'Golden Bromance'黃 Sunwoo X Kim Woo Min's freestyle 200m side by side! For the first time in the history of two people in one event

Jul 28, 2024

'Golden Bromance'黃 Sunwoo X Kim Woo Min's freestyle 200m side by side! For the first time in the history of two people in one event
Kim Woo-min (right) and Hwang Sun-woo. Source = Kim Woo-min Instagram



Two-top players of the 'Golden Generation of Swimming' Hwang Sun-woo (21) and Kim Woo-min (23, Gangwon Provincial Government) advanced to the semifinals side by side, ranking 4th overall and 12th overall in the 200m freestyle, respectively.

Kim Woo-min won a bronze medal in the 400-meter freestyle the previous day, bringing the first Olympic medal in 12 years since Park Tae-hwan's silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics. In a lighter mood, Kim Woo-min split the current in the men's 200m freestyle preliminary round of the Paris Olympics on the 28th (Korea time). His best record of 1:45.68 in the selection match in March was recorded as an entry time. Kim Woo-min, who said his wish was to reach the podium together in the 200m with Hwang Sun-woo, hit the touchpad with 1:46.6 seconds and fourth place in the group. It was recorded as 12th overall and confirmed a semi-final contest between 16 players.

In the third group of the preliminary round, Danas Lapsis (1:45.91), Lucas Martens (1:46.33 Germany), who won the gold medal in the 400m freestyle the day before, and Duncan Scott (1:46.34) of the "Tokyo Silver Medal". 'Doha World Championship Defending Champion' Hwang Sun-woo started on lane 5 of Group 4. Rival David Popovich in lane 4, 'Freedom 100m Strongest' Fan Zanler in lane 6 and 'American Ace' Luke Hobson in lane 3. Popovich finished first in the first 50 meters and Hwang Sun-woo finished second. The last 150-200m section was a war. Popovich ranked first with 1:45.65, Belgium's Lucas Henbo recorded 1:46.04 and Hwang Sun-woo recorded 1:46.23, Popovich ranked first overall and Hwang Sun-woo ranked fourth overall.



'Golden Bromance'黃 Sunwoo X Kim Woo Min's freestyle 200m side by side! For the first time in the history of two people in one event
There was no Hwang Sun-woo from three years ago, who set a new Korean record (1:44:62) in the preliminary round of the Tokyo Olympics and lost the medal with a record of 1:45:26 in the final. In the preliminary race, he showed a relaxed race operation by matching the height with Popovich. He is ready to prove his strength on the Olympic stage that he has not missed the podium at major events since Tokyo, including the gold medal at the Hangzhou Asian Games, the gold medal at the Doha World Championships in 2024, the bronze medal at the Fukuoka World Championships in 2023 and the bronze medal at the Budapest World Championships in 2022.





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