[National Sports Festival D+3] Jeonbuk Athletes Win 53 Medals, Showing Strong Performance

Wrestling, Triathlon, and More Yield Multiple 'Gold' Medals

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On the third day of the 104th National Sports Festival, the Jeonbuk team continued their strong performance, bringing in more medal news.

According to the Jeonbuk Sports Council (Chairman Jeong Gang-seon) on the 15th, as of 2 p.m., Jeonbuk had won a total of 53 medals, including 16 gold, 14 silver, and 23 bronze medals.

Kim Tae-hee (Iri Technical High School), who won a bronze medal in the hammer throw at the Hangzhou Asian Games, claimed the gold medal with a new tournament record of 60.22m, and swimmer Han Da-gyeong (Jeonbuk Sports Council) also took first place on the podium with a new tournament record of 8:39.96 in the 800m freestyle.

Jeonbuk also earned gold medals in the mixed triathlon relay, team pursuit cycling (Samyangsa), fencing by Kang Ji-won (Jeonbuk Jeil High School), swimming by Kim Hye-jin (Jeonbuk Sports Council), and triathlon by Kim Ji-hwan (Jeonbuk Sports Council).

On the 15th, the wrestling competition on the third day of the 104th National Sports Festival.
[Photo by Jeonbuk Sports Council]

Wrestling proved to be a gold mine. Five gold medals poured in from Kim Do-hyeong (G60kg class) and Jeon Yu-jun (G72kg class) of Jeonbuk Physical Education High School, Choi Jae-no (G97kg class), and Yoon Dong-hyun (G97kg class) and Yoon Geon-hyeong (G87kg class) of Jeonju University.

Weightlifter Yoo Hye-bin (Jeonbuk Physical Education High School) won gold medals in both the snatch and total, achieving a double crown. Valuable silver medals were earned by mountain biker Lee Do-hyun (Jeonbuk Association), badminton players Gong Hee-yong and Yoon Min-a (Jeonbuk Bank), and weightlifter Hong Yu-bin (Sunchang High School), while fencer Lee Yu-bin (Howon University) and roller skater Son Geun-seong (Jeonbuk Sports Council) contributed precious bronze medals.

The Jeonbuk team is expected to perform well in several remaining events such as taekwondo, athletics, and wrestling, raising hopes for even more medals.

Chairman Jeong Gang-seon said, "Since the competition is not over yet, I hope the athletes maintain their focus and do their best until the end," adding, "We ask for the strong support and interest of the residents so that the proud Jeonbuk team can continue to perform well."

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