Swim 黃 Kim's departure from Paris, the battleground...Junghoon Lee General Manager"Aim for 3 Medals"...Chairman Chung Chang-hoon"I believe in 金믿는다 for the first time in 12 years"

Jul 16, 2024

Junghoon Lee director interviewed before leaving Paris

The general manager of the Korean swimming team in Junghoon Lee predicted three medals at the Paris Olympics.

Fifteen Korean management national team members left for Paris, the final destination, via Incheon International Airport on the morning of the 16th.

General manager Junghoon Lee "As soon as I arrived at the airport, I realized that the Paris Olympics were about to open. Our players came this far after overcoming all the harsh training. If he avoids injury, he will have several players on the podium," he said, expressing confidence. When asked about the medal goal "I think it will put pressure on the athletes"I declined to comment, but I extended three fingers in response to repeated requests. Korean swimmers are expecting medals in the 400-meter freestyle by Kim Woo-min, the 200-meter freestyle by Hwang Sun-woo, and the 800-meter relay by team.

Kim Woo-min interviewing before leaving Paris

Hwang Sun-woo interviewing before leaving Paris

General manager Junghoon Lee predicted his first medal in swimming, saying, `Kim Woo-min will participate on the first day of swimming (27th), and we will go up to the target place.' "Hwang Sun-woo, who has gained a lot of experience, will not recklessly attack like he did at the Tokyo Olympics, but will strategically choose a moment when he needs to pour his energy into it. Hwang Sun-woo also expressed confidence that he will achieve his goal." Hwang Sun-woo has a painful memory of missing a medal in the 200m freestyle at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics due to a mistake in race management due to lack of experience even though he held the medal record. But since then, he has had medals from all but the Olympics with silver medals from the 2022 Budapest World Championships, bronze at the 2023 Fukuoka World Championships, gold at the 2024 Doha World Championships and gold at the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games. He will try to regain his first Olympic medal, which he did not have at the Paris Olympics in three years, and the Olympic medal, which has lost its reputation since Park Tae-hwan's 200-400m freestyle silver medal in 2012.

Kim Seo-young and Lee Eun-ji heading to Paris in bright form

Lee Ju-ho and Lee Eun-ji participating in the Paris Olympics

Cheering national swimming team

The general manager of Junghoon Lee said, "There have been many records of four English characters (Lee Ho-joon, Kim Young-hyun, Yang Jae-hoon, and Lee Yoo-yeon) exclusively for Gye-young." If we give Hwang a break in the 800m relay qualifying round, he will be able to perform well in the final round." "There are many players who want to go to the final, including Lee Ju-ho in the men's 200m backstroke and Kim Min-seop in the 200m backstroke." In addition to the men's freestyle, he did not forget to support other events.

Chung Chang-hoon, president of the Korea Swimming Federation, was confident that the gold medal would come out unconditionally. "You're thinking of a gold medal, right?" he said to the general manager of Junghoon Lee?When asked ", the general manager nodded significantly. When asked about the Olympic medal reward, Chairman Chung, who has continued to shoot 1 million won in prize money directly into the athlete's bank account in real time whenever a new Korean record is released, said, `There is nothing we can't do for the athlete who won the Olympic medal. I promised a luxury watch, but I'm considering upgrading it. Don't worry about the reward." He added to the golden chapter of the golden generation.

The reversal of the golden generation begins 11 days later. Kim Woo-min will play the 400m freestyle preliminary round on the morning of the 27th, and will challenge for the first medal in 12 years in the final round on the afternoon of the same day. The swimming monster'Hwang Sun-woo foreshadows a gold reverse in the 200-meter freestyle preliminary round on the 28th, the semi-final round, and the final round on the 29th. The men's 800-meter relay race, which challenges the new history of swimming in Korea, will take place on the 30th.

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