Judo Lee Jun-hwan Challenges for Asian Games

[Asian Games] Judo Lee Jun-hwan Challenges for Asian Games First Gold Through Special Holding Training

Strength training with heavyweight athletes... Lee Jun-hwan, who has improved his endurance, pledges to advance

Lee Jun-hwan (Yongin University), a member of the judo team in the men's 81kg class, appeared like a comet in June of last year.

Lee Jun-hwan, who was an unknown player, immediately became the 'hope' of Korean Judo by producing a surprise feat of defeating the gold and bronze medalists of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in succession at the International Judo Federation (IJF) Grand Slam. 안전놀이터

Lee Jun-hwan's victory was not a coincidence.

Afterwards, he swept medals at various international competitions and emerged as the next generation's star.

He won the Portuguese Grand Prix in January of this year and reaffirmed his international competitiveness by taking a bronze medal at the World Championships in May.

Lee Jun-hwan did not settle for this.

He began special training to address his weaknesses ahead of his first Asian Games.

The Korean national team's official training held at the Xiaoshan Linfu Gymnasium in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China on the 22nd and said, "I have recently trained intensively with heavyweight athletes such as Kim Min-jong (men's 100kg and above)," and added, "In the meantime, playing against foreign athletes gives me strength."

“I felt this was lacking, and it was a process to overcome this,” he said.

He said, “Training with athletes of a higher weight class consumes a lot of stamina and is more difficult, but I trained with the thought that I had to overcome my shortcomings,” and added, “As I prepared hard, I will be able to achieve good results in this competition as well.”

Lee Jun-hwan also said that he focused more on physical training than technical training.

He said, “I try a lot of piggyback throws as my specialty, and now the opposing players seem to be well prepared for the piggyback technique.”

He continued, "If you are a player with good skills, you should use techniques that your opponent knows will hurt you.

Rather than trying to overpower your opponent with a new technique in each game, I will try to increase my stamina and use techniques that my opponent may know that will hurt me."

Lee Jun-hwan, who has devoted himself to preparing for the Asian Games by shedding blood and sweat without rest, will challenge for his first Asian Games gold medal on the 25th.

He said, “The all-around competition feels different from judo competitions such as the World Championships,” and

pledged, “I am not very nervous yet. I will focus and compete earnestly as I always did.”

He also said that the expectations and attention of those around him were actually helpful.

He said, “It seems like the closer the competition gets, the more support there is.

It’s a great motivation.

I will run harder.”