Swimming Cho Gi-seong, Paralympic AG 100m Freestyle

Swimming Cho Gi-seong, Paralympic AG 100m Freestyle Silver Medal… 7th Medal in Total

Paralympic swimmer Ki-seong Jo (Sports Grade S4, Busan Sports Association for the Disabled) decorated his 7th career Asian Para Games medal in silver.

Cho Gi-seong hit the mark with a record of 1 minute 30.03 seconds in the men's 100m freestyle swimming final at the 2022 Hangzhou Para Asian Games held at the Olympic Sports Center swimming pool in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China on the 24th.

Cho Gyu-seong, who finished the race 5.07 seconds behind first place Suzuki Takayuki (Japan, 1 minute 24.96 seconds), won the silver medal. 카지노

With this, Cho Ki-seong won the individual medal in the Asian Para Games.

He won his 7th medal in total.

Cho Ki-seong, who won one gold, silver, and bronze medal at the 2014 Incheon Games, won three silver medals at the 2018 Indonesia Games.

This competition got off to a good start by winning a silver medal from the first match.

After the match, Jo Ki-seong said, "I was aiming for a gold medal, but it's disappointing.

However, I am satisfied with just beating my season's best time of 1 minute and 31 seconds.

He continued, “Suzuki (who took first place) did really well.

I want to say congratulations,” and added, “I want to prepare hard for the remaining competitions and achieve good results.”

I expected that.

On this day, the final was held earlier in the morning due to the circumstances of the organizing committee.

Jo Ki-seong, who was notified of the schedule change the evening before, gave up on the 200m freestyle preliminaries held at the same time and focused on the 100m finals.

He was also eager to do the 200m freestyle, but due to a shortage of players, he As the sports grades (S1 to S5) were integrated, it was boldly given up.

The lower the number of grades, the more severe the disability.

Cho Gi-seong is a living figure in disabled swimming. He is a legend.

Jo Ki-seong, who made his international debut at the 2014 Incheon Asian Para Games, won the men's 50m, 100m, and 200m freestyle at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games, becoming the first Korean athlete to win 3 medals at the Paralympic Games.

Won the crown.

Last August, he won a gold medal at the World Championships, where he changed the event to breaststroke, and is enjoying his second golden age.

The first competition.

Jo Ki-seong, who finished, is aiming for additional medals in the 50m freestyle and 50m backstroke on the 26th.

Breaststroke was excluded from this competition due to a lack of participants.