Backstroke board Lee Ju-ho, Australian short course backstroke 200m Korean gold medal!Long Course Records Shortening Expectations
Oct 02, 2025
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Lee Ju-ho won the gold medal in the men's 200m backstroke at the 2025 Australian Short Course Championships in Melbourne, Australia on the 1st (local time) with a time of 1:51.24. In October last year, he succeeded in reducing his personal best record of 1:52.85 in the third round of the 2024 International Swimming Federation Management World Cup held in Singapore, and the previous Korean short course record of 1:52.85 in a year.
Lee Ju-ho left for overseas training in Melbourne, Australia on the 7th of last month with the support of the Korean Swimming Federation. Six members of the management team, including Lee Ju-ho, were coached by coach Zol Fink and Nick Berriades, who led the team's silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics for four weeks. A meaningful achievement was achieved at the 2025 Australian Short Course Championships, where he participated to inspect training before returning home.
Lee Joo-ho wrote a new Korean record and a gold medal, Cho Sung-jae (58.65 seconds) ranked first in the men's 100m breaststroke, Ji Yoo-chan (21.08 seconds) ranked first in the men's 50m freestyle, and Kim Seung-won (27.15 seconds in the women's 50m backstroke). Yoon Ji-hwan (Gangwon Provincial Government), whose main event is backstroke, ranked 6th (22.25 seconds) in the men's 50m freestyle.
Lee Ju-ho, the 'biggest member of the Korean national team' and a member of the Korea Sports Council, has broken the Korean record of 1 second 61 times during last year's Management World Cup series"After the start, which I always thought was a disadvantage, I'm still trying to make up for the dolphin movement after the turn, and I think playing with this part as a training will have a good impact on shortening the long course record in the future."I gave a positive outlook. `I hope that the next long-course tournament will prove the outcome of the training with a better record.'
After four weeks of off-season training in Australia, the management team will return home via Incheon International Airport on the morning of the 3rd when the Chuseok holiday begins.
Reporter Jeon Young-ji sky4us@sportschosun.com
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
