Branksome Hall Asia Student Ranked at #3 in World Sports Stacking Championship

 

Saeryung Park
Grade 9 student

Sport Stacking is a sport where you stack 9-12 cups as fast as you can and compete for your best time. The first tournament after 2 years due to Covid-19, 2022-2023 World Sport Stacking Championship was held on April 10th, in Seoul, Korea. Over 20 countries participated with a total of 613 stackers. Obviously, I thought It would not be possible to be in the Top 3 among 613 stackers, especially with a lot of tension and pressure, but with the hard work and determination, It was possible to be ranked 1st in Korea and 3rd in the World. I was not motivated to practice at first after covid-19 started and no tournaments being held, but later, when I saw the announcement from the World Sport Stacking Association (WSSA) that the World Championship is going to happen this year offline, I couldn’t be happier and I started to constantly train and get really consistent. But since I had to balance the study time and training time, I was not able to practice for like 4-5 hours like I used to, but still, I constantly trained about an hour every day, and gratefully, it all worked well and I left with great results and honors. I am enormously honored and grateful to be in this position.