Kim Eui-yeon (29, Pocheon City Office) and Chae Ji-won (21, Gyungsan City Office), who represent the men’s and women’s middle and long distances in Korean track and field, have remained undefeated this season.
Kim was the first to cross the finish line in the men’s 400-meter final at the 77th National Track and Field Championships on Thursday afternoon at Jeongseon Stadium in Gangwon Province, clocking 47.15 seconds to win the event.
It was the latest in a string of dominant races for Kim, who has won all four of his official meets this season.
In March, she won the first meet of the season, the National Unemployed Athletics Competition (1st) in Iksan, Jeollabuk-do, with a time of 47.08 seconds, breaking the previous record of 47.79 seconds.
In May, he won the 51st KBS Boat Race 먹튀검증 in Yecheon, North Gyeongsang Province, which was held in conjunction with the national selection trials for the Hangzhou Asian Games, and finished first in 47.15 seconds, earning priority for selection.
He then set a new personal best (PB) of 46.41 seconds at the second edition of the National Unemployed Athletics Competition. This ranks fifth on the all-time Korean men’s 400-meter list.
“I will compete in the Hangzhou Asian Games and set a Korean record (45.37),” Kim vowed.
Han Han-mi (27-Gwangju Metropolitan Government), who competed in the women’s 400 meters, also claimed her third podium finish of the season. She clocked 55.95 in the afternoon final.
She previously won the KBS Boat and National Unemployed Athletics (2nd) Championships in May. This is her best pace since setting a personal best (PB) of 55.93 at the National Games in October 2018.
Chajiwon’s race was just as scary. She competed in the women’s 800 meters and finished first in 2:11.53.
Early on, she was recognized as a female middle-distance prospect, but in her fourth year of practical training, she has taken the world by storm.
In March, she failed to qualify for the podium in 2:20.73 at the National Unemployment Athletics Competition (1st), but she hasn’t let go of the top spot since May, when the weather started to warm up.
He won three consecutive tournaments, starting with the KBS Boat National Athletics Competition (2:12.83), the second National Unemployed Athletics Competition (2:11.18), and this one.
Meanwhile, Park Won-jin (Sokcho City Hall) won the men’s 100 meters in 10.46 seconds in the absence of Kim Kook-young (Gwangju City Hall), the Korean record holder (10.07 seconds).
This is the first time Won Jin has won the event in a working age group.
In the men’s 110-meter hurdles, Kim Kyung-tae (Ansan City Hall) and Kim Joo-ho (Armed Forces Athletic Corps) crossed the finish line side by side in 13.93 seconds to share first place.
Ryu Na-hee (Ansan City Hall) won the women’s 100-meter hurdles in 13.63 seconds, while Lee Jae-woong (Yeongcheon City Hall) won the men’s 800 meters in 1:52.08.
Yang Ye-bin, who had attracted much attention, competed in the women’s 400m preliminaries but dropped out without completing the race.
