Woo Sang-hyeok, the South Korean high jumper known as “Smile Jumper,” shed a few tears Saturday night at the main stadium of the Paris Olympics, where his medal hopes crashed and burned.
Those tears weren’t so much for his own performance, as they w…
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Three years ago in Tokyo, Lee Da-bin grabbed her silver medal in taekwondo by losing her last match of the competition.
On Saturday in Paris, though, Lee claimed her bronze medal by winning her final match of the women’s +67-kilogram taekwondo event…
High jump medal hopeful Woo Sang-hyeok missed the podium at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.
Woo failed to clear the bar set at 2.31 meters in three attempts and finished the men’s high jump final at 2.27m at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of …
