Fearless Challenge X Enthusiasm Reaffirms Possible Open Water Swimming Team Returns Home After Completing Singapore World Championship
Jul 21, 2025
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The open water swimming team left for Singapore on the 12th and returned home via Incheon International Airport on the afternoon of the 21st after completing all open water swimming events (5km, 10km, 3km knockout sprint, mixed team event) from the 15th to the 20th.
Under the guidance of Kim In-gyun (Gyeongbuk Provincial Government head coach) and national coach Shin Dong-ho ( Seogwipo City Hall coach), the Korean national team consisting of Park Jae-hoon ( Seogwipo City Hall), Oh Se-beom (national sports unit), Kim Soo-ah (Dunchon High School in Seoul), and Hwang Ji-yeon (Gyeongnam National Sports High School) ranked 17th out of 23 participating countries with a time of 1:16:01 in the mixed team event, in which two men and women played 1.5km. Park Jae-hoon, the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games bronze medalist, withdrew due to dehydration in the 10km, but finished 28th in the men's 5km (1 hour 1 minute 3 seconds 9) and 12th in the 3km knockout sprint (17 minutes 13 seconds 9).
In November last year, Oh, who was ranked first in the national team selection, ranked 34th in the men's 5km (1 hour 1:22.04), 41st in the 10km (2 hours 11:33.09), and 16th in the preliminary round in the 3km knockout sprint (17:48.04). In the women's 5km race, high school girls Kim Soo-ah and Hwang Ji-yeon ranked 47th (1 hour 11 minutes 15 seconds 8) and 48th (1 hour 11 minutes 42.7 seconds), respectively. In the 10km race, Hwang Ji-yeon ranked 41st (2 hours 22 minutes 18 seconds 8) and Kim Soo-ah 49th (2 hours 29 minutes 57 seconds 5). In the 3km knockout sprint, Hwang Ji-yeon finished 21st in Group 1 of the preliminary round (19:19.08), and Kim Soo-ah finished 23rd in Group 2 of the preliminary round (20:07:05).
Kim In-gyun, the coach of the open water swimming team, said "The men's team has now reached a level where they can manage the game stably under any circumstances. The two women are still lacking in performance, but I'm proud of them for showing their spirit of trying without fear even though they don't have much experience." Then "The only opportunity to gain real-world experience is the selection match in Korea, so there is a difficulty in training the actual sense. We will continue to communicate more with the federation in the future to think more about effective training methods for open water swimming.
After a break, the open water swimming team will resume training to strengthen the national team near the Gumi Nakdonggang River in August.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
