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Hwang Seon-woo starts the men's 100m freestyle final at the Tokyo Olympics held at the Aquatics Center in Tokyo, Japan on the morning of the 29th.
Hwang Seon-woo is the first Korean athlete to reach the men's 100m freestyle final at the Olympics, and it is the first Asian athlete in 65 years since Atsushi Dani of Japan at the 1956 Melbourne Games.
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Hwang Seon-woo checking the records
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Hwang Seon-woo of the men's 100m freestyle final at the Aquatics Center in Tokyo, Japan on the morning of the 29th, leaves the stadium.
Hwang Seon-woo took fifth place with a time of 47.82 seconds.
It is the highest achievement for an Asian player since Hiroshi Suzuki (Japan), who won a silver medal at the 1952 Helsinki Games.
(SBS New Media Department/Photo = Yonhap News)