On a spring day, Sunwoo X Women's Golden Race begins! Starting from the 23rd, the KB management national team selection match begins (Official)
Mar 20, 2025
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The Korea Swimming Federation (Chairman Chung Chang-hoon) will host the selection match for the 2025 management national team at Gimcheon Indoor Swimming Pool in Gyeongsangbuk-do from the 23rd to the 28th.KB Financial Group (Chairman Yang Jong-hee), Korea's warm partner in Suyeong, has been sponsoring the title for the fourth year.
In the first selection match since the 2024 Paris Olympics, the target of reinforcement training for the management national team in 2025 to enter Jincheon National Training Center this year, the 22nd Singapore World Swimming Championships in 2025 and the 32nd Rheinur Summer Universiade in 2025 will be decided. Up to two people who pass the World Aquatics (AQUA) standard record for each detailed event or one person who passes the Korean Swimming Federation standard record can be selected for the dispatch of the Singapore World Swimming Championships.
On a spring day, racers leading the golden age of swimming in Korea will participate in Gimcheon Indoor Swimming Pool. The men's team will feature stars such as Hwang Sun-woo and Kim Woo-min (Gangwon Provincial Government), who won the Doha World Swimmer 200-400m freestyle in 2024, Ji Yoo-chan (Daegu Metropolitan Government), who holds the Asian record for the men's 50m freestyle short course, Lee Ju-ho, who completed special individual training in Australia, and Lee Eun-ji (Gangwon Provincial Sports Council), who went straight to the business team after graduating from high school, and Moon Soo-ah (Seoul Sports High School), who set a new Korean record for the first 200m breaststroke in 15 years.
Meanwhile, an official from KB Financial Group, which has been supporting swimming in Korea under the title sponsor for four consecutive years, said "Promising athletes continue to appear in swimming, a representative basic sport in sports."KB Financial Group promised that it will continue the 'warm partnership' so that players can continue to deliver hope and emotion to the people in the future. CJ Cheil Jedang (CEO Son Kyung-sik, Kang Shin-ho), the official sponsor of the Korea Swimming Federation in its third year, will also provide convenient and healthy snacks for all participants by setting up a 「Snack Zone」 in the stadium. A total of 221 participating athletes will be reliably supported to perform at their best.
Chung Chang-hoon, chairman of the Korea Swimming Federation, expressed his special gratitude to the sponsors who promised generous support ahead of the national team selection match. "I feel grateful and a greater sense of responsibility to be able to accelerate Korea's swimming development this year thanks to the support of KB Financial Group, CJ Cheil Jedang, and Barrel Co., Ltd. "In particular, all participating teams will do their best to repay KB Financial Group's sports support."
Reporter Jeon Young-ji sky4us@sportschosun.com
◇Male major player participation status
▶Yellow Sun-woo: freestyle 50 m, 100 m, 200 m
▶Kim Woo-min: Free type 400 m, 800 m, 1,500 m
▶Lee Ho-joon: 200m freestyle, 400m freestyle
▶Freedom type: 100 m freestyle
▶Kim Gun-woo: 200 m freestyle, 100 m butterfly, 200 m butterfly
▶Oh Se-beom: Free-style 800 m, 1,500 m
▶Kim Jun-woo: Freestyle 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m
▶ Yang Jae-hoon: Free type 50 m, 100 m, butterfly 100 m
▶Kim Young-beom: Free type 100 m, 200 m, butterfly 100 m
▶Lee Joo-ho: Backstroke 50 m, 100 m, 200 m
▶Won Young-jun: 50 m backstroke, 200 m
▶Yoon Ji-hwan: backstroke 50 m, 100 m
▶Choi Dong-yeol: 50 m, 100 m, 200 m for breaststroke
▶White In-cheol: 50 m freestyle, 50 m butterfly
▶Kim Min-seop: 200 m butterfly, 200 m backstroke, 400 m individual medley, 800 m freestyle
◇Women's major competition status
▶Heo Yeon-kyung: Free type 50 m, 100 m
▶Lee Hee-eun: Individual medley 200 m, 400 m, butterfly 100 m, 200 m
▶Jung So-eun: 50m butterfly, 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle
▶Lee Eun-ji: Backstroke 50 m, 100 m, 200 m
▶Kim San-Ha: Backstroke 50 m
▶Moon Soo-ah: Individual medley 200 m
▶Baek Soo-yeon: 50 m for breaststroke, 100 m
▶ Park Soo-jin: 200 m butterfly, 400 m individual medley
▶Park Si-eun: 50 m, 100 m, 200 m for breaststroke
▶Goharu: 50 m, 100 m, 200 m for breaststroke
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
