Hwang Sun-woo "I Hope Ho-jun Climbs the Podium with his Brother

[Asian Games] Hwang Sun-woo "I Hope Ho-jun Climbs the Podium with his Brother... I will also Participate in the Mixed Medley Relay"

In the 200m freestyle preliminaries, Hwang Seon-woo took first place overall, and Lee Ho-jun took third place... Finals at 8:48 p.m.

Let's do it in 40 seconds.

When Hwang Seon-woo (20, Gangwon Provincial Office), who competed in group 3 of the men's 200m freestyle preliminaries, stood in front of Korean reporters in the joint coverage area, Lee Ho-jun (22, Daegu Metropolitan City Hall) led the race by taking first place in group 5. was doing

One minute after the start of the Group 5 game, Hwang Seon-woo watched Lee Ho-jun's game on the TV in the common coverage area and postponed the interview to '40 seconds later.' 바카라사이트

After Ho-Jun Lee took first place in Group 5 and touched the pad, Sun-Woo Hwang made eye contact with the reporters with a bright expression.

Sunwoo Hwang ranked first overall with a time of 1 minute 47.08 seconds in the men's 200m freestyle preliminaries at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games Swimming Management held at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center swimming pool in Zhejiang Province, China on the 27th.

Hojun Lee advanced to the finals in 3rd place overall, 1 minute 48.13 seconds.

The men's 200m freestyle final will be held at 8:48 pm on this day.

Sun-woo Hwang said, “I entered the athletes’ village late after taking a doping test after the men’s medley relay (silver medal) final yesterday.

“Still, I rested well and had a good race in the preliminaries,” he said. “I am satisfied with my time of 1 minute, 47.0 seconds in the preliminaries.

After increasing the speed to 100m, I tried to maintain that speed in the remaining 100m, and it worked well, he said, giving an overall review of the preliminaries. In this competition, Hwang Seon-woo won the

100m freestyle preliminaries and finals (3rd place) on the 24th and the men's 800m relay on the 25th. Following the finals (1st place) and the men's 400m medley relay (2nd place) on the 26th, the main event, the 200m freestyle preliminary round, was held on this day.

On the 27th, about an hour after the freestyle final, they will also participate in the mixed medley relay 400m final.

Hwang Sun-woo said, “I think today will be a really busy day,” and “I will be busy and do well in the two finals, just like world-class athletes do at the World Championships and Olympics.”

Although he is working on a tight schedule, Hwang Sun-woo said, “There is almost no physical strain.”

He said, “The Asian Games preliminaries are easier than the World Championships, and other athletes compete in the team preliminaries, so there is no difficulty in maintaining my body.” He added, “I am in good condition.”

The strongest candidate to win the men's 200m freestyle at this Asian Games is Hwang Sun-woo.

He won two consecutive medals in the 200m freestyle at the World Championships (silver medal in Budapest in 2022 and bronze medal in Fukuoka in 2023).

With his personal best of 1 minute 44.42 seconds, he is ranked first in Asia this season.

Rival Pan Zanler's personal best record is 1 minute 44.65 seconds.

Hwang Sun-woo expressed his desire for the gold medal, saying, "It is burdensome to be called a candidate for the championship, but many people support me, so I want to repay them. I will

show you the results of my hard training so far."

If Hwang Sun-woo wins the gold medal in the men's 200m freestyle on the 27th, he will become the first Korean swimmer to win two or more gold medals in a single Asian Games 13 years after Park Tae-hwan, who won three gold medals in a row in Doha in 2006 and Guangzhou in 2010.

In the finals, Hwang Sun-woo will stand in lane 4 and Lee Ho-jun will stand in lane 3.

Hwang Seon-woo and Lee Ho-jun have imagined the thrilling scene of climbing to the podium at the same time.

The two also made new history by becoming the first Koreans to advance to the finals of a single event in a single event at the 200m freestyle championships in Fukuoka last July.

With Hwang Sun-woo and Lee Ho-jun standing on the podium at the same time in the 200m freestyle, Korean men's swimming management is delighted to produce two medalists in a single event at the Asian Games 21 years after the men's 1,500m freestyle at the Busan Games in 2002 (second place Seong-mo Cho, third place Gyu-cheol Han). Enjoy.

Hwang Seon-woo said, “Me and Hojun trained hard and for a long time, aiming for the highest place,” and hoped, “I hope we both get satisfactory results.”

He added, “Hojun and I bring positive energy to each other.”

Ho-Jun Lee also said, "I will play the finals in the lane next to Sun-Woo.

It will feel like I am competing in a domestic competition." He added, "There are players such as Fan Zhanle who have better personal best times than me.

First of all, my personal best record is 1 minute 45.70 seconds. “If you break the record, a medal will follow,” he said.

Hojun Lee said, “Of course, I’ve imagined winning a medal with Sunwoo.”

The possibility of imagined scenes becoming reality is increasing.