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Warning: Top spoilers below if you haven’t noticed “Physics: 100”.
The latest episode of Netflix’s most intense and desirable survival screen to date was released on February 21, where the screen winner was after everything revealed.
Beating 99 other competitors in grueling competitions, CrossFit athlete Woo Jin-yong became the “Physique: 100” champion and walked away with $230,000 in prize money.
The 37-year-old took his first assignment as a physical educator after earning a bachelor’s and master’s degree in physical education from Chung-Ang University, as reported in his Instagram bio.
In 2007, after a five-month stay in Canada to learn languages, the athlete discovered a hobby for snowboarding. He snowboarded almost every day, Woo told South Korea’s national broadcaster JTBC.
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“A year before the Pyeongchang Olympics, the government made the decision of only promising events,” Woo said in the most recent episode. He sat down to dinner and talked to other applicants before the final round. He added that he hoped his appearance at the exhibition would motivate other people to take an interest in sports.
The former snowboarder is now active as a CrossFit and JD CrossFit Namsan athlete in Seoul, South Korea.
In the final, Woo faced 4 formidable rivals remaining: ice climber Kim Min-cheol, car racer Chamois Jo Jin-hyeong, luge Olympic athlete Park Jin-yong and cyclist Jung Hae-min.
The final circular, called “search” on the screen, consisted of 3 main challenges. In the first challenge, where muscle strength is essential, the competition was tied to each other with a rope tied circularly to the waist and padlocked. To win, the competition had to succeed in a key in front of them to open the lock. Woo nearly lost in the first challenge and narrowly beat ice climber Kim Min-cheol, who then eliminated, by a split second.
In the challenge of the moment, Woo also scored an incredibly narrow victory over car racer Jo Jin-hyeong in an intense permanence power game.
Woo faced all odds to succeed despite everything in the final match, “Pull the infinite rope”, unlike professional cyclist Jung Hae-min, where any of the competitors had to frequently pull a long and heavy rope.
“In terms of power, I think Jung Hae-min was stronger. What I had for myself was my tenacity,” Woo said in the final scene before facing the final attack of his fate.
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Insider reached out to Woo’s Instagram for comment.