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| (Jincheon = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Sung-min = The national management team players are taking a commemorative photo at the Jincheon National Training Center in Chungcheongbuk-do on the 8th. From left, Kim Young-beom, Kim Woo-min, Hwang Sun-woo, and Lee Ho-joon. 2025.7.8 |
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| Media de Management national team players are taking a commemorative photo at Jincheon National Training Center in Chungbuk on the 8th. From left, Kim Young-beom, Kim Woo-min, Hwang Sun-woo, and Lee Ho-joon. 2025.7.8 |
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"The goal of 800m relay is to set a new world record."
On the site of the Korean Swimming Federation's media day, cheers broke out over Kim Young-beom's spirited declaration of "'Yeonggun, born in 2006.'" South Korean swimming 'Golden Generation' will challenge for the second consecutive podium at the Singapore World Swimming Championships relay.
For Korean freestyle aces represented by Hwang Sun-woo and Kim Woo-min (Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province), 'Gyeyeong podium' is everyone's dream and goal. In the midst of advanced swimming countries such as the U.S., the U.K., and Australia, it was a dream to go to the finals with only eight teams going up. However, with the advance of the golden generation, a miraculous dream came true.
The record at the 2019 Gwangju World Championships, where Hwang Sun-woo, Lee Yoo-yeon, and Lee Ho-joon played for the first time, was 7:15:05. The golden generation has reduced 11 seconds in the next five years. At the 2022 World Championships in Budapest, he finished sixth with a time of 7:06.93 with his first-ever run to the final. He ranked sixth at the 2023 Fukuoka World Championships with a time of 7:04:07 and two consecutive finals, won the gold medal with a time of 7:01:73 at the Hangzhou Asian Games that year, and gave up the gold medal by 0.1 seconds to China (7:01:84) with a time of 7:01:94 at the Doha World Championships last year, but he cheered when he reached the relay podium for the first time at the world championships.
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However, despite the highly anticipated Paris Olympics and the first-ever finals, he ranked sixth with a disappointing record of 7:07:26. It was largely due to the failure to discover the fourth letter of the world class '1 minute 46 seconds'. Britain (James Guy, Tom Dean, Matthew Richards, Duncan Scott) won the gold medal with 6:59:43, the U.S. (Luke Hobson, Carson Foster, Drew Kibler, Kieran Smith) took the silver medal with 7:00:78, and Australia (Maximilian Giuliani, Flynn Sudham, Eliza Winnington, and Thomas Neal) took the bronze medal with 7:01:98. If he had recorded the Hangzhou Asian Games, his first Olympic medal history would have been possible. China ranked fourth with a time of 7:04.37.
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Ahead of the Singapore World Swimming Championships (July 27 to August 3), the youngest Kim Young-beom shouted "World New Record" at the National Training Center in Jincheon, North Chungcheong Province, on the 8th. The golden generation brothers also revealed their dream of winning a one voice relay medal. Hwang Sun-woo, Kim Woo-min, and Lee Ho-joon, who are the 200-400m champions of the previous Doha competition, are joined by superior physicality of 1m95 and wingspan of 2m16, and the youngest Kim Young-beom, who is growing up in a storm. Kim Young-beom beat Hwang Sun-woo, the Hanshin holder with a time of 47.98 seconds in the 100m freestyle, and reduced 0.13 seconds to 47.85 seconds at the Gwangju Swimming Championships last month. In the 200m freestyle of this competition, he took 1:46.13 to solve the last puzzle of '46s final English' that Korean swimming eagerly looked for during the Paris Olympics. The emergence of Hwang Sun-woo, Kim Woo-min, and Lee Ho-jun in the trio 'Teenage >'Kim Young-beom is a new hope and stimulus for Korean swimming. Hwang Sun-woo said "If each of us only publishes his own record for one person, it is not impossible to record a new world record." Kim Woo-min also nodded "The world record is not far away." Kim Woo-min put down 800 and 1,500 meters in addition to the main event of 400 meters. "I will only concentrate on speed training for the 800m relay." Kim Young-beom will also go all-in in the 100m freestyle and 800m relay instead of his main event 100m butterfly. "Freestyle advanced to the finals with an early 47 seconds, and the goal is to set a new world record in the 800m relay." The older brothers will do well on their own, so I'm the only one who needs to do well. The goal is to be in the late 1:44 and early 1:45." Kim Woo-min and Hwang Sun-woo said "Individual competitions are important, but it felt really good to be on the podium together in the Doha team competition. I want to feel that feeling again with a strong teamwork."
The goal is to break the seven-minute mark. If you break the seven-minute wall, the medal follows. All four held the record of '44-46 seconds', and Hwang Sun-woo took the 43rd in the relay. The motivation for "Let's shake off Paris's regrets" is also certain. Let's try the spirit of the youngest who shouts for a new world record!The atmosphere of ' is ripe. The world record of 800m relay is 6:58.55 set by the U.S. national team during the 2009 World Championships in Rome.
Jincheon = Reporter Jeon Young-ji sky4us@sportschosun.com
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
