Track and field athlete Kim Jang-woo fails to advance to the men’s triple jump final Dong-A Ilbo

16 minutes and 31 seconds record… 26th out of 32

Kim Jang-woo (25, Muli Athletic Team) participated in the Olympic Challenge for the first time and finished in the preliminaries.

Kim Jang-woo scored 16.31 meters in the men’s triple jump preliminaries of the 2024 Paris Olympics held at the Stade de France in Paris, France on the 8th (Korea time), ranking 26th out of 32 athletes.

I didn’t get a ticket to the 12-person final.

To qualify for the men’s triple jump final, one must jump 17.10 meters or more in the preliminaries, or be among the top 12.

On that day, four athletes achieved scores exceeding 17.10 meters, and the other eight athletes advanced to the finals in order of their scores.

Kim Jang-woo, who was making his debut at the Olympics, ran 15 minutes and 66 seconds in the first quarter and 16 minutes and 14 seconds in the second quarter. In the third quarter, he slightly increased the distance to 16 meters and 31 seconds.

However, this was not enough to reach the final.

(Seoul = Newsis)