‘Korea Swimming Renaissance’ Kim Woo-min and Lee Ho-joon reversed… Artistic Leap
Input 2023.07.30 (11:47)
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Korean swimming, which only looked at Hwang Seon-woo (20, Gangwon-do Office), has broadened its horizons through the 2023 Fukuoka World Championships.
Lee Ho-jun (22, Daegu Metropolitan City Hall) and Kim Woo-min (21, Gangwon-do Office), who will lead the renaissance of men’s swimming management together with Hwang Seon-woo, have moved toward the center of the world, confirming the ‘overall rise in power’ by setting new records in Korea one after another in group exhibitions.
In this competition, Korean swimming management set 8 new Korean records in 7 events.
Artistic swimming, which had not received much attention, continued to advance to the finals and enter the top 10.
◇Lee Ho-jun·Kim Woo-min’s leap… Korean swimming renaissance
Hwang Sun-woo was not the only Korean athlete to compete in the men’s 200m freestyle final at this event.
Hwang Seon-woo in lane 3 and Lee Ho-jun in lane 7 advanced to the men’s 200m freestyle final held at Marine Messe Fukuoka Hall in Fukuoka, Japan on the 25th, and swam together with the national flag engraved on their swimming caps.
It was not easy to send two world championship players to the same event, but Korean men’s swimming wrote a new history by putting two swimmers side by side in the final in the short distance freestyle.
Hwang Seon-woo set a new Korean record of 1:44:42 and harvested the bronze medal, while Lee Ho-jun failed to win a medal, but climbed to the final stage for the first time as an individual and came in 6th with a reverse run of 1:46:04.
Kim Woo-min broke his personal records in the men’s 400m freestyle preliminaries (3:44:50) and final (3:43:92), landing in the top 5 in the world.
Kim Woo-min, who finished 6th with a time of 3:45.64 at last year’s Budapest competition, shortened his record by 1.72 seconds in one year, raising his personal best ranking at the world championships to 5th.
In the men’s 800m freestyle, Kim Woo-min set a Korean record of 7:47:69, pulling Park Tae-hwan’s 7:49:93 at the London Olympics in August 2012 by 2:24.
Park Tae-hwan’s 800m freestyle record is the ‘800m section record’ measured during the 1,500m event at the 2012 London Olympics. If it was an official 800m event, it is highly likely that Park Tae-hwan would have shortened his record even more.
However, even taking this into consideration, the record Kim Woo-min achieved gave great hope to Korean swimming.
Hwang Seon-woo and Golden Generation showed greater synergy in the relay race.
The men’s 800m relay team consisting of Hwang Seon-woo, Lee Ho-jun, Kim Woo-min, and Yang Jae-hun (25, Gangwon Provincial Office) set a Korean record of 7:06.82 in the preliminaries, and further shortened the record to 7:04:07 in the final.
Although he placed 6th in the final and failed to win the first team medal at the World Championships, Ace Seon-Woo Hwang set a new Korean record even when he was not in 100% physical condition due to a cold, and was confident that “If you manage your physical strength well, you can also aim for a World Championships medal” got
Although they failed to advance to the finals, Ji Yu-chan (20, Daegu Metropolitan City Hall), Yang Jae-hoon, Heo Yeon-kyung (17, Bangsan High School), and Jeong So-eun (27, Ulsan Metropolitan City Hall) set a new Korean record (3:27:99) in mixed relay relay and Lee Eun-ji. (17, Bangsan High School), Choi Dong-yeol (24, Gangwon-do Provincial Office), Kim Young-beom (17, Gangwon Physical High School), and Heo Yeon-gyeong, a new Korean record in the 400m mixed medley relay (3:47:09) was also a sign proving the growth of Korean swimming.
On the last day of the competition, Lee Ju-ho (28, Seogwipo City Hall), Choi Dong-yeol, Kim Young-beom, and Hwang Seon-woo also set a new Korean record of 3 minutes 34 seconds 25 in the men’s medley relay 400m.
