Changwon University Canoe Team Crowned National University Division Overall Champion
The Changwon National University canoe team ascended to the throne by winning the overall championship in the university division at the national competition.
According to the university, the Changwon National University canoe team participated in the 19th Baekmagang Cup National Canoe Competition, winning ▲6 gold medals ▲2 silver medals ▲1 bronze medal, securing first place in the university division.
This overall victory, achieved by edging out their rival Korea National Sport University by one gold medal, is the third since the team's founding 13 years ago.
![Changwon National University canoe team players are holding up the overall championship trophy at the national competition. <br>[Photo by Changwon National University]](http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/img_view.htm?img=2023081117400538322_1691743205.png)
Changwon National University canoe team players are holding up the overall championship trophy at the national competition.
[Photo by Changwon National University]
The Changwon National University canoe team reported that during the summer vacation, they enhanced their performance through intensive joint training camps with corporate teams such as the Korea Sports Promotion Foundation and Gangdong District Office of Seoul at the Water Sports Center in Andong City, Gyeongbuk Province.
Centered around senior Lee Kyung-hoon, regarded as the top university athlete, seven players evenly won medals, overcoming the disadvantage in numbers to lift the championship trophy.
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Coach Baek Seung-yeop said, “I am grateful and proud of the players who endured intense training under the scorching heat and achieved this great success.”
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