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18-year-old Korean swimming star Hwang Seon-woo broke Park Tae-hwan's Korean record in the 200m individual medley, which is not the main event. He was literally a swimming genius.
By Kim Hyung-yeol, staff reporter.
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woo, who specializes in freestyle, challenged the 200m individual medley to change his mood in this national sports event.
It was my second appearance in the official competition, and I ran an overwhelming race in all strokes, from butterfly to backstroke to breaststroke and freestyle, beating the 2nd place for more than 5 seconds and hitting the touchpad at 1:58.04.
For the first time in history as a Korean player, he broke the two-minute barrier, shortening Park Tae-hwan's previous Korean record by 2.27 seconds.
It even surpassed the Olympic A standard record.
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18 years hwangseonwoo the Freestyle to start the 100m freestyle in November In the 200m and individual medley 200m, Park Tae-hwan broke the old Korean record.
During this period, he broke world junior records three times, Asian records once, and broke Korean records eight times, and is growing terribly.
[Hwang Seon-woo/Seoul Chego: For next year's Asian Games and the (2024) Paris Olympics, I want to get good results by focusing on swimming and not leaking other ways.]
Hwang Seon-woo took the 4th gold medal by leading the championship in the 400m relay.
Hwang Seon-woo, who performed a golden race in all of the participating events, will challenge for five gold medals in the 400m medley relay the day after (14th).
(Video coverage: Seol Seol-hwan, video editing: Oh Young-taek)