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Heungkuk Life Insurance won its first match against Japan’s Aranmare in the women’s Group B preliminary match of the 2024 Tongyeong-Dodram Cup professional volleyball tournament at Tongyeong Gymnasium on the 30th with a complete victory of 3-0 (25-19, 25-18, 25-19).

Heungkuk Life Insurance, which newly selected foreign Apogit Tutku (1m91) as a partner of Kim Yeon-kyung (1m92) to win the championship, and filled the middle blocker gap caused by Lee Ju-ah’s transfer to FA with a tall Asian quarter Louis-Ray of 1m97, showed aggressive team colors through various attack routes.

Kim Yeon-koung and Tutku’s double guns were threatening. Not only in the avant-garde but also in the rear attack, he showed good attack.

Kim scored 17 points with 52 percent attack rate including two back-attacks, while Tutku also added six back-attacks to score 18 points. Rookie Jung Yoon-ju also added eight points. Middle blocker lines of Kim Soo-ji (4 points) and Louie-rey (5 points) also added points, transforming Heungkuk Life into a team equipped with various attack lines where all the main players play offense.

Blocking was powerful as a tall team. Tutck scored four, Kim Yeon-koung and Louis-Ray two each, and Lee Go-eun one, recording a total of nine blocks.

In the beginning of the first set, Aranmare displayed pace. “I couldn’t tell the full strength of Aranmare. I was worried about the fact that I was not familiar with the opponent team,” said Avondaji, the coach of Heungkuk Life Insurance, before the match. He lost points in succession due to various attacks including Kimura, a short outside heater with a height of 1m69, and Apojit Vissenko, a tall player with a height of 1m92.

Setter Lee Go-eun and the strikers did not seem to have a good chemistry, either. However, attacks by Kim Yeon-koung and Tutku began to erupt, leaning toward Heungkuk Life. At 13-13, Jung Yun-ju’s spike, Tutku’s back attack, and Aranmare’s failed video reading during the rally, immediately widening the gap to 16-13.

Heungkuk Life, which had a rich attack with Louis-Ray and Kim Soo-ji’s quick attacks, continued to lead and finished the first set 25-19.

In the second set, Heungkuk Life took the lead from the beginning. Heungkuk Life easily widened the gap by making a spike due to Heungkuk Life’s high wall that added Tutku and Louis-Ray Kim Yeon-koung and Kim Soo-ji (1m88). It was doubtful whether the second set could end easily as Heungkuk Life took the lead 18-11 due to Don Phon’s unforced errors.

However, Aranmare chased Don Phon’s attack with Heungkuk Life’s mistakes, approaching 17-21, four points. However, Tutck and Jung Yoon-joo scored one point each by successfully scoring a spike, Tutku blocked Kimura’s attack and reached the set point at once 24-18 and finished with Jung Yoon-joo’s spike.

Heungkuk Life was in pace in the third set as well. Aranmare had no choice but to be conscious of Heungkuk Life’s barrier and couldn’t find a solution. Heungkuk Life, which was chased down to three points by 13-10, led 18-11 at once with Kim Yeon-koung’s back attack, Kim Su-ji’s serve ace, Tutku’s spike and Louis Ray’s fastball, virtually determining the winner of the third set. 토토사이트

Aranmare worked hard with Vissenko scoring 16 points and Don Phon scoring 12 points, but Heungkuk Life was not an easy opponent.

The Korea Women’s Basketball League (WKBL) announced on Aug. 23 that the 2024 Woori Bank Park Shinja Cup, a women’s basketball tournament featuring 10 teams from three countries – South Korea, Japan and Taiwan – will be held from Aug. 31 to Sept. 8 at Asan Sunshin Gymnasium in Asan, Chungcheongnam-do.

The Park Shin-ja Cup, named after Mrs. Park Shin-ja, a legend of Korean women’s basketball, was founded in 2015 as a tournament to discover promising talents and has grown into an international competition since last year.

This year, 10 teams from three countries, including six WKBL clubs, Japan, and Taiwan, are participating.

From Japan, last year’s Park Shinja Cup winners Toyota Antelopes, the 2023-2024 Japan W-League champions Fujitsu Red Wave, and W-League team Hitachi Hi-Tech will be challenging for the title.

Taiwan’s Kesey Life returns to Korea after a two-year absence.

The five teams will be divided into groups A-B, with the first and second place teams from each group playing in the semifinals and finals.

Group A includes Asan Woori Bank, Cheongju KB, Busan BNK, Hitachi High Tech, and Toyota Antelopes.

