Korean swimming continues to break records.
Choi Dong-yeol (24, Gangwon Provincial Government) won the bronze medal in the men's 50-meter breaststroke final in 26.93 seconds at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games on Monday at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Aquatic Arena in Hangzhou, China.
Earlier in the day, he clocked 27.06 in the preliminaries, breaking the South Korean record (27.09) set at the Jeju Hallabae National Swimming Championships in November 2021, nearly a year and 10 months later in China.
She then broke the Korean record again in the final of the day. 바카라사이트
This is the first time South Korea has won a medal in the 50-meter breaststroke since it became an official event at the 2006 Doha Games.
In the men's 200-meter backstroke, Lee Ju-ho (28-Seogwipo City Hall) won the silver medal with a time of 1:56.54. This is also a new South Korean record.
Lee is the first South Korean to win a medal in this event in 29 years, since Lee Sang-joon won gold at the 1994 Hiroshima Games.