'Execution of will 言實, not just words but actions.'
The Japanese archipelago was in turmoil at the surprise bronze medal of the 200m freestyle by Tatsuya Murasa, an 18-year-old swimmer. The joys and sorrows of Korea and Japan were starkly mixed. In the men's 200m freestyle final at the 2025 World Championship Arena in Singapore on the 29th (Korea time), Hwang Sun-woo, the pride of Korean swimming and 'defending champion', missed '4 consecutive medals' by 0.18 seconds with 1:44:72 and 4th place. The bronze medal went to Murasa for his spirited challenge, shaking in the gap between David Popovich of Romania and Luke Hobson of the United States. Popovich ranked first with 1:43:53, Hobson ranked second with 1:43:84, Murasa gave the Japanese national team its first management medal of the tournament with a new Japanese record of 1:44:54, and reached the World Championship podium for the first time in his life.
An 18-year-old boy who recorded 1:45.72 at the Japan Open in November last year, 1:45.67 at the Japan National Swimming Championships in March, and 1:45.39 at the semi-final of the tournament, showed remarkable growth on the world's best stage, reducing more than a second in just four months. A strong candidate has emerged to compete for a medal against Hwang Sun-woo at next year's Aichi and Nagoya Asian Games.
On a summer night, Japanese media are pouring stormy praise on Tatsuya's achievements. HigashspoWeb defined Murasa's feat in the Japanese four-character idiom of '言實 of will'. 'Do what you say without fail. take responsibility for what has been saidIt means '. Murasa, who is making his first appearance at the World Championships, turned sixth in the first 100 meters, but showed his true skills in the second half, the media wrote. "In the pre-tournament opening ceremony, Murasa 'Unknown Tatsuya Murasa suddenly appeared without knowing who will win the medal because it is an event full of talents in the world, and it would be wonderful if he sputtered at the end.' He actually expressed his joy with a storm spurt in the last 50 meters and clenched his fist after winning the bronze medal with a new Japanese record of 1:44:54. The Japanese national team's medal in this event is the first medal in six years since Matsumoto Katsuhiro's silver medal at the 2019 Hangzhou Games. Murasa, who participated in the Paris Olympics last year when he was a junior at Chukyo High School in Aichi Prefecture, gave his first medal to the Japanese management team in this event as a player with full potential for further growth' introduced.
Sports Hochi also said 'Men's freestyle prospects opened the world once again'Olympic Champion' Popovich was located to the right of Murasa, who started on Lane 7. He turned 51 seconds 07th and 6th in the first half, but he did not lose his composure even if Popovich led at the 100m mark. In the last 50 meters, he sputtered to win the bronze medal by winning the third place competition"He elaborated on the process of the first podium. Seo-su, who competed in the 800m relay at the Paris Olympics last year, continued to grow and broke high school records in the 100 and 200m in succession, becoming the first individual event to be on the world stage. The media also mentioned Murasa's four-character idiom 'Execution of wills' at the ceremony. Murasa, who promised to turn the tables at the opening ceremony before the competition and said, `I chose this word because I thought it would be really cool if I could turn the tables at the end.'," he wrote.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
