Hwang Seon-woo, No. 1 English sortie… First medal in the world championship team event
Input 2023.07.28 (09:54)
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The men’s 800m relay team, which is considered to be the strongest “dream team” in Korean swimming history, will challenge for a medal in the team event at the world championships for the first time ever.
Hwang Seon-woo (20, Gangwon Provincial Office), the Korean swimmer, was chosen as the first swimmer to start and overwhelm the steamer.
Korea, which consists of Hwang Seon-woo, Kim Woo-min (21), Yang Jae-hoon (25, Gangwon Provincial Office), and Lee Ho-jun (22, Daegu Metropolitan City), will hold the 2023 International Swimming Federation at 12:04 noon on the 28th at Marine Messe Fukuoka Hall, Fukuoka, Japan. The World Championships Men’s Relay 800m Preliminaries will be held in the second group.
The top 8 in the preliminaries, in which a total of 17 countries participated, will advance to the finals starting at 9:40 p.m.
Hwang Seon-woo, Kim Woo-min, Lee Yu-yeon (Goyang City Hall), and Lee Ho-jun worked together to achieve the best results in Korean swimming history, placing 4th in the preliminaries and 6th in the finals.
This year, Yang Jae-hoon, who finished fourth in the 200m freestyle national selection, will take the place of Lee Yu-yeon.
In the 800m relay, where one athlete is responsible for each 200m, the placement of the swimmers is important.
In particular, the position of the ‘ace’ with the best personal record in the 200m freestyle is important enough to determine the color of the medal.
In the preliminaries on this day, Korea jumped into the pool in the order of Hwang Seon-woo, Kim Woo-min, Yang Jae-hoon, and Lee Ho-jun.
Hwang Seon-woo, who failed to get a ticket to the final in the 100m freestyle semi-final held on the 26th, took a day off on the 27th to conserve his stamina.
If the first swimmer runs the 200m race in 1 minute and 44 seconds, the next swimmers can run the race more comfortably.
The role of the fourth swimmer, who has to make an explosive spurt at the end, is also great.
Hwang Seon-woo and Lee Ho-joon, who entered the 200m freestyle final together and took 6th place, are characterized by a bold personality that does not shrink even in big events.
Even in a situation where everyone’s fate rested on his shoulders, he was evaluated as the right person to maintain the pace without shrinking, and took on the fourth swimmer.
First of all, the dominant expectation is that passing the preliminary round will not be difficult.
If you simply add up the individual records of Korean athletes in the 200m freestyle, they are in the 4th or 5th place among the countries participating in the 800m relay.
The UK and the US are likely to take first and second place, and Korea, China and Australia are expected to compete for the third place.
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2023-07-28 00:54:00
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