Gye-yeong tries to win a medal for the second consecutive time in the 800m final at the Singapore World Swimming Championships
Aug 01, 2025
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The men's relay team, consisting of Kim Young-beom, Kim Woo-min (Gangwon Provincial Government), Lee Ho-joon (Jeju City Hall), and Hwang Sun-woo (Gangwon Provincial Government), ranked third among 16 countries with a time of 7:04:68 in the men's 800m relay preliminaries at the 2025 World Swimming Federation World Championships held at Singapore Arena on the 1st (Korea time). With this, South Korea succeeded in advancing to the finals, where eight countries participate in the afternoon. The first place in the preliminary round is Great Britain (7:03.98), and the second place is Australia (7:04.32).
In the relay, where four athletes compete in 200m freestyle races, Kim Young-beom was the first runner for South Korea, followed by Kim Woo-min and Lee Ho-joon. Hwang Sun-woo came forward as the last runner.
Korean swimming has recently made a remarkable achievement in the men's medley. At the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, Lee Ho-joon, Kim Woo-min, Hwang Sun-woo and Yang Jae-hoon (Gangwon Provincial Office) teamed up to win the first Asian Games gold medal in history with a new Asian record of 7:01:73. In the final of the Doha World Championships in Qatar in February, he won the first medal (silver medal) in the world championship team event with 7:01.94. At the 2024 Paris Olympics, he reached the men's relay final for the first time and ranked sixth, the highest ever.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
