As expected of King Umin!The overwhelming race is Kim Woo-min.Busan National Sports Festival's first 1500m freestyle!Four consecutive victories
Oct 18, 2025
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Kim Woo-min, who represented Gangwon Province, ranked first among 11 athletes with a time of 15 minutes 00:54 seconds in the men's 1,500m freestyle swimming event at the 106th National Sports Festival held at Sajik Indoor Swimming Pool in Busan on the 18th. Jeonbuk Kim Young-hyun ranked third with 15:21.45 and Seoul Cho Seung-bin with 15:22.24. Jeju Yoon Joon-sang narrowly missed the podium by 0.39 seconds.
In 2022, Park Tae-hwan failed to reach his best record of 14:54.25 set at the 103rd Ulsan National Sports Festival and 14:47.38 set in 2012, but he proved his presence in the 'World Class' with an absolute solo and overwhelming race, which is more than 13-20 seconds apart from the second place from the beginning to the end.
On the first day of the National Sports Festival, Kim Woo-min, who lightly won his first gold medal, will hunt for additional gold medals in the main 400m freestyle, the team 400m relay, and the 800m relay on the 21st. Kim Woo-min, the only bronze medalist of the golden generation at the Paris Olympics, won four gold medals in all competitions last year.
Prior to Kim Woo-min, Kim Joon-woo (Gwangseong High School), a mid- to long-distance prospect, won the 1,500m freestyle for men under the age of 18 in 15 minutes and 10.90 seconds to achieve his third consecutive victory in the competition.
Reporter Jeon Young-ji sky4us@sportschosun.com
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
