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Hwang Seon-woo, the hope of Korean swimming, surpassed Park Tae-hwan (33) in the men's 200 m freestyle at the Long Course (50 m) World Swimming Championships, winning the silver medal with the highest performance ever for a Korean athlete.
Hwang Seon-woo set a new Korean record of 1:44.47 in the men's 200m freestyle final at the 2022 FINA World Championships held at Duna Arena in Budapest, Hungary, placing second behind Romania's David Popovich (1:43.21). occupied.
Hwang Seon-woo shortened his Korean record (1:44.62) in last year's qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics by 0.15 seconds in less than a year.
Tom Dean (UK), the gold medalist in this event at the Tokyo Olympics, followed behind Hwang Sun-woo to take the bronze medal with a time of 1:44.98.
Hwang Seon-woo was the second Korean athlete to become a medalist after Park Tae-hwan in the management event of the long course World Championships, and achieved the best performance ever in the 200m freestyle event.
Park Tae-hwan won a gold medal in the men's 400m freestyle at the 2007 Melbourne Games in Australia and added a bronze medal in the 200m freestyle.
After that, he broke the golden waters again in the 400m freestyle at the 2011 Shanghai, China.
At the World Championships, Hwang Seon-woo won the 200m freestyle medal for the first time in 11 years since Park Tae-hwan, and the first in 15 years.
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Including Kim Su-ji, who won the bronze medal in the women's 1m springboard diving at the 2019 Gwangju World Championships, Hwang Seon-woo became the third Korean athlete to stand on the podium at the World Swimming Championships.
In the preliminary round, Seon-Woo Hwang took second overall with a time of 1:45.79 in the preliminary round, and in the semi-final of 16 people, she split the tide at 1:45.46 and she advanced to the final 3rd overall.
Only 8 Korean athletes, including Hwang Seon-woo, have competed in the long course world championship management event, and only Park Tae-hwan has reached the final in the men's 200m freestyle.
After Park Tae-hwan, who placed 8th at the 2017 Budapest Games, Hwang Seon-woo made it to the 200m freestyle final for the first time in five years as a Korean athlete.
Seon-woo Hwang was placed in lane 3 in the final, and 18-year-old Popovich, who shortened the world junior record held by Sun-woo Hwang in the semi-final to 1:44.40 and ranked first overall, was placed in lane 4 next to him.
In Lane 2, Eliza Winnington (Australia), the 400m freestyle gold medalist in this event, and Tom Dean in Lane 5 competed fiercely for the lead.
Hwang Seon-woo jumped into the water the fastest with a starting reaction speed of 0.61 seconds.
Sunwoo Hwang, who passed her first 50m section in fourth place with a record of 24 seconds 68, maintained fourth place even in the 100m section.
Hwang Seon-woo, who rose to 3rd place when passing the 150m section, beat Dean with an explosive spurt in the last 50m section and took the touchpad in second place.
Hwang Seon-woo's 50m division records on that day were 24.36, 26.36, 26.61, and 27.14.
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Popovich raced from 2nd place up to the 100m section, then came first and set a new world junior record again, leading Hwang Seon-woo by 1 second 26 to win a gold medal.
On the other hand, Choi Dong-yeol, who competed in the men's 50m breaststroke semi-final, placed ninth with a record of 27.34, and was unable to reach the final, where eight people competed by one ranking difference.
Choi Dong-yeol is 0.14 seconds behind 8th place Filippi Auves da Silva (Brazil, 27.20).
Choi Dong-yeol's personal best was a Korean record of 27.09 seconds set at the Jeju Halla Cup National Championships in November last year.
In the preliminary round, Choi Dong-yeol took the touchpad in 27.55 seconds and finished 12th overall and advanced to the semi-finals.
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