'Woo Sang-hyeok's rival' Harrison, dedicated to high jump in Paris gave up long jump
'Woo Sang-hyeok's rival' Harrison, dedicated to high jump in Paris gave up long jump
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Juvon Harrison (25), who is called 'Mr. Jumper' by American track and field, will give up participating in the long jump at the 2024 Paris Olympics
and focus on the high jump.
Harrison confirmed his advancement to the finals by clearing 2m 19 in the first period in the men's high jump preliminaries at the Paris Olympics
USA track and field team selection held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, USA on the 28th (Korean time).
A total of 25 people participated in the preliminaries that day, and the competition started at 2m14.
In 2m19, the top 10 people who will advance to the finals were selected.
Harrison, who passed 2m 14 and started the preliminaries at 2m 19, advanced to the finals with just one jump.
The U.S. Olympic trials men's high jump finals will be held on July 1.
Harrison, who has already surpassed the Paris Olympic standard record of 2m33 within the 'record recognition period' (July 1, 2023 to June 30,
2024), will receive the right to participate in the Paris Olympics if he places in the top three in the finals of the US National Team Trials.
Harrison, who can compete in both the high jump and long jump, only competed in the high jump at this national team selection event.
Initially, Harrison consistently participated in long jump events in February and March of this year and said, "I want to compete in both the high
jump and long jump at the Paris Olympics."
However, when he failed to reach the Paris Olympic standard record of 8m 27 in the men's long jump, he changed his mind to focus on the high jump.
Harrison, who holds personal bests of 2.36m in the high jump and 8.47m in the long jump, is recorded as 'the first athlete in the world to jump over
2.30m in the high jump and over 8.40m in the long 카지노사이트모음 jump.'
At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics held in 2021, he ranked 5th in the long jump (8m 15) and 7th in the high jump (2m 33).
Starting in 2022, Harrison showed greater international competitiveness in the high jump
Harrison is also classified as one of the 'big four men's high jumpers' along with Korea's Woo Sang-hyuk (Yongin City Hall), Mutaz Essa Barsim
(Qatar), and Gianmarco Tamberi (Italy).
Harrison's personal best record this year is 2m34, slightly ahead of Woo Sang-hyuk's 2m33.
However, in the 15 previous matches, Woo Sang-hyeok held a slight edge with 8 wins and 7 losses.
The only match this year took place at the What Gravity Challenge in Doha, Qatar, on May 10, where Woo Sang-hyuk took second place with 2m 31
and Harrison took third place with 2m 28.
The next match between Woo Sang-hyuk and Harrison will take place at the Paris Olympics in August.
In the women's discus throw final at the U.S. national team trials, Valerie Allman won with a throw of 70.73 m.
Allman, the Tokyo Olympic champion, will attempt to win her second consecutive Olympic title in Paris.