Korea’s national diving team candidates left for Germany to participate in an international competition.The Korea Swimming Federation announced on the 15th that 10 members of the national diving team’s candidate team departed through Incheon International Airport on the night of the 14th to participate in the International Diver’s Day competition held in Rostock, Germany from the 18th to the 21st.
Under the guidance of former national diving coach Yoo Chang-jun and coach Song Jeong-mi (Seoul Physical Education High School), male athletes Lee Won-seop, Choi Kang-in (Gyeongbuk Yulgok High School), Kang Ji-ho (Jeju Halla Middle School), and Kim Gyeong-bin (Seoul Weight Loss) and female athletes Oh Su-yeon and Han Ji-woo (seoul) Physical Education High School), Baek Seon-jin (Gyeonggi High School), and Lee Ye-ju (Jeju Halla Middle School) were dispatched.Held with the approval of the International Swimming Federation, 17 countries, including the host country Germany, England, Spain, Greece, Romania, Sweden, and Ukraine, will participate.
Korea is the only country in Asia to participate, and will participate in all events except the women’s 10m synchro and platform.Choi Kang-in, who won 5 gold medals in diving for the first time in 15 years at the National Sports Festival held in Mokpo in October last year, said, “I trained hard in the winter ahead of my first international competition.” He added, “I am especially confident in the 10m platform, and I have improved in difficulty and technique since last year’s Sports Festival.” “I feel like I have improved a lot, so I will do my best with the goal of advancing to the finals,” he said.Coach Yoo Chang-jun said, “I hope that through this experience, 스포츠토토존 the players will gain the confidence and motivation they need ahead of the 2024 season.”