Taekwondo Athlete Joo Jeong-hun Wins Men's 80kg Title at National Para Games for 5th Consecutive Year

Paris 2024 Paralympic bronze medalist Joo Jeong-hun (32, Seoul) has claimed his fifth consecutive victory in the men's 80kg sparring event (sports class K44) at the National Para Games.

Today (September 13), Joo secured the gold medal at the final of the 46th National Para Games held at the Pyoseon Citizens Gymnasium in Jeju, following the withdrawal of Yang Ji-hoon (37, Gyeonggi).

With this win, Joo has maintained his top position for five straight tournaments starting from the 42nd Games in 2022.

Lee Pyeong-gang (19, Gangwon), a rising prospect for the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games, won the men's 63kg sparring event (sports class K44) by defeating Lee Chan-ho (27, Gyeonggi) 16-2 in the final.

In the archery ranking rounds held at the main stadium of the Jeju Stadium, national team archers Park Hong-jo and Kim Ok-gum both finished in first place.

Park Hong-jo scored 324 points in each of the first and second ranking rounds for a total of 648 points in the men's compound individual W1 event.

Kim Ok-gum scored 299 points in the first ranking round and 311 points in the second ranking round for a total of 610 points in the women's compound individual W1 event.

In the men's judo team event for classes J1 and J2, the Gyeonggi provincial team—consisting of Lee Min-jae (35), Kim Hyun-bin (24), Kim Jae-young (22), Park Sung-jin (26), and Lee Min-woo (27)—defeated Gyeongbuk 1-0 in the final to take the gold medal.

As of 6:00 p.m. today, the third day of the competition, Gyeonggi led the overall points standings with 146,707.80 points, ahead of Seoul (116,538.80 points) and Chungbuk (79,299.80 points).

(Photo: Provided by the Korea Paralympic Committee, Yonhap News)
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