Goyang City Hall Taekwondo and Weightlifting Athletes to Compete in Tokyo Olympics

Lee Areum (Taekwondo) · Jin Yunseong (Weightlifting)

(Photo left) Lee Areum, a player affiliated with Goyang City Hall [Provided by Goyang City]

[Asia Economy Reporter La Youngcheol] Taekwondo athlete Lee Areum (29) and weightlifter Jin Yunseong (26), both affiliated with Goyang City, Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Lee Jaejun), will participate in the Tokyo Olympics held in Japan from July 23.

Lee Areum, competing in the women's Taekwondo -57kg category, will challenge for a medal on July 25 at Makuhari Messe Hall, while Jin Yunseong, in Group A of the men's weightlifting 109kg category, will compete on August 3 at the Tokyo International Forum.

Lee Areum graduated from Korea National Sport University and joined Goyang City in 2015. She ranked first in the 2019 National Sports Festival, earned an Olympic quota spot in 2020 without trials, and achieved the second place in the Olympic rankings.

Player Jin Yunseong of Goyang City Hall [Provided by Goyang City]

Jin Yunseong joined Goyang City after graduating from high school in 2014. He ranked first in the snatch and second overall at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships. He was selected as the recipient of the Excellence Award at the 66th Korea Sports Council Sports Awards and held the number one domestic ranking in both the 102kg and 109kg weight categories.

Mayor Lee Jaejun of Goyang City personally met with the two athletes and their coaches, expressing support and encouragement by saying, "I hope the athletes can shake off their burdens and anxieties and reap the fruits of their hard training."

In response, Lee Areum and Jin Yunseong stated, "The postponed period allowed us to prepare more systematically. We will do our best to show better performance."

Meanwhile, Goyang City’s Olympic gold medalists include weightlifter Jang Miran, who achieved the Grand Slam (Beijing 2008), Taekwondo athlete Hwang Kyungseon (London 2012), and speed skaters Cho Haeri (Sochi 2014) and Kim Arang (Pyeongchang 2018).

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