Hwang Sun-woo competed in the men's 100-meter freestyle final at the Hangzhou Asian Games at Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Aquatic Sports Arena in China on the 24th (Korea time) and won the bronze medal with a time of 48.04 seconds.
Hwang Sun-woo competed in Group 6 of the men's 100m freestyle preliminary round held earlier in the day, shot a touchpad with a time of 48.54 seconds and advanced to the final as first place in the group and second place overall. He raced with China's Pan Zanler, the leading contender in the event, on the right lane and beat Pan Zanler, who recorded 48.66 seconds.
However, in the final, Pan Zanler became the main player of the gold medal based on his overwhelming early speed. Pan Zanler set a new Asian record of 46.97 seconds and won the championship. He shortened his Asian record of 47.22 seconds set at the Chinese Swimming Championships in May by 0.25 seconds and became the first Asian athlete to enter the 46-second range in the 100m freestyle. Pan Zanler has already blocked Hwang Sun-woo from overturning him by 0.78 seconds in the first 50 meters. Even in the 50-100m section, Hwang was 0.29 seconds late for Panzanler.
However, given that Hwang Sun-woo was considered the most difficult of the three events aimed at winning the gold medal in the 100m freestyle, it is not a pity that he missed the championship. It is worth considering as a good experience in that I felt the environment of the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center swimming pool and the enthusiasm of home spectators.
Now, Hwang Sun-woo's eyes are on the next event, the men's 800m relay. Korea has never won a gold medal in the swimming team event, but some predict that it will be possible to beat China and Japan to stand atop the podium as the athletes' 200-meter freestyle record is all high.
The men's relay team will play in Group 2 of the preliminary round with Japan, Hong Kong and Malaysia at 12:21 p.m. on the 25th. If they make it to the top eight of the 13 teams in Group 1 and 2, they will challenge for the gold medal in the final at 9:54 p.m. on the 25th.
Korea stood out in the men's 800m relay at the 2022 Budapest World Swimming Championships in June last year. The then national team, consisting of Hwang Sun-woo, Kim Woo-min, Lee Yoo-yeon and Lee Ho-joon, finished fourth with a Korean record of 7:08.49 in the preliminary round. It was even more valuable because it beat China in 7:09:53. In the final, he broke the Korean record once again with a time of 7:06:93 to achieve the final sixth place.
Then, at the 2023 Fukuoka World Championships held in July, Hwang Sun-woo, Kim Woo-min, Yang Jae-hoon and Lee Ho-joon formed a team and recorded 7:06.82 in the preliminary round and finished sixth with a new Korean record. At that time, China failed to reach the final, finishing 11th. Despite Hwang Sun-woo's poor condition in the final, Korea broke the Korean record of 7:04.07 to reach the final sixth place.
He has set four Korean records in succession in the last two World Championship qualifiers and finals. Considering that Hwang Sun-woo's condition was not good at the Fukuoka Games and all focus was on the Asian Games this year, the men's 800m relay is considered the most obvious gold medal candidate along with the men's 200m freestyle, where Hwang Sun-woo and Lee Ho-joon compete.
Of course, you must not let your guard down. China judged that there was no possibility of a medal at the Fukuoka Games, so it took out Panzanler and played in the preliminary round. However, since Pan Zanler is expected to come out in the Asian Games final, and 100m silver medalist Wang Haoyu's growth rate is also steep, it is right to say that South Korea has a slight advantage in a tight race rather than being alone.토토사이트 모음
South Korea is poised to break Japan's Asian record in Hangzhou while it's at it.
The Asian record for this event is 7:02.26, which Japan set at the Rome World Championships in July 2009, when it was a full-body swimsuit. Hwang Sun-woo said, "I will focus more on the remaining 800m relay and show a good record." I prepared a lot for Gye-yeong with the current members of the national team. "We have a very good chemistry and we all have good physical conditions, so I think we can get the goal we want (gold medal)," he said, expressing confidence.
"I want to break the Asian record in the 800m relay," said Lee Ho-joon, who finished fourth in the men's 100m freestyle. All the players feel the same way, he said. "I've set goals and trained like that, and I believe we can do well in the play we played."
Now, Korea's bullish stocks are starting. Hwang Sun-woo's golden run and the national team's new history begins