▲ 유도 혼성단체전 동메달 획득 기념촬영 모습(사진제공=남양주시청)  ©브레이크뉴스 하인규 기자

(남양주=브레이크뉴스 경기동북부)하인규 기자=남양주시청 소속 안바울이 2024 파리올림픽에서 한국 유도의 새 역사를 썼다.

 

대표팀은 지난 4일 프랑스 파리 샹드마르스 경기장에서 열린 유도 혼성 단체전 동메달 결정전에서 안바울의 투혼을 앞세워 독일을 4-3으로 꺾고 값진 동메달을 획득했다.

 

혼성 단체전은 남자 3명(73㎏급·90㎏급·90㎏ 이상급)과 여자 3명(57㎏급·70㎏급·70㎏ 이상급) 등 총 6명이 출전해 먼저 4승을 따내면 승리하는 경기로, 2020 도쿄올림픽에서 처음 도입됐다.

 

단체전 6개 체급 가운데 남자 73㎏급과 여자 70㎏급 출전 선수가 없는 한국은 독일을 상대로 체급 핸디캡을 가지고 경기에 임했다.

 

혼성 단체전은 3-3 동점이 되면 골든스코어 경기에서 승부가 결정되는데, 추첨으로 한 체급을 정해 재경기를 펼치는 방식이다. 추첨 결과 남자 73㎏급으로 정해졌다.

 

이에 66kg급 안바울은 자신보다 한 체급 위인 독일 선수와의 재대결로 골든스코어 경기를 진행, 5분 25초 끝에 반칙승을 거두며 동메달을 목에 걸었다.

 

안바울은 “선수들이 다 함께 노력해서 딴 한국 유도의 올림픽 첫 단체전 메달”이라며 “대회에 참가한 선수들 말고도 함께 훈련한 모든 선수가 많이 생각났다. 그래서 더 힘을 내야 하고, 무조건 이겨야겠다고만 생각했다”고 소감을 밝혔다.

 

한편, 2016년 리우데자네이루 올림픽 은메달, 2020 도쿄 올림픽 동메달을 딴 안바울은 이날 단체전 동메달을 추가하며 한국 유도선수 최초로 올림픽 3회 연속 메달리스트에 등극했다.

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Namyangju City Hall Ahn Baul's '35 minutes 49 seconds' fighting spirit

First ever bronze medal in mixed team judo event

 

- Reporter Ha In-gyu

 

(Namyangju=Break News Gyeonggi Northeast) Namyangju City Hall Ahn Baul has written a new history for Korean judo at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

 

On the 4th, the national team won a valuable bronze medal by defeating Germany 4-3 in the bronze medal match of the mixed team judo event held at the Champ de Mars Stadium in Paris, France, led by Ahn Baul's fighting spirit.

 

The mixed team event is a match where a total of six players, including three men (73kg, 90kg, and over 90kg) and three women (57kg, 70kg, and over 70kg), compete and the first player to win four matches wins. It was first introduced at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

 

Korea, which did not have players in the men's 73kg and women's 70kg weight classes among the six team weight classes, entered the match with a weight handicap against Germany.

 

In the mixed team event, if the score is tied 3-3, the winner is decided by a golden score match, and a rematch is held by drawing lots for one weight class. The draw results showed that the men's 73kg class was chosen.

 

Accordingly, Ahn Baul, who plays in the 66kg class, played a golden score match against a German player who is one weight class higher than him, and won by foul play after 5 minutes and 25 seconds, taking the bronze medal.

 

An Baul said, “It was the first Olympic team event medal for Korean judo, which all the players worked hard to win,” and added, “I thought a lot about all the players I trained with, not just the players who participated in the competition. That’s why I thought I had to work harder and win no matter what.” Meanwhile, An Baul, who won a silver medal at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, added a bronze medal in the team event on this day, becoming the first Korean judo player to win three consecutive Olympic medals.