Hwang Sun-woo, I'm Proud of my First Medal in the Team Event
Hwang Sun-woo "I'm Proud of my First Medal in the Team Event... The Disappointment of Losing by 0.1 Seconds is at the Olympics"
Although they lost the championship by 0.1 seconds to China, Korean swimming began a renaissance with the emergence of Hwang Sun-woo, Kim Woo-min, Lee Ho-jun, and Yang Jae-hoon, who won their first World Championships team medal.
Hwang Sun-woo (20, Gangwon Provincial Office), the last swimmer in the Korean men's 800m relay, ran at breakneck speed, overtaking the United States and threatening China to the very end. 파워볼게임
Hwang Sun-woo's expression was filled with pride and regret as he poured out everything and took a deep breath.
The Korean national team consisted of Yang Jae-hoon (25), Kim Woo-min (22, Gangwon Provincial Office), Lee Ho-jun (22, Jeju City Hall), and Kim Woo-min (22, Gangwon Provincial Office) in the final of the men's 800m relay at the 2024 International Aquatics Federation World Championships held at the Aspire Dome in Doha, Qatar, on the 17th (Korean time).
Hwang Sun-woo came in second place with a time of 7 minutes 01.94 seconds.
The gap with first place China (7 minutes 01.84 seconds) was 0.1 seconds.
Although he lost the title of 'First Asian World Championship Men's 800m Relay Champion' to China, he achieved the feat of becoming the first Korean swimmer to win a World Championship team event medal.
After the game, Hwang Sun-woo said through the Korea Swimming Federation, "I am proud to have won a silver medal on a big stage like the World Championships with my proud members.
It is unfortunate that we finished second by 0.10 seconds from China, but we will put the regrets behind us and look forward to the next 5 months."
“We will achieve better results at the upcoming Paris Olympics,” he said.
In the finals on this day, Korea's record for the 600m was 5 minutes 18.18 seconds, 3.25 seconds slower than the first place United States, which was 5 minutes 14.93 seconds.
The gap with second-place China (5 minutes, 16.04 seconds for the 600m) also widened to 2.14 seconds.
Hwang Sun-woo, who was the last swimmer, ran his final 200m with an amazing section record of 1 minute 43.76 seconds.
They beat the United States and competed with China for the championship until the very end.
Although they lost the gold medal to China by 0.1 seconds, the Aspire Dome was filled with cheers at Hwang Sun-woo's last-minute spurt.
Of the 32 players who participated in the finals on this day, Hwang Sun-woo had the best section record.
Hwang Sun-woo recalled, “I was worried that I would be able to catch the Chinese and American athletes because they were about ‘one height’ in front of me even at the 750m point.
My sprint in the last 50m (record 26.44 seconds for the section) went well.”
The next goal for Hwang Sun-woo and the Golden Generation, who started a renaissance in Korean swimming by jointly winning a long-awaited team medal at the World Championships, is to win a medal at the Paris Olympics.
Korean swimming has yet to win a medal in an Olympic team event.
There is only one Korean medalist in swimming, Tae-hwan Park (1st and 3rd in the 400m and 200m freestyle in Beijing in 2008, and 2nd in the 400m and 200m freestyle in London in 2012).
Hwang Sun-woo said, “I will prepare hard for the remaining five months with the determination to get on the podium at the Paris Olympics,” and promised, “There are sections where I can further reduce my record.
I will refine it well and achieve good results at the Paris Olympics.”
In relay events, not a single genius can win a world championship medal.
Kim Woo-min, Lee Ho-jun, and Yang Jae-hoon's efforts to reduce the gap by even 0.01 seconds met Hwang Sun-woo's last-minute spurt and resulted in a silver medal.
The golden generation runs together while looking at the 800m relay medal at the Paris Olympics.
Kim Woo-min said, "I'm happy to win a medal with these members.
I was a little tired at the end of the race, but I thought of my teammates and persevered. I lost first place to China, but today's disappointment makes me set a new goal.
A good result at the Olympics." “I want to pay,” he said.
Ho-Jun Lee also said, “It is an honor to win a medal with outstanding colleagues,” and added, “The fact that we lost the gold medal by 0.1 seconds will be a new driving force.”
His eldest brother Yang Jae-hoon also pledged, "I achieved good results at the World Championships.
I will prepare harder until the Paris Olympics and shake off any regrets left today."
Just before the Doha World Championships, the Korea Swimming Federation sent Hwang Sun-woo, Kim Woo-min, Yang Jae-hoon, Lee Ho-jun, and Lee Yu-yeon (23, Goyang City Hall) to Australia to undergo 'high-intensity training for four weeks.'
It was training with the goal of ‘getting into the 6th squad for the Paris Olympics’, not the Doha World Championships.
Great Britain won the men's 800m relay at the Tokyo Olympics with a time of 6 minutes 58.58 seconds.
Second-place Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) touched the touchpad in 7 minutes 01.81 seconds, and third-place Australia touched the touchpad in 7 minutes 01.84 seconds.
The first to third place records at the Fukuoka World Championships were 6:59.08 (Great Britain), 7:00.02 (USA), and 7:02.13 (Australia).
The Korean men's 800m relay team, which recorded a time of 7 minutes 01.94 seconds even though the fatigue from intense training had not completely subsided, further raised hopes of entering the 6th squad.
If you make it to the 6th squad at the Paris Olympics, you can be sure of winning a medal.
