The trophy is really heavy, haha. ‘Smile Jumper’ Woo Sang-hyuk (27, Yongin City Hall), the first Korean to win the World Athletics Federation Diamond League Final, has returned home with gold. Woo returned home through Incheon International Airport on the afternoon of the 19th. As the arrivals gates opened, Woo, who wore a white jersey with his hair cut short and the Korean flag on his left chest, smiled as he walked out in front of more than 100 people, including reporters and officials from the Korean Athletics Federation, who had been waiting for him despite the 11-hour flight. Federation officials greeted Woo with applause and cheers, while Korean Athletics Federation President Yuk Hyun-pyo and Vice President Baek Ok-ja hugged and encouraged him Woo, who wore a flower necklace around his neck, held the diamond-shaped trophy in one hand .Holding the trophy, Woo said, “The trophy is much heavier than I thought. I think it weighs 7 to 8 kilograms,” he said, smiling broadly. Woo cleared 2.35 meters to win the men’s high jump at the 2023 World Athletics Diamond League Finals at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, USA, on Sunday (June 17).The Diamond League Final is the most important event for track and field athletes after the Olympic and World Championships. Woo became the first South Korean athlete to qualify for the Diamond League Finals, and he took home the trophy. “The Diamond League is a competition I’ve always dreamed about since I was a kid, always watching YouTube in the early morning and thinking, ‘Is that possible?’ I just wanted to run, and I didn’t expect to win, but I feel like I’ve fulfilled one more childhood dream,” he said. Woo Sang-hyuk, who did not expect to win, said, “I just wanted to win. I feel more courageous now, and I will go into the upcoming Asian Games in a good mood.” “I went in boldly in the first round and it felt good, and in the third round, I went over as soon as I jumped,” Woo said. “I had secured the win (as others failed), and I consulted with my national coach Kim Do-gyun to try for the best time at the Asian Games, so I didn’t try for a higher time .”Woo Sang-hyuk, who has been abroad for the past month and a half and participated in five competitions, said, “I didn’t eat Korean food at all, I just watched it. I thought it tasted familiar and I would want to eat more,” he said, adding, “Weight management was also important, 스포츠토토존 so I think I lasted for a month and a half, thinking only about the competition.”