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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, a freestyle expert, challenged the 200m individual medley to change his mood in this national sports event.
It was my second time participating in the official competition. Starting with the butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle. In an overwhelming race, I beat the 2nd place for more than 5 seconds and hit 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.
[Hwangseonwoo / Seoul Physical Education High School: Park Tae-hwan players from a young age I think is going yeoseo players bodeon to idols keep a record (for Park Tae-hwan) kkaena really hit the big to me -
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: I want to get good results by focusing on swimming without leaking other paths for next year's Asian Games and the (2024) Paris Olympics.]
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 tomorrow (14th).