Yongin Samsung Life Insurance, Incheon Shinhan Bank, Bucheon Hana OneQ, Kesey Life, and Fujitsu Red Wave were grouped together in Group B.

The championship prize is 30 million won and the Most Valuable Player (MVP) prize is 2 million won.

It will be the first time the Park Shinja Cup has been held in Asan in eight years, since 2016.

The opening game will be played on August 31 at 2pm between Woori Bank and Hitachi High Tech.

For more information, including detailed game schedules, please visit the WKBL’s official website at www.wkbl.or.kr and the WKBL’s official social media channels.

Ticket sales will be announced at a later date. 파워볼사이트 추천

American sports magazine Sports Illustrated (SI) has predicted that swimmers Hwang Sun-woo (Gangwon-do) and Kim Woo-min (Gangwon-do) and track and field high jumper Woo Sang-hyuk (Yongin City Hall) will fail to win a medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics. This is not good news for Korean fans who have high hopes for the athletes.

In an article predicting the winners of every event at the Paris Olympics, SI analyzed South Korea’s performance in Paris with five gold, five silver, and seven bronze medals, and excluded Hwang Sun-woo, Kim Woo-min, and Woo Sang-hyuk from the list of medal favorites.

In Hwang Sun-woo’s signature event, the article predicted that David Popovic (ROM) would win gold, Lukas Martens (GER) would win silver, and Mashe Richards (GBR) would win bronze in the men’s 200-meter freestyle.

In the men’s 400-meter freestyle, where Kim Woo-min will be looking for a medal, Martens will take gold, Elijah Winnington (AUS) will take silver and Samuel Short (AUS) will take bronze.

In the men’s high jump, Jean-Marco Tamberi (ITA) is the favorite to win ahead of Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT). Jervon Harrison (USA) is the bronze medal favorite.

The media outlet also predicted that South Korea would settle for a bronze medal in the women’s individual archery event, which is the country’s gold medal strategy.

Alejandra Valencia of Mexico, Mariří Horáčková of the Czech Republic, and Casey Coffold of the United States will share the podium with gold, silver, and bronze medals.

Of course, SI’s predictions are just that: predictions. SI has gotten some things wrong in its predictions.

For example, it picked Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi to win the women’s singles badminton title when it predicted Se-Young Ahn (Samsung Life Insurance) to win silver.

Ahn and Yamaguchi are most likely to meet in the quarterfinals rather than the final due to the bracket.

The organization also lists Brazil’s Beatriz Soares, who is not competing in Paris, as a bronze medal favorite in the women’s 66-kilogram boxing division.

SI favors South Korea to win gold in the men’s and women’s archery team and mixed team events, as well as badminton men’s doubles (Seo Seung-jae and Kang Min-hyuk) and fencing men’s sabre team.

Ahn Se-young in badminton women’s singles, Lee So-hee (Incheon International Airport) and Baek Hana (MG Saemaul Bank) in women’s doubles, Seo Seung-jae (Samsung Life Insurance) and Chae Yoo-jung (Incheon International Airport) in mixed doubles, the men’s table tennis team event, and Park Hye-jung (Goyang City Hall) in women’s weightlifting 81 kg and above.

Kim Woo-jin (Cheongju City Hall) in the men’s individual archery, Oh Yeon-ji (Ulsan Metropolitan Sports Federation) in the women’s 60kg boxing, the fencing women’s epee team, Ahn Baul (Namyangju City Hall) in the men’s 66kg judo and Heo Mi-mi (Gyeongbuk Sports Federation) in the women’s 57kg, Seo Gun-woo (Korea Gymnastics Federation) in the men’s 80kg and Lee Da-bin (Seoul Metropolitan Government) in the women’s 67kg overweight.

Dark horses Kim Min-jong (Yangpyeong County Office) in the men’s 100-plus kg judo and Park Tae-joon (Kyunghee University) in the men’s 58 kg taekwondo were excluded from the medal picture.

Meanwhile, the outlet picked hosts France to beat Argentina in men’s soccer, while American Noah Lyles is expected to sweep the men’s 100 and 200 meters in track and field.

For North Korea, it said that Moon Hyon-kyong in the women’s 62-kilogram freestyle wrestling would be the only North Korean on the podium with a silver medal. 토토사이트 순위

Caracula (real name Lee Se-wook), who was criticized by professional basketball player Heo Woong’s (KCC) ex-girlfriend as an up girl, has retired, and his ex-girlfriend has released evidence to refute Caracula’s claims.

