30 years old, the oldest, Lee Joo-ho X 女, 15 years old, the youngest, Kim Seung-won, the male and female 100 meters side by side!Confirmed to go to the World Championship!Irina, born in 2010, also received a surprise 50m butterfly, and won the 1st place in middle school girls' rebellion

Mar 26, 2025

Men's 100m backstroke No. 1 Lee Ju-ho, Photo courtesy of the Korea Swimming Federation

Women's 100m 1st place in 100m background Kim Seung-won, born in 2010, Photo courtesy = Korea Swimming Federation

Lee Ju-ho (30, Seogwipo City Hall) in the men's 100m backstroke and Kim Seung-won (15, Gyeonggi Composition 3) in the women's 100m backstroke added two tickets to the World Swimming Championships on their own.

Lee Ju-ho and Kim Seung-won ranked first in the men's 100m backstroke by passing the International Federation standard in the men's and women's 100m backstroke at the 2025 22nd Singapore World Swimming Championship held at Gimcheon Indoor Swimming Pool in North Gyeongsang Province on the afternoon of the 26th.

Lee Ju-ho, who holds the 100m Korean record (53:32) in men's backstroke, easily broke through the international federation's standard record of 53.94 seconds with 53.49 seconds. He has confirmed his second individual competition in the 200m backstroke. Lee Ju-ho has been participating in the 100m and 200m backstroke since the 2019 Gwangju competition, and other backstroke players, including (Yoon) Ji-hwan, are showing up to the point that I'm nervous"Thanks to this, the second-best record in history came out after a new Korean record three years ago. (To the players who competed with me) Thank you. I was disappointed in the 200m, but I'm satisfied with the 100m,' he said with a smile.

Kim Seung-won, who has shown remarkable growth every season with his "50m backstroke Korean record holder," also won the 100m backstroke with a time of 1:00:28, surpassing the international federation's standard (1:00:46). He clinched his second World Swimming Championships following the 2024 Doha Games by pushing his senior Lee Eun-ji (1 minute 00:62) who secured a 200m backstroke berth to second place by 0.16 seconds. Kim Seung-won said, `I prepared really hard during winter training and participated in this match, and I'm so happy that the result has led to a World Championship berth. Thank you to everyone who helped me get good grades" expressed his feelings.

Provided by Irina Shijin, born in 2010, who won 50m first place in the butterfly=Korea Swimming Federation

On this day, Gimcheon Indoor Swimming Pool was a feast for middle school girls. After Kim Seung-won, who was born in 2010, confidently confirmed his ticket to the world championship, and in the women's 50m butterfly, which was the last event, Irina (aged 3 of Galmo Middle School) took the touchpad first with a time of 27.07 seconds and won a surprise victory. A 14-year-old middle school student born in 2010 became the main character of the controversy by beating Chung So-eun (26:26), who holds the Korean record (27:22), to second place by 0.15 seconds. Irina was not good enough to reach the final last year in ninth place in the preliminary round. "I trained with the goal of 26 seconds to the point that this winter training was very difficult, but I'm still satisfied with it. "Thank you coach Kang Ji-seok and my parents for supporting me well whenever I had a hard time, and I will work harder in the future." expressed his determination. Irina, who has emerged as a hope for Korean women's swimming for the first time in a year, is likely to enter Jincheon Training Center as a target for reinforcement training for the national team in 2025.

Reporter Jeon Young-ji sky4us@sportschosun.com

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.