South Korean high jumper Woo Sang-hyuk won the championship for two consecutive stops in 2025, and the beautiful player Mahuchik is not far behind

South Korean high jumper Woo Sang-hyuk, 28, also won the second race of the season. Woo Sang-hyuk jumped over 2.28 meters in the men's high jump at the World Athletics Indoor Tour Silver Championship in Vanceskavistrica, Slovakia on the 19th, Beijing time. In the competition of 13 people, Woo Sang-hyuk's 2.16 meters, 2.21 meters, 2.25 meters, and 2.28 meters were all successful in one stroke.

Woo Sang-hyuk (center) smiles at the medal ceremony after jumping 2.28m to win the 2025 Skavistritsa indoor high jump competition

Cuba's Lewis Sayas was blocked by a height of 2.28m, so Woo Sang-hyuk only made four jumps to seal the title. Second-placed Sayas had a score of 2.25m. So far, after 2022 (2.35m) and 2024 (2.32m), Woo Sang-hyuk has won the championship of Vancecavistanica for the third time. On February 9, Woo Sang-hyuk made his first jump of the season at the Hastopeche Indoor Competition in the Czech Republic and won the championship with 2.31m. 2.31m is also the joint world No. 1 result in the men's high jump in 2025.

Woo Sang-hyuk aimed for a season's world best at Vanceskavistritsa, but failed to jump above 2.32m. On the first attempt, it was a pity that my butt touched the bar slightly. After the match, Woo Sang-hyuk said, "Although the second indoor race in 2025 ended the game with a good result, which is good, it left a regret in the record. It was a great experience to prepare for the World Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March. At the World Indoor Championships, I will try to compete in a match with no regrets. Thank you to the people who cheered me on at the tournament held in the early hours of Korea time. ”

Woo Sang-hyuk (center) poses for a photo with competitors at the award ceremony after jumping 2.28m to win the 2025 Scavistrica Indoor High Jump Competition.

Woo Sang-hyuk finished fourth (2.35m) at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics held in 2021 and became the world's top high jumper. In 2022, he won the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade (2.34m) and the second place in the Eugene Outdoor World Championships (2.35m), changing the history of Korean athletics. In addition, he won the 2023 Diamond League Finals (2.35m).

Woo Sang-hyuk was in tears after finishing only 7th (2.27m) at last year's Paris Olympics and is working hard again for a medal at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics. Woo Sang-hyuk, who has been training in Thailand, South Korea, and the Czech Republic since the end of last year, has won two consecutive tournaments and started the season happily. There are no Olympics and Asian Games this year, and the events that stimulate Woo Sang-hyuk are the World Indoor Championships and the Outdoor World Championships. The World Indoor Championships will be held in Nanjing, China, from March 21 to 23, and the Outdoor World Championships will be held in Tokyo, Japan, from September 13 to 21. Woo Sang-hyuk is aiming to reclaim the World Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March and challenge South Korea for the first outdoor world championship in track and field history in Tokyo in September.

Ukrainian beauty star Yaroslava Mahuchik

In the women's high jump competition at the 2025 Van Skavestrica station, Ukrainian beauty Yaroslava Mahuchik jumped 2.01 meters to defeat Elena Patterson (Australia), who jumped 1.99 meters, to win the championship. Mahuchik, the Paris 2024 Olympic champion (2.00m) and world record holder (2.10m), has been recorded as "the first female athlete to leap over 2m in 2025".