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19-year-old Hwang Seon-woo, a leading swimmer in Korea, has started preparing for the world stage.
Through Australian field training, he receives guidance from former Australian national team coach Ian Pope.
Correspondent Kim Hyung-yeol.
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-woo Hwang, who trained only in Korea, took 5th place in the 100m at the Tokyo Olympics and the short course world championship, and climbed to the top of the 200m ranking this year, raising his competitiveness through his first overseas training abroad.
[Hwang Seon-woo/Sooyoung National Team: Good.
I'm going to Australia... It's good.
Just]
[Donghyun Jeon/Swimming Team Coach: Go and don’t talk nonsense]
[Sunwoo Hwang/National Swimming Team: You should enjoy (training).] Seonwoo
Hwang, who left for Melbourne, Australia, will receive intense training for 6 weeks under coach Ian Pope. plan.
Director Pope is a star leader who has taught many medalists including swim stars Grant Hackett and Michael Klim in the 2000s.
[Hwang Seon-woo/Sooyoung National Team: This is the first time I have received (guidance) from a foreign coach.
At first, I have a feeling that I will be overbearing, but I think that if we work together well, we can win and win.]
The Swimming Federation, which started the ‘Hwang Seon-woo Project’, won the first gold medal in the Asian Games in a team event centered on Hwang Seon-woo. He said that he
would,
and dispatched all of Hwang Seon-woo's relay teammates to Australia.
(Video coverage: Lee Byung-joo, video editing: So Ji-hye, CG: Kim Jong-un, Choi Ha-neul)