[National Sports Festival] Is Hwang Sun-woo the first ever to receive MVP honors three times in a row? Kim Woo-min gives up the remaining games
Hwang Sun-woo, winner of 3 gold medals, is competing for 5 gold medals in the 100m freestyle and 400m medley relay.
Kim Woo-min, winner of 4 gold medals, will not participate in the medley relay… “I support Hwang Sun-woo”
The possibility of Hwang Seon-woo (Gangwon Provincial Office), the star of Korean swimming, winning the MVP Award at the National Sports Festival for the first time in history for three consecutive years has increased.
This is because teammate Kim Woo-min (Gangwon Provincial Office), who was considered his competitor, will not play in the remaining games. 온라인카지노사이트
Kim Woo-min said at a press conference after winning the gold medal with Hwang Sun-woo, Yang Jae-hoon, and Kim Min-jun in the men’s 400m relay at the 104th Jeonnam National Sports Festival held at Mokpo Indoor Swimming Pool in Jeollanam-do on the 17th, “This is the end of this competition,” and “The remaining event, the medley relay.
“I decided not to participate in the 400m,” he said.
As of the 17th, Hwang Sun-woo has secured three gold medals, with two events remaining: the 100m freestyle on the 18th and the 400m medley relay on the 19th.
Kim Woo-min, who secured four gold medals, was expected to participate in the 400m medley relay with Hwang Sun-woo on the 19th.
If Hwang Sun-woo won gold medals in both of the remaining two events and Kim Woo-min also won one gold medal, the two players would have won five gold medals together, and it looked like the competition for MVP would become fiercer.
However, Kim Woo-min said, “Teammate Song Im-gyu’s backstroke record is better,” and “I will not participate in the 400m medley relay according to the standard that athletes who are in the best condition should participate in the 400m medley relay.”
The medley relay is a team event in which four swimmers compete using one of four strokes: backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and freestyle.
Kim Woo-min gave up the right to participate in the event to his teammate, and in the end, the MVP award was focused on Hwang Sun-woo.
Kim Woo-min also said, “The MVP goes to the player who shines the most,” and added, “I support Hwang Sun-woo.”
Hwang Sun-woo, who received support from Kim Woo-min, expressed his will to win MVP.
He said, “I will definitely win 2 gold medals in the remaining 2 events and get 5 gold medals.”
He continued, “I understand that the MVP decides the winner through the votes of the press,” and jokingly added, “It is said that if he is named MVP (three times in a row), it will be the first record in history, so please look at it kindly.”
If Hwang Seon-woo, the MVP winner in 2021 and 2022, receives MVP in this competition, he will be honored with the MVP award for three consecutive years for the first time in history.
The Korea Sports Council has been selecting MVPs for the National Sports Festival since the 61st Games in 1980.
In over 40 years, no player has ever won MVP three years in a row.
Competitors are invisible.
Choi Kang-in (Yulgok High School), a promising high school diving star, won five gold medals, but due to the nature of the diving sport, the difference in skill between the general and high school divisions is large, so MVP competitiveness is low.
The author of the new Korean record, which holds great significance, is also not noticeable.
Hwang Sun-woo also showed his determination to put a wedge in the MVP race by setting a meaningful record in the 100m freestyle event held on the 18th.
He pledged, “It is difficult to challenge the Korean record with my current physical condition, but I will race with all my strength.”
Before the opening of the competition, Hwang Seon-woo suffered from symptoms of food poisoning after eating the wrong food with his Gangwon Provincial Office colleagues, including Kim Woo-min.
Due to dehydration, stomach upset, and high fever, he lost a lot of weight and his condition worsened.
However, Hwang Sun-woo is cruising toward MVP, winning gold medals in all events in which he competed, even under difficult circumstances.
