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Back|[National Sports Festival] Joel Jin, the star of the track and field sprint, wins the men’s 100m division for two consecutive years
[National Sports Festival] Joel Jin, the star of the track and field sprint, wins the men’s 100m division for two consecutive years
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[National Sports Festival] Joel Jin, the star of the track and field sprint, wins the men’s 100m division for two consecutive years

Namadi Joel Jin, in his second year of business debut, wins the men's 100m at the National Sports Festival... 3 wins for 2 consecutive years

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Korean track and field sprinter Namadi Joel Jin won the men's 100m final at the 107th National Sports Festival with a time of 10.35 seconds, setting the pace for three gold medals for the second year in a row.

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The 107th National Sports Festival men's 100m final was held at Gangchanghak Stadium in Seogwipo.

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(Seogwipo = Yonhap News) Reporter Choi Song-ah = Namadi Joel Jin (Yecheon County Office), a representative figure in Korean track and field men's short distances, maintained the top spot in the 100m at the National Sports Festival even in his second year of professional debut.

Namadi Joel Jin took first place with a time of 10.35 seconds in the men's 100m final of the 107th National Sports Festival held at Gangchanghak Stadium in Seogwipo on the 18th.

Namadi Joel Jin, born in 2006 to a Korean mother and Nigerian father, is a representative Korean men's sprinter who participated in the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games last month and ranked 4th in the men's 100m.

He debuted on the professional stage last year and won three gold medals at the National Sports Festival. He also won the first match of this competition, setting the stage for winning three gold medals for the second year in a row.

Namadi Joel Jin easily made it to the finals from the preliminaries on this day with an overall time of 10.33 seconds, and did not miss first place in the finals.

Seo Min-jun (Seocheon County Office) took second place with 10.40 seconds, and Park Won-jin (Gangwon Provincial Office) took third place with 10.44 seconds.

Viwesa Daniel Gassama (Ansan City Hall), who forms the men's sprint double with Namadi Joel Jin, withdrew from the preliminaries on this day.

In the women's 100m final, Seo Ji-hyeon (Jincheon County Office) took first place with 11.89 seconds, followed by Kim Ju-ha (Siheung City Hall, 11.98 seconds) and Yoo Jeong-mi (Andong City Hall, 12.03 seconds).

In the men's 400m general division, Shin Min-gyu (Seoul City Hall) crossed the finish line first with a time of 46.32 seconds, achieving his second consecutive championship, and in the women's general division 400m, Kim Seo-yoon (Changwon City Hall) won the gold medal with a new meet record of 54.10 seconds.

Kim Joo-ho (Daegu Metropolitan City Hall) won the men's 110m hurdles with a time of 13.87 seconds.

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