S. Korean Olympic judokas Cho Gu-ham, An Ba-ul already eyeing Paris 2024 glory

도쿄 올림픽 유도 -100kg 은 조구함, -66kg 동 안바울 “파리에는 금메달을!“ Arirang News Center had an exclusive interview with two of South Korea’s best judo athletes. Cho Gu-ham and An Ba-ul won silver and bronze at Tokyo 2020. The duo says the Olympic experience made them hungry for more. Han Seong-woo gets us better acquainted with the two stars. No gold medals were won but for South Korean judo, Tokyo 2020 was golden nonetheless. Men’s under 100 kilogram runner-up Cho Gu-ham, in particular, earned international praise for showing top class sportmanship following his loss to Japan’s Aaron Wolf in the final, lifting the champion’s arm up in respect. “...claiming the gold medal was all I’d ever dreamed of, so losing was tough. But Wolf’s tears of joy moved me. I could tell how hard he had worked to get to that gold medal moment. Had it been me who won, I probably would’ve shed tears as well.“ For Cho, the loss is simply an appetizer for greater things to come... a gold medal in Paris 2024. The same applies for 2016 Rio silver meda