Changwon Special City Hall Ssireum Team Achieves Success ... Wins Team and Individual Championships

38th National City and Province Wrestling Championship
Multiple Awards Including First Place

The Ssireum team of Changwon Special City, Gyeongnam, showcased peak performance on the 11th at the ‘38th National City and Province Ssireum Championship,’ achieving the best results with multiple awards including the general division team championship and individual titles.

Changwon Special City Hall Ssireum Team.

The general division matches were held from the 7th to the 9th at Changnyeong County Gymnasium, with the Changwon Special City Hall Ssireum team participating with a total of 10 members (1 coach, 9 players).

In the team event semifinals, they defeated Gwangju City Hall 4:2 and won the championship by beating Taean County Hall 4:1 in the finals. In the individual events, they achieved remarkable results with ▲champions (Sojang class Kim Seong-ha, Cheongjang class Choi Won-jun) ▲runner-up (Yeoksa class Nam Won-taek) ▲third place (Gyeongjang class Im Sang-bin, Yongsa class Wang Deok-hyun, Jangsa class Park Jeong-seok and Park Jun-gyu).

The Changwon Special City Hall Ssireum team, led by coach Mo Je-wook during the winter training period, underwent intensive training including technical skills and weight training. Newly recruited players this year such as Im Sang-bin, Nam Won-taek, Kim Seong-ha, and Yoo Hyuk have been showing outstanding performances alongside existing players to strengthen the team.

The Changwon Special City Hall Ssireum team is a proud sports team of the former Masan City, now integrated, and Mayor Hong Nam-pyo is also showing interest and providing support in various ways to promote ssireum and improve the conditions of the competition venues. This year, the city is working on remodeling the management building through a fund project application to create a comfortable training environment at Seowongok Ssireum Stadium.

Park Dong-jin, Director of the Culture, Tourism and Sports Bureau, stated, “We encourage the Ssireum team players who achieved excellent results in this competition through steady winter training,” and added, “We will provide administrative support so that the Changwon City Hall workplace sports team can achieve even better results and bring joy to the citizens.”

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