Park Hye-jeong, First Olympic Medal in Paris

'Post Jang Mi-ran' Park Hye-jeong "First Olympic medal in Paris, 2028 LA is gold"

A strong candidate for a silver medal in the women's heavyweight class at the Paris Olympics.

In 2016, Park Hye-jeong (21, Goyang City Hall), who was a first-year middle school student, decided “I want to become a weightlifter” after watching a “past video” of current Second Vice Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Jang Mi-ran.

When she was in her third year of middle school, earning the title 'Post Jang Mi-ran' for her skills that overwhelmed her peers, she set a specific goal of 'winning a medal in her first Olympics and winning a gold medal in her second Olympics.'

Park Hye-jung, who met at Descente Seoul in Seocho-gu, Seoul, where the Korea Weightlifting Federation-Descente supplies sponsorship agreement ceremony was held on the 30th, said, "My goal is still the same." 카지노사이트킹

Park Hye-jung said, “She is about to compete in the Olympics for the first time in her life.

I am nervous and excited,” and added, “I am a realistic person.

I know I can't aim for the gold medal right away.

He said, “My goal at the Paris Olympics is to win a medal.”

She lifted 130 kg in snatch, 166 kg in snatch, and 296 kg in total at the 2024 IWF World Cup women’s heavyweight competition held in Phuket, Thailand in April.

Park Hye-jeong, who set a new Korean record in total, ranked second after 'world's strongest' Li Wen-won (24, China), who lifted 145 kg in snatch, 180 kg in jerk and jerk, and 325 kg in total.

She was also ranked second in the Paris Olympic rankings, earning her a ticket to Paris, which was awarded to 12 athletes in each weight class.

The structure of the women's heaviest weightlifting class is very clear.

Lee Wen-won is ahead of second place Hye-jeong Park by 30 kg in total, and Hye-jung Park is ahead of Emily Campbell (Great Britain) and Duangaksorn Chaidi (Thailand) by about 10 kg.

Park Hye-jung solidified her position as the 'clear second place in the heavyweight division' by winning consecutive wins at the 2023 World Championships in September, when Lee Wen-won was injured during the match, and the Asian Games in October, when Lee Wen-won was absent due to injury.

Park Hye-jeong said, "I try not to think about the color of the medal.

If I focus on the silver medal, I think it will be too difficult for me," but said, "I will go into the third period with a clear weight of 125kg in snatch and 165kg in clean and jerk in the first and second periods.

“I want to prepare for such a game,” he said.

Weightlifting experts predict that a total weight of 290kg is ‘the weight that can win a silver medal at the Paris Olympics.’

This means that Park Hye-jung is currently training with the goal of winning a silver medal at the Paris Olympics.

He said, “Actually, the Paris Olympics are a new beginning for me.”

It is in line with the ‘original intention’ that I promised myself when I started weightlifting: “I want to win a gold medal in my second Olympics.”

Park Hye-jung said, "I hope that in 2028, when the Los Angeles Olympics will be held, I will become an athlete challenging for a gold medal.

I have won gold medals at the World Championships and Asian Games, but winning an Olympic gold medal is a more difficult challenge.

I am not in a hurry.

“I will become a player who continues to grow until the 2028 LA Olympics,” he repeatedly pledged.

At last year's Hangzhou Asian Games, Park Hye-jung climbed to the highest spot on the podium, giving Korean weightlifting an Asian Games gold medal 13 years after Vice Minister Jang Mi-ran won the gold medal in the women's heaviest weight class (over 75 kg at the time) at the 2010 Guangzhou Games.

Korean weightlifting, which only received a 'no medal' at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, is confident that Park Hye-jung will present an Olympic medal for the first time in eight years, following Yoon Jin-hee (bronze medal in the 53kg class) at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

If Park Hye-jung wins her medal in Paris, she will be reborn as the 'Korean Olympic weightlifting female heavyweight medalist', whose name was cut off after Vice Minister Jang Mi-ran, who won gold, silver, and bronze medals each.

Vice Minister Jang Mi-ran won a silver medal in Athens in 2004 and a gold medal in Beijing in 2008.

In London in 2012, he placed 4th, but Hripsime Khurshuda (Armenia), who ranked 3rd, tested positive in a post-doping test, and Vice Minister Jang Mi-ran was promoted to 3rd place.

If Park Hye-jung achieves her 'life goal', saying, "The post-Jang Mi-ran title is burdensome.

However, it also motivates me to do better," in LA in 2028, Korean weightlifters will become the Olympic women's heavyweight champion 'for the first time in 20 years since Jang Mi-ran' can be released.

“She worked really hard to get this far,” Park Hye-jung said, with a twinkle in her eye, “If she works harder, she’ll be a better player in 2028.”