The gold medal in the 200m freestyle is Popovich...It's all the more regrettable to see the record
Jul 30, 2024
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Popovich was the first to hit the touchpad with a time of 1:44:72 in the men's 200m freestyle final at the Paris Olympics at La Defense Arena on the 30th (Korea time).
Popovich, who ranked fourth at the Tokyo Olympics three years ago despite recording a better record than that day with 1:44:68, won his first thrilling Olympic gold medal.
After Hwang Sun-woo, the gold medalist of this year's Doha World Championships, was shocked to drop out of the semifinals with a time of 1:45:92 and ninth overall, the medal's main character was interested, and Popovich, who has the best record, took the gold medal. .
The record was below expectations. Popovich, who recorded a record of 1:42.97 at the 2022 European Championships at the age of 17 and recorded 1:43.13 again this year, was only in the late 44 seconds on the Olympic stage. The silver and bronze medals were only 0.02 seconds and 0.07 seconds, respectively. As expected, it was 'ultra-tight'.
Matthew Richards (1:44:74) of the U.K. came in second and Luke Hobson (1:44:79) of the U.S. came in third. Duncan Scott missed the podium by 1:44:87 and 0.08 seconds, while Lucas Martens of Germany, who has the world's second-best record of 1:44:14 in the season, finished at 1:45:46. Only four of the eight players took 44 seconds. Japan's Matsumoto Kasuhiro, who pushed Hwang Sun-woo to the final by 0.04 seconds, was at the bottom with a time of 1:46.26 and a record of 46 seconds, lower than Hwang Sun-woo's semi-final the day before.
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Paris = Reporter Jeon Young-ji sky4us@sportschosun.com
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