On the 23rd, the YouTube channel ‘All That Star’ posted a video titled, ‘[Reporter’s Notebook 542] Caracula Receives a Lawsuit the Day After His Retirement Declaration…Why Did Heo Woong’s Ex-Girlfriend Sue Caracula?

Earlier, Caracula claimed that Heo Woong’s ex-girlfriend A is a woman who works in a brothel and uses the money she earns from working in the brothel to drive a luxury foreign car and live in a luxury apartment in Cheongdam-dong. He also said that an ordinary graduate student would not be able to afford luxury shopping and frequent overseas trips.

In the video, reporter Ahn Jin-yong said that A’s side has evidence to refute the claims and plans to sue YouTuber Caracula for defamation for spreading falsehoods.

In a phone conversation with Ahn, Jinyong’s lawyer, Noh Jong-un, said that the foreign car was a leased car in Ahn’s name and that the lease fee was paid by his mother, not by a customer of the restaurant. He said that he had the registration of the foreign car and the details of her mother’s transfer as evidence.

Mr. Noh also said that Ms. A’s parents were upper-middle class with enough money to rent a luxury apartment.

On March 26, Heo filed a complaint against his ex-girlfriend, A, and her co-conspirators at the Gangnam Police Station in Seoul through a legal representative, accusing them of attempted extortion, blackmail, violation of the Act on the Punishment of Stalking Crimes, and violation of the Act on the Control of Narcotic Drugs.

Heo claimed that he was threatened and demanded money from his ex-girlfriend for her pregnancy and abortion, while she claimed that she had an abortion under Heo’s coercion.

On the 9th, Ms. A also filed a lawsuit against Mr. Heo. On the 12th, the police reportedly finished investigating the complaint.

She alleged that Heo slapped her during an argument over drinks at a hotel izakaya in May 2021, and that Heo took her back to his hotel room to have unwanted sex with her, leading to her pregnancy. She released photos of her broken teeth and dental records as evidence.

Heo countered that the assault was not intentional and that the contact occurred when he brushed her hand away during an argument. However, he admitted that there was contact during the argument.

It remains unclear why Heo Woong chose to be interviewed on Caracula’s channel, as it was the first channel where he made a direct statement, as he has since announced his retirement amidst the allegations.

On the same day, Mr. A’s legal representative, lawyer Noh Jong-un, filed a complaint against Caracula for defamation. 메이저사이트

South Korean athletes are expected to win nine gold medals and finish 10th overall at the 2024 Paris Olympics, which are scheduled to kick off on Aug. 27 (KST).

According to the medal forecast by country for this year’s Paris Olympics, released by U.S. data analytics firm Grayscale on Wednesday, South Korea is expected to win nine gold, four silver and 13 bronze medals to finish 10th in the overall ranking by the number of gold medals.

Compared to a month ago at the end of June, when the forecast was eight gold, five silver and 16 bronze, the number of gold medals increased by one and the total number of medals decreased from 29 to 26.

This is better than the KOC’s target of five gold medals and 15th place overall.

It also compares favorably with Sports Illustrated’s prediction of five gold, five silver and seven bronze medals earlier in the day.

According to the Grayscale forecast, South Korea will sweep the archery men’s and women’s team and mixed team events to win three gold medals, while badminton’s Ahn Se-young will top the podium in women’s singles.

Fencing’s men’s sabre and women’s epee teams are also favored to win gold, with sports climbing’s Lee Do-hyun, taekwondo’s Seo Gun-woo and weightlifting’s Park Hye-jung also expected to win gold.

Silver medals are expected to go to the women’s doubles team of Lee So-hee and Baek Hana in badminton, Hwang Sun-woo in the men’s 200-meter freestyle, Lee Da-bin in taekwondo and Kim Soo-hyun in weightlifting.

The bronze medal favorites are Kim Woo-jin in men’s archery, Seo Seung-jae and Kang Min-hyuk in badminton, Song Sera in women’s epee and the women’s sabre team, Ryu Sung-hyun in gymnastics, Kim Min-jong, Heo Mi-mi and Lee Joon-hwan in judo, Seong Seung-min in women’s modern pentathlon, Hwang Sun-woo in men’s 800-meter freestyle relay, Lim Jong-hoon and Shin Yoo-bin in mixed doubles and men’s team in table tennis, and Park Tae-joon in taekwondo.

