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The Immortal Free Styler' Ji Yoo-chan (Gangwon Provincial Office) has written a new history of Korea's freestyle.
Ji Yoo-chan recorded a new Asian record of 21.66 seconds in the semi-finals of the 50m freestyle at the 2025 World Swimming Championships Arena in Singapore on the 1st (Korea time). She beat Mayron Amir Cheruti of Israel, who recorded 21.74 seconds, to reach the final round of the 50m freestyle world championship for the first time in history.
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Ji Yoo-chan ranked fourth with 21.77 seconds in Group 2 of the 50m freestyle semi-final line, and entered a sweep-off to determine one finalist by recording a 'tie' record with Cheruti in Group 1 with 21.77 seconds. He made it to the final with his amazing mentality and brilliant spurt.
The world record of 50m freestyle was 20.91 seconds set by Cesar Cielho in 2009, the Asian record was 21.67 seconds set by Japan's Shinri Shira in 2019, and the Korean record was 21.72 seconds set by Ji Yoo-chan when he won the gold medal at the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games. In the desperate swim-off, Ji Yoo-chan advanced the Korean record by 0.06 seconds and the Asian record by 0.01 seconds, showing an amazing fighting spirit to catch '3 rabbits' which is the first time in history.
Ji Yoo-chan fired another hope shortly after the golden generation of freestyle aces missed the podium for the second consecutive time in the men's 800m relay. Ji Yoo-chan will compete with the world's best speed racers in lane 8 of the men's 50m freestyle final at 8:30 p.m. on the 2nd.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
