'King'Woomin's first race in Paris begins. At 7:03 p.m. today, Group 4, lane 5
Jul 27, 2024
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Kim Woo-min received 4-5 lanes in the men's 400m freestyle preliminary round at 7:03 p.m. on the 27th (Korea time).
'Aussie ace' Samuel Short (Australia) was placed in lane four. It's a showdown between world champions. Kim Woo-min is a defending champion who won the 2024 Doha World Championships in February with a time of 3:42.71. Short won the 2023 Fukuoka World Championships in 3:40.68. The top 1 to 8 players in the preliminary round will compete for a medal in the final round at 3:42 a.m. on the 28th
Kim Woo-min finished fifth at the time of Short's victory in 2023, but after the Tokyo Olympics, he continued to grow through off-season training in Australia and entered the 42nd range. Amid a steep rise in records, world swimming experts have no hesitation in naming Kim Woo-min as one of the four candidates to win the men's 400m freestyle.
Germany's Lucas Martens' best 400-meter freestyle record this season was 3:40.33. Australia's Elijah Winnington (3:41.41) and Short (3:41.64) held 41 seconds, while Kim Woo-min recorded a personal best of 3:42.42 at the Marenostrum competition in May without rowing (to maximize performance by reducing the amount and intensity of training from two to four weeks before the competition). As he has shown a remarkable rise in his recent training record, he expects to be able to play gold enough. Kim Woo-min said, `I want to climb to the highest point ever" did not hide the wind. "World player??Even then, the 400m freestyle race has always played a role in leading the team's atmosphere," he said, expressing confidence. In response to Swimswam's recent prediction of Kim Woo-min's third place and bronze medal after Short and Martens, Kim Woo-min said, `I will do my best only in my race and the results will follow.' `I think I can go higher than that", he replied with his own spirit.
Following the Hangzhou Asian Games, SBS commentator Park Tae-hwan, who is the only Olympic medalist in Korean swimming, aspired for junior Kim Woo-min to continue his 2008 Beijing Olympics gold medal and 2012 London Olympics silver medal. Committee member Park said in an interview on the 26th that `Kim Woo-min has done really well so far. I want to play with no regrets "From tomorrow, I won't be the only medalist. As Kim Woo Min wishes, I want to stand at the top of the podium."
Meanwhile, Choi Dong-yeol (25, Gangwon Provincial Office) of the 'Pyeongyeong Ace' will cut the current in lane 5 of the men's 100m breaststroke preliminary round at 6:41 p.m. on the 27th. The challenge of the golden generation of swimming in Korea begins soon.
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