In this event, three new Korean records were set in the men’s 200m freestyle Hwang Seon-woo (1:44:42), 800m freestyle Kim Woo-min (7:47:69), 100m breaststroke Choi Dong-yeol (59:59), and 5 new Korean records in the team relay event. was born
The confidence gained in Fukuoka could lead to a medal at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, which opens in September.
In Hangzhou, Korean swimming management challenges to win the most medals ever in the Asian Games, surpassing the 2010 Guangzhou Games (4 gold medals, 3 silver medals, 6 bronze medals).
◇ Heo Yun-seo, Lee Ri-young, Byun Jae-jun, and Kim Ji-hye all experienced the finals… Assets of Korea Artistic
In the Korean Artistic Swimming Team, Huh Yun-seo (17, Apgujeong High School), Lee Ri-young (22, Busan Swimming Federation), Byun Jae-jun (20), and Kim Ji-hye (19, Kyung Hee University), all of whom competed at the Fukuoka World Championships, had a valuable experience. did
Korean Artistic Swimming succeeded in advancing to the finals in four events at the World Championships. The ‘first record’ was also poured out.
Heo Yun-seo took 4th place out of 29 in the solo free, went to the final stage where 12 players competed, and finished 6th in the final.
Previously, Korean Artistic Swimming’s best performance at the World Championships was 8th place in the team event in Perth, Australia in 1998.
In the solo event, this is the ninth place achieved by Lee Ri-young in the solo technical at the Fukuoka event and Choi Yu-jin at the 1998 Perth tournament in Australia.
Heo Yoon-seo set a new milestone by climbing to 6th place in the world championships, which no one has achieved in the history of Korean artistic swimming.
Although he handed over the ‘highest ranking’ record to Heo Yoon-seo, Lee Ri-young also excited Korean swimming by finishing ninth in the solo technical final.
Byun Jae-jun and Kim Ji-hye advanced to the finals in both the technical and freestyle in the Artistic Swimming Mixed Duet event at the World Aquatics Championships, the first Korean swimmers to participate, and placed 10th.
In the mixed duet technical, she advanced to the final with 6th place in the heats and finished 10th.
In the free race, he advanced to the finals in 11th place and finished the tournament in 10th place.
The artistic swimming mixed duet event has been an official world championship event since the 2015 Kazan Games, and Korea participated in the Fukuoka Games for the first time.
Byun Jae-joon and Kim Ji-hye, who trained intensively for about a month after being confirmed for the World Championships only in June, achieved much better results than expected and attracted attention.
The fact that Byun Jae-joon is the son of singer Byun Jin-seop, the ‘Emperor of Ballad’, also drew attention again.
Unfortunately, artistic swimming solo and mixed duet are not official events of the Asian Games.
At the Asian Games in Hangzhou, which opens in September, a total of two gold medals were won, one for duet and one for team.
At the Hangzhou Asian Games, Lee Li-young and Heo Yun-seo perform a duet technical on October 6 and a free performance on the 7th to cover the rankings with a ‘total score’.
Korean Artistic Swimming failed to win medals in two competitions (Incheon in 2014 and Jakarta/Palembang in 2018) after Park Hyun-ha and Park Hyun-seon won bronze in a duet at the 2010 Guangzhou Games.
Lee Ri-young and Huh Yoon-seo said, “I really want to win a medal in Korean artistic swimming at the Asian Games.” said boldly.
Korean diving champion Woo Haram (25, National Sports Promotion Agency) and Kim Suji (25, Ulsan Metropolitan City Hall) left a regret in this competition due to the aftereffects of their injuries and back pain.
However, Kim Young-taek (21, Jeju Provincial Office), the ‘second of three diving brothers’, advanced to the men’s 10m platform final and secured a ticket to the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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2023-07-30 02:47:00
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