Woo-min X Young-beom X Min-seop added three more tickets to the World Championships on his own!Chapter 11 X 14 confirmed
Mar 28, 2025
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In the KB Financial Korea Swimming Championship 2025 management national team selection match held at Gimcheon Indoor Swimming Pool on the 28th, Kim Woo-min won the men's 400m freestyle final with a time of 3:45.54 and easily passed the international federation standard record (3:48.15) to qualify for the Singapore World Swimming Championships in July. Kim Woo-min said, `I expected a record of 47 seconds because I was not in the best condition, but the record came out much better than I thought," he said with a big smile. "The first 200m came out comfortably, and the second half was difficult, but I held on well without stopping it." Kim Woo-min recorded the gold medal at the world championships and the bronze medal at the Paris Olympics in the 42nd class. In response, Kim Woo-min "I am strong on the big stage. I will train hard for the rest of the year and reduce my record as close as possible to the 42nd second." "This season, I will play well in the world championships, and I may or may not break my record, but my goal is to boost my form as much as possible ahead of the Asian Games and Olympic seasons." On the burden of defending champs, he said "It might be a burden in a way, but I'm in the position of a challenger. He won a gold medal at the world championships, but a bronze medal at the Olympics. "It's fun and motivating to compete with those athletes."
Kim Young-beom, who secured a surprise berth by beating his senior Hwang Sun-woo in the 100m freestyle, was the first to hit the touchpad in the 100m men's butterfly in 51.83 seconds. Although he failed to write the target 'Hanshin', he secured his second ticket in recognition of the international federation's standard tie record of 51.77 seconds recorded in the preliminary round the previous day. Like Michael Phelps and Caleb Dressel, he will compete in the freestyle and the individual butterfly events. Kim Young-beom said, `He has the identity of himself as a butterfly player, but he is also having fun in freestyle. Of course, there is stress in combining the two events. Some days it is well-spread, some days it is not well-spread and others it is not well-spread. It is helpful for coach Lee Bo-eun of his team to say and encourage the synergy between the butterfly and the freestyle, saying that he can do better in the freestyle even if he is good at the butterfly. I will decide slowly which sports to focus on while playing the sports I want to do comfortably,' he said with a smile.
Meanwhile, in the men's 400m individual medley, Kim Min-seop ranked first with a time of 4:15.73. He passed the International Federation standard record (4:17.48), confirming his last ticket to Singapore. Kim Min-seop, who won two gold medals in the 200m butterfly competition after the 200m butterfly, said, `I was disappointed that I didn't have a satisfactory record in the 200m butterfly, but I'm happy that I got a good record in the 400m individual medley.' `Since I have a record I want to achieve, I will prepare better for the 200m butterfly" expressed his determination.
Meanwhile, the women's 400m freestyle Park Hee-kyung (4:13.31 at Anyang City Hall), the women's 100m butterfly Kim Do-yeon (2:59:18 at Daejeon High School), the men's 50m freestyle Ji Yoo-chan (22:26 at Daegu City Hall), and the women's 400m individual medley Kim Bo-min (Gamil High School 3, 4:47:31) will pass the federation's own records and decide whether to go to Singapore according to the decision of the performance improvement committee.
As a result, a total of 11 athletes have secured 14 tickets for Korean swimming through this national competition.
◇Singapore World Aquatics Championships Self-Entering Athletes-Sport
▶Lee Joo-ho: Men's backstroke 100 m and 200 m
▶Lee Eun-ji: Women's backstroke 200 m
▶Choi Dong-yeol: Men's 100 m breaststroke
▶Kim Seung-won: Women's backstroke 50 m, 100 m
▶Kim Young-beom: Men's 100 m freestyle and 100 m butterfly
▶Yoon Ji-hwan: Men's backstroke 50 m
▶Composition: Men's breaststroke 200 m
▶Park Si-eun: Women's 200 m breaststroke
▶Hwang Sun-woo: Men's 200 m freestyle
▶Kim Woo-min: Men's 400 m freestyle
▶ Kim Min-seop: Men's individual medley 400 m
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
