'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
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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.
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