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Korean swimmer Hope Hwang Seon-woo made it to the semi-finals by taking first place in the 200m freestyle.

It surpassed Park Tae-hwan's Korean record and the gold medal record at the last Rio Olympics.



Reporter Kim Hyung-yeol reports.



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Even at the best stage at the age of 18, Hwang

Seon-

woo was full of leeway.



After splashing water on his face, pounding his chest, and showing confidence, he jumped into the water with the fastest reaction time of 0.61 seconds with a starting gun.




I sprinted forward without hesitation and went around the 50m section first, gradually widening the gap.



After checking the position of the second-placed player, I took the touchpad first even after slowing down at the last minute.



At 1:44.62, he clenched his fists, breaking Park Tae-hwan's Korean record for the first time in 11 years.



Hwang Seon-woo made it to the semi-finals as the only player among 39 players to record 1 minute and 44 seconds.



[Hwang Seon-woo/National Swimming Team: I was not nervous as much as I thought, so it was okay, and I am quite satisfied with the record.] It



surpassed Sun Yang's gold medal record at the last Rio Olympics, raising expectations for the medal.



[Hwang Seon-woo/Sooyoung National Team: First of all, since the preliminary round went well, I want to go to the semi-finals tomorrow and the day after tomorrow and show good results. Thank you.]



Swimming emperor Phelps, who won 23 Olympic gold medals, also met with SBS reporters and said that if Hwang Seon-woo relieves the burden of the final stage, a gold medal is possible.



[Phelps/Most Olympic gold medalists (23): The conditions are the same for everyone. The only difference is how you feel about spotlighting. Anything is possible if Hwang Seon-woo focuses on his game.]



Hwang Seon-woo will enter the semifinals tomorrow morning (26th) and vigorously cut the tide towards Tokyo Shinhwa.



(Video coverage: Cho Chang-hyeon and Harung, Video editing: Kim Byeong-jik)



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