Athletics’ Woo Sang-hyuk in the men’s high jump and Ko Jin-young in women’s golf, both of whom are in the medal hunt, did not make the cut.

The overall medal standings projections show the United States in first place with 39 gold medals, followed by China in second place with 34 gold medals.

In third place is France with 27 gold medals and fourth is Great Britain with 17 gold medals.

Fifth through ninth are the Netherlands (16 gold), Australia (15 gold), Japan (13 gold), Italy and Germany (11 gold or more).

North Korea was expected to finish in 79th place with one silver medal.

At the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, Gracenote predicted seven gold, nine silver, and four bronze medals for South Korea, while the Associated Press predicted 10 gold, but the country’s actual result was six gold, four silver, and 10 bronze. 바카라사이트

Kang Dana, who has yet to win a tournament prize on the Korean Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA) Tour this year, was lucky enough to win a 20 million won diamond for a hole-in-one.

Kang made a hole-in-one on the sixth hole (par-3) of the second round of the KLPGA Tour’s McCall-Mona Yongpyong Open at Birch Hill Golf Club (par-72) in Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon-do on Sept. 29, when her tee shot went straight into the hole.

The hole-in-one prize was a 1-carat diamond. It’s worth about $20 million in local currency.

“I calculated the headwind from 145 yards and hit a 7-iron. I saw the ball go in,” he said, adding, “I’d like to keep the diamond as a memento, but I’ll have to discuss it with my parents.”

This is the first hole-in-one on the KLPGA Tour for Kang, who has two on the Dream Tour, and her third in an official event.

Kang made her debut on the KLPGA Tour in 2022 but lost her seeding after finishing 95th on the money list, and has been playing primarily on the Dream Tour last year and this year.

Last year, she finished 48th in the seeding and had few opportunities to compete on the KLPGA Tour.

This year, she competed in two KLPGA Tour events, the BC Card-Hankyung Ladies Cup and the E1 Charity Open, but missed the cut and did not earn any prize money.

“I want to be in the top 20 on the Dream Tour and come to the regular tour next year, and I want to do as well as I can in the regular tour events that I can,” Kang said.

After earning his way into the McCall-Mona Yong pyong Open with a hole-in-one, Kang shot a 1-under 71 in the second round, but the pressure of losing two strokes the day before made it difficult to make the cut. 메이저사이트

The KT Wiz of the Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) enjoyed a thrilling victory against the Samsung Lions of Suwon on the 28th, something that happens only a few times a year.

With substitute starter Jo Hyun Joo for KT and Denny Reyes for Samsung, KT was unable to capitalize on Reyes’ pitches and fell behind 0-4 in the sixth inning.

After Samsung activated its bullpen, KT began to chip away at the deficit, but Samsung’s vaunted closer Oh Seung-hwan was able to get the final out in the bottom of the ninth inning to seal the 5-4 victory.

Outfielder Hong Hyun-bin, who entered the game as a pinch-hitter in the eighth inning, came to the plate with runners on first and third in the bottom of the ninth, trailing 3-4, and hit a game-winning double off Oh Seung-hwan.

On the 29th, Lee gave Suwon Samsung Electronics’ hero from the previous game, Hong Hyun-bin, a chance to start in the No. 9 spot in right field.

Hong sat with his teammates in front of the dugout and said, “We don’t have to win long. You just have to win at the end,” he told his teammates.

The phrase, known by baseball fans as “yaoimai” (you don’t have to win long, you just have to win at the end), was uttered by commentator Glasses Hyun during South Korea’s nine-run comeback victory over Japan in the 2015 Premier 12 semifinals.

“In baseball, it’s best to win long (from the beginning) and win at the end,” Lee said with a wry smile.

While a come-from-behind victory in the bottom of the ninth inning can only bring more joy to the fans watching the game, the managers running the game must literally feel their blood run dry.

Lee’s words are ones that probably every manager can relate to.

Reviewing the previous day’s game, the most crucial moment Lee pointed out was the sixth inning offense.

KT was unable to score in the sixth inning, but they managed to force Samsung starter Reyes to throw 30 pitches in one inning, which allowed them to pull their bullpen from the seventh inning.

“I thought, ‘Let’s just throw until the sixth inning and let Reyes go down and give it a shot for the other three innings,'” Lee said.

KT scored two runs off Samsung bullpen Seung-hyun Lee in the seventh and one run off Tae-hoon Kim in the eighth.

“It was important that Kang Baek-ho hit a home run in the eighth inning to bring us within one run. It was a strange game in a way,” Lee said. 바카라사이트