of winning medals at the 2026 Aichi and Nagoya Asian Games and the 2028 LA Olympics, as the best player award.
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'The Future of Korean Men's Mechanical Gymnastics's Future'Song Moon-young (Gwangju Sports High School),'National Team All-round Player'Ryu Seong-hyun (Korea National Sports University), Lee Joon-ho (Cheonan City Hall),'Women's Gymnastics Prospects'Jeong Su-eun (Bukmyeon Elementary School), Hwang Seo-hyun (Sunhwa Girls' Middle School),'Park Na-young (Gyeonggi Sports High School),'National Team Ace'Lee Da-young (Korea Sports Council),'Shin Sol-yi (Kangwon Province Sports Council),'Rhythmic Gymnastics Prospects'Song.
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| Leader Award=Choi Hee-soo (Seoul Weight), Son Jae-ho (Yeongnam Middle School), Yang Yoon-cheol (Gangwon Provincial Sports Council), Lee Jang-hyung (Fosco E&C), Jung Young-joo (Hanche University), and Baek Ji-seon (Rhythmic Sports Club). Director Kim Ra-won (RARI) and Kim Yeon-hee (Joy Dance) |
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| Seo Hye-jeong (Senior judge, Moon Jung-hoon (Busan Gymnastics Association) |
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Jeon Joong-seon, president of the Korea Gymnastics Association, expressed pride to the gymnasts gathered on this day, saying, `Our gymnastics is a key event that maintains its status as a basic sport of all sports and contributes to the development of other sports.' The New Year's Eve is the Year of the Blue Snake. The Year of the Snake has a special meaning'Symbol of Wisdom and Change' encouraged new changes and challenges in the New Year. "With the Paris Olympics last year, we realized that Korean gymnastics needed many changes and new challenges. We hope that our athletes and leaders will do their best to promote the excellence of Korean gymnastics on the world stage through efforts to acquire new skills." "In the meantime, our gymnastics association has been strengthening and growing by overcoming many difficulties and adversities."He was confident that "Korean gymnastics will develop further if all gymnasts move toward their goals in 2025."
Reporter Jeon Young-ji sky4us@sportschosun.com
◇ List of gymnasts' night winners in 2025
▶Best player = Heo Woong (Jecheon City Hall)
▶Excellent players = Moon Gun-young (Gwangju Sports High School), Ryu Sung-hyun (Hanche University), Lee Joon-ho (Cheonan City Hall), Jung Soo-eun (Bukmyeon Elementary School), Hwang Seo-hyun (Sunhwa Girls' Middle School), Park Na-young (Gyeonggi Sports High School), Lee Da-young (Hanche University), Shin Sol-i (Gangwon Provincial Sports Council), Song Ye-ji (Osan Sports Club), Park Seo-hyun (Kimpo Girls' Middle School), Son In-ji (Seoul Sejong High School), and Ha Soo-i (Hanche University)
▶Excellent Committee Prize = Jang Lim-soo, artistic gymnastics committee member, Yoo Ok-ryeol, men's gymnastics committee member, Jang Jin-young, women's gymnastics committee member, Choi Ye-rim, rhythmic gymnastics committee member, Jeong Hee-sun, sports process member, Kim Gong, daily gymnastics member
▶Leader's Award = Choi Hee-soo (Seoul Weightlifting), Son Jae-ho (Yeongnam Middle School), Yang Yoon-cheol (Gangwon Provincial Sports Council), Lee Jang-hyung (Fosco E&C), Jung Young-joo (Hanse University), and Baek Ji-sun (Rhythmic Sports Club). RARI, Kim Yeonhee (Joy Dance)
▶ Judgment Award = Lee St. Mary's (Seoul Sports High School), Bae Eun-mi (Pohang Steelworks) Seo Hye-jeong (Standing Judgment) and Moon Jung-hoon (Busan Gymnastics Association)
▶ Gong Ro-pa = Park Hee-ran, president of the Gwangju Gymnastics Association, Chung Young-kwang, president of the Ulsan Gymnastics Association, Song Ki-seop, president of the Gyeonggi-do Gymnastics Association, Kim Kyung-soo, president of the Gangwon-do Gymnastics Association, Lee Tae-hee, president of the Chungbuk Gymnastics Association, Lee Keun-bae, former managing director of the Korea Gymnastics Association, Park Yong-joon, president of the Jeonnam Gymnastics Association, vice chairman of the Daegu Gymnastics Association, Lee Hye-young, vice chairman of the Gyeongnam Gymnastics Association, Kang Chang-yong, president of the Jeju Women, Lee Ho-joong, head of the sports promotion department at Jecheon City Hall, Um Bong-sun, director of the Hongcheon National Sports Association, Lee Min-woo, general affairs director of the Jeonnam Gymnastics Association, Oh Hye-rim, director of Yeonggwang County, Jeollanam-do College Student Smatters Press Group (Jang Dong-hyun, Kim Min-seok, Ko Na-young, Min Esther) Joy Dance
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
