Lee Jung-joon explained

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Lee Jung-Joon
Birth Date:26 March 1984
Weight:780NaN0
Sport:Athletics
Event:110 metres hurdles
Pb:110 m hurdles: 13.53 s (2008)

Lee Jung-Joon (also Lee Jeong-Jun, Korean: 이 정준; born March 26, 1984) is a South Korean sprint hurdler.[1] He set both a national record and a personal best time of 13.53 seconds, by finishing second for the 110 metres hurdles at the 2008 Colorful Daegu Pre-Championships Meeting in Daegu.[2]

Lee represented South Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's 110 m hurdles, an event which was later dominated by Cuban athlete and world-record holder Dayron Robles. He ran in the second heat against seven other athletes, including United States' David Oliver, and Spain's Jackson Quiñónez, both of whom were heavy favorites in this event. He finished the race in fifth place by four hundredths of a second (0.04) ahead of Trinidad and Tobago's Mikel Thomas, with a time of 13.65 seconds. Although he was ranked below four mandatory slots, Lee qualified for the next phase of the competition based on his time and performance in the heats.[3] Two days later, Lee, however, fell short in his bid for the semi-finals, as he placed sixth in the second heat of the quarterfinal rounds, with a national record-breaking time of 13.55 seconds.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Lee Jung-Joon. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417233440/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/lee-jeong-jun-1.html. dead. 17 April 2020. 18 January 2013.
  2. News: Jalava. Mirko. Olympic champions Isinbayeva and Bungei win; many close duels in Daegu. IAAF. 25 September 2008. 18 January 2013.
  3. Web site: Men's 110m Hurdles Round 1 – Heat 2. NBC Olympics. 18 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20120821045852/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/trackandfield/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DATM012900/index.html. 21 August 2012. dead.
  4. Web site: Men's 110m Hurdles Round 2 – Heat 2. NBC Olympics. 18 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20120821065635/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/trackandfield/resultsandschedules/rsc=ATM012300/index.html. 21 August 2012. dead.