Asian Games, Ji Yu-chan 50m Freestyle

[Asian Games] '50m Freestyle' Ji Yu-chan "An Opportunity to Work Harder and Love Swimming More"

Korea's first gold medal in swimming at this competition, breaking competition records again and again

Ji Yu-chan (21, Daegu Metropolitan City Hall) said before starting the Hangzhou Asian Games, “I will enter the 21st super 50m freestyle race.” 온라인카지노사이트

After becoming the first Korean athlete to enter the 21-second mark (21.84 seconds) in the men's 50m freestyle preliminaries, he raised his goal, saying, "I will challenge to win a gold medal and break the Asian record (21.67 seconds)."

Ji Yu-chan won the men's 50m freestyle final at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games held at the swimming pool at the Hangzhou Olympic Center in Zhejiang, China, on the 25th with a time of 21.72.

Only the breaking of the Asian record held by Shinri Shioura (Japan) remains incomplete.

However, the two goals already achieved have been a great gift to Korean swimming.

Ji Yu-chan won the first gold medal in Korean swimming at this competition.

He was also recorded as the first Korean athlete to win the men's 50m freestyle at the Asian Games 21 years after Kim Min-seok (tied for first place) at the 2002 Busan Games.

Ji Yu-chan, whom we met after the finals, said, “I said I would challenge for the gold medal after the preliminaries, but I wasn’t confident of winning the gold medal either.

“It meant that I was greedy because my record in the preliminaries was good,” he said, smiling brightly and saying, “I’m really happy that I was able to keep that goal.”

Ji Yu-chan, who played his first Asian Games that day, wasn’t nervous at all.

He said, “I’m in really good shape . “I wanted to play,” he said.

When the actual competition began, Ji Yu-chan recorded a time of 21.84 seconds in the preliminaries, setting a new competition record, 0.10 seconds better than the 21.94 seconds set by Ning Zetao (China) at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games.

At the same time, Ji Yu-chan shortened the Korean record (22.16 seconds) held by Yang Jae-hoon (Gangwon Provincial Office) by 0.32 seconds.

In the final, he increased his speed even further, hitting the mark in 21.72 seconds.

Hoi An Yantou (Hong Kong), who finished the race in 21.87 seconds, took second place, and Fan Zhanle (China), who won the 100m freestyle the previous day by setting a new Asian record of 46.97 seconds, finished at 21.92 seconds, 0.20 seconds slower than Ji You-chan. I took 3rd place.

Ji Yu-chan said, “I am more than happy to win the competition held in China,” and added, “I gained more strength thanks to the support of my teammates and Korean fans.”

China swept all seven gold medals on the 24th, the first day of swimming competition at this competition.

In the first two games held on the 25th, a Chinese athlete was on top of the podium.

Ji Yu-chan was the first athlete to stop Chinese swimming's gold medal dominance.

He laughed, “I thought to myself, ‘I want to break China’s winning streak,’ but I really did it.

I feel good.”

Korean swimming, which won two bronze medals on the first day of the competition (men's 100m freestyle, Hwang Sun-woo, and 100m backstroke, Lee Joo-ho), struck gold thanks to Ji Yu-chan.

Ji Yu-chan expressed his affection for the Korean swimming team, saying, “I hope the Korean athletes competing after me also win gold medals.”

Just as he had hoped, the Korean men's national team won the men's 800m relay, setting a new Asian record with a time of 7 minutes 01.73 seconds.

After the preliminaries, Ji Yu-chan said, “I feel encouraged because freestyle athletes such as Lee Ho-jun, Kim Woo-min, and my younger brother Hwang Sun-woo are working hard and posting good records.”

This time, Ji Yu-chan gave strength to his teammates.

Of course, the player who gained the most strength was Ji Yu-chan himself.

Ji Yu-chan said, "This gold medal gave me an opportunity to work harder and love swimming even more.

I feel really good today, but I will not be satisfied here.

I will continue to challenge myself to break the Asian record."