Haetteumi Ssireum Team's Son Chung-hee Wins Hallal Class at Geoje Jangsa Ssireum Competition

Son Chung-hee, a player from the Ulju-gun Office Haetteumi Ssireum Team, won the championship for the first time in four years in the Halla Jangsa (under 105kg) final at the 'Withus Pharmaceutical 2023 Folk Ssireum Geoje Jangsa Ssireum Tournament' held on the 7th at the Geoje City Gymnasium in Geoje-si, Gyeongsangnam-do.

In the quarterfinals, Son Chung-hee faced Park Sung-yoon (Uiseong-gun Office) and lost the first round by one point due to a counterattack. In the second round, Park received two warnings for disobedience, resulting in an accumulated warning loss and Son Chung-hee was declared the winner. In the third round, Son succeeded with a pushing attack and advanced to the semifinals.

In the semifinals against Oh Chang-rok (MG Saemaeul Geumgo Ssireum Team), Son took the lead in the first round with a japchae technique and succeeded with a deulbaejigi in the second round, advancing to the championship final.

Haetteumi Ssireum Team player Son Chung-hee is taking a commemorative photo after winning the Hallal class at the Geoje Jangsa Ssireum Tournament.

In the final, Son faced his teammate Kim Mu-ho. Son won the first round using andari and knocked down Kim with japchae in the second round, taking a 2-0 lead.

Although Son conceded one point in the third round after allowing Kim to perform deulbaejigi, he dominated Kim with andari in the fourth round, winning the championship for the first time in four years.

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