What a shame! 5th in the 800m relay, 1st place with 2 consecutive medals, 7 minutes 00 seconds 91 seconds, 2nd place in Asia, 3rd place in Australia
Aug 01, 2025
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The Korean relay team consisting of Hwang Sun-woo, Kim Woo-min, Kim Young-beom (Gangwon Provincial Government) and Lee Ho-joon (Jeju City Hall) took the touchpad for the fifth time among the eight countries that advanced to the final with a time of 7:02.29 in the men's 800m relay final at the 2025 World Championship in Singapore on the 1st (Korea time).
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The U.K. ranked first with 6:59:84, China ranked second with a new Asian record of 7:00:91, Australia ranked third with 7:00:98, and the U.S. ranked fourth with 7:01:24.
The World Championship relay podium is a symbol of the world's most recognized swimming powerhouse. It was a dream to go to the finals, where only eight teams went up, a sport that has been monopolized by advanced swimming countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. However, with the advancement of the golden generation represented by Hwang Sun-woo and Kim Woo-min, the dream came true. In 2019, Hwang Sun-woo, Lee Yoo-yeon, and Lee Ho-joon first played at the Gwangju World Championships, the record was 7:15:05. The golden generation has reduced 11 seconds in the next five years. At the 2022 World Championships in Budapest, finishing sixth with a time of 7:06.93 for the first time in history was the beginning of the turnaround history. At the 2023 World Championships in Fukuoka, he finished sixth with a time of 7:04:07 and two consecutive finals. At the Hangzhou Asian Games that year, he won the gold medal with a new Asian record of 7:01.73 and a new Asian record, and at the Doha World Championships last year, he gave up the gold medal by 0.1 seconds to China (7:01.84), but he cheered by reaching the relay podium for the first time in the history of the world championships. However, the real match was the stage for the Paris Olympics last summer because the U.S., Britain, and Australia did not make the best members with the Olympics in mind. The golden generation achieved their dream of going to the finals for the first time at the Olympics, where they aimed to win their first medal ever, but they shed tears again in sixth place with a poor record of 7:07.26 in the finals. 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. There was a lot of regret that if only there were English characters in the 46th second period, there would have been a record of the Hangzhou Asian Games.
Ahead of the first world championship in a year, the golden generation's long-standing worries have emerged. Kim Young-beom, who is a "welcome Hanshin holder", also showed remarkable record growth in freestyle short distances. Kim Young-beom, born in 2006, with a height of 1m95 and wingspan of 2m16, matched the last puzzle of '46,46,' with a time of 1:46.13 in the 200m freestyle at the Gwangju National Swimming Championships in June. With the new hope of Korean swimming, he has inflated expectations for a new Korean record of 800m relay medal. Kim Young-beom also raised the atmosphere with a spirited run of "The world record of 800m in relay is the goal" ahead of his participation in the world championships, and he made efforts as the first Englishman in the 800m in relay, recording a personal record of 1:45.72. It was a more disappointing race because he did so well. The golden generation of Korea, which recorded the highest ever results at the Doha event, including the gold medal of Hwang Sun-woo (200m freestyle) and Kim Woo-min (400m freestyle) and the silver medal in the 800m relay, will finish the event with Kim Woo-min's 400m freestyle bronze medal.
Reporter Jeon Young-ji sky4us@sportschosun.